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Garum, was in great estimation. Its eastern range is ex- 

 tended into the Black Sea. 



The fishing for them is carried on during the night, and 

 lights are used with the nets. 



The Anchovy is common on the coasts of Portugal, Spain, 

 and France ; it occurs, I have no doubt, at the Channel 

 Islands, and has been taken on the Hampshire coast. 



The Rev. Robert Holdsworth wrote me word that An- 

 chovies had been taken in a Herring seine-net during autumn 

 in the river Dart ; and Mr. Couch, in his Cornish Fauna, 

 says that " this fish abounds towards the end of summer, and 

 if attention were paid to the fishery, enough might be caught 

 to supply the consumption of the British islands. Bloch 

 informs us that the fishery in the Mediterranean is carried on 

 from May to July, at which period this fish enters that sea 

 for the purpose of shedding its spawn ; and that when this 

 function is performed it returns to the Atlantic. I have not 

 found them upon our coast until the autumnal equinox ; and 

 the fishery would be chiefly followed in October and Novem- 

 ber, when the fish are in fine condition ; but some are met 

 with through the winter, and until the month of March." 

 The Anchovy is taken in the Bristol Channel. In the Ap- 

 pendix to Willughbys work, it is mentioned as having been 

 taken on the coast of Wales ; Mr. Bicheno has very recently 

 obtained several on the coast of Glamorganshire ; and Mr. 

 Dillwyn, in his contributions towards a History of Swansea, 

 says, " the late Charles Collins, Esq. showed me six pounds of 

 Anchovies which he had purchased in Swansea market for a 

 shilling ; and I have since ascertained, if a net with proper 

 meshes was used, that in some summers a vast quantity of 

 these fish might be taken in our bay." Pennant obtained it 

 near his own residence at Downing in Flintshire ; and it is 

 said to be sold frequently in Liverpool market. It has not, 

 that I am aware, been recognised on the coast of Ireland. 



