COKNISH ANCHO\TES. 6 



of these fish. Mr. Frank Gosden, of Exeter, sent me 

 about 41bs. of anchovies ; out of this quantity several 

 bottles of sauce were made, and the result was a perfect 

 success." All, therefore, that is wanted to start an 

 anchovy fishery in Cornwall is a fleet of small-meshed 

 nets, and after the fish are once caught, means could 

 be soon found to make them into sauce and anchovy 

 paste. 



Thousands of sprats are sold in the form of anchovy 

 paste. They are prepared in the following way: 

 ''To preserve a peck of sprats, put 21bs. of salt, 3oz. 

 of bay-salt, lib. of saltpetre, 2oz. of prunella, and a 

 few grains of cochineal into a mortar, and pound them 

 well together ; put into a stone jar first a layer of fish, 

 then a layer of the composition. When the jar is fiill, 

 press them hard down and cover close for six months, 

 when they will be fit for use." 



We believe the anchovy of commerce as imported is 

 only salted with coarse salt. 



THE ANGLER, FISHING-FROG, OR 

 POCKET FISH, 



Acanthopteri. Lophiidce, 



{LiOpliius j^iscatoi'ius.) 



French : Baudroie. Dutch : Zee Duivel. German : Der Frosch- 



fisch. 



In Land and Water , April 27, 1872, I published the 

 following: — ''Messrs. Gilson and Allen, fishmongers, 

 of 7, South Colonnade, St. Leonard's-on-Sea, and 

 19, Haymarket, London, have kindly sent me a 

 monster Fishing-frog, or Angler Fish {Lophius jnsca- 

 toriiis). The total length of this fine fellow w^as, fi'om 

 nose to end of tail, 4 feet 7 inches ; width across 



