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a matter for surprise. Directly and indirectly the fishery 

 furnishes the means of regular subsistance to some 2,500 

 people and furnishes a surplus for the general purposes 

 of the city which seldom falls below ,£6,000 per annum. 

 Comacchio is a remote and isolated community and such 

 is ever intensely conservative and loth to embark upon 

 new enterprises so long as day to day needs are met under 

 the system handed down from preceding generations. 



