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whereas the cold or heat, the wind or rain, are so many inducements for it to 

 seek the greater depths ; thus, fishing at the surface is carried on chiefly in 

 the months of June to September. The most profitable fisheries are in June ; 

 in the cooler months of April and May, and October and November, the 

 fishing is carried on with the same nets in deeper waters, the nets being extra 

 weighted by means of stones. 



These nets are used for mackerel, sardines, and anchovies. 



On the west coast of Istria, the harry crab (Carcinas mccnas), brought 

 almost exclusively from Venice and Grado, and the sea -spider (Mam 

 squinado), caught on the coast, are used as bait ; and, in the season of the 

 Sardine fisheries, as many as 1,000 sacks of this bait are used a day. 

 They are kept alive until used, then pounded in a stone mortar, and mixed 

 with sea-water ; the liquid bait (tritura, pacciugo, pastello, pesto di granzetti) 

 is thrown into the sea round about where the net is cast ; the sardines are 

 very greedy, dart after it and dash against the net, where they become 

 embroiled. In Dalmatia, the seine-net and the Illuminatore, which will be 

 presently described, take the place of this mode of fishing. 



A bait made of salt herrings has also been used with success. 



Length of one piece (spcdone), 30 m. ; depth of ditto, 8 m. ; size of mesh 

 for sardines, i|to 2 c. 1 diagonally ; price, 30 fl. 



The Rete di Sardelletti is a smaller-meshed net of the same description, 

 for catching the small sardines {Clupea papalind). Length, 40 m. ; depth, 

 8 m. ; price, 35 fl. 



The Sardonera is a still smaller-meshed net, of coarser twine than the 

 Sardelicra, for catching anchovies {Sardoni), used chiefly in the month of 

 July. Mesh, 1 c. in the diagonal. Length, 40-60 m. ; depth, 5 m.; price, 

 35-60 fl. 



The ^inguellera {Rete d angitdclld) is a ground-net for catching the fry of 

 atherines (Anguelle), the smallest-meshed net of all (8 mm. diagonally); eight 

 to ten lengths of which are generally joined together. One length, 30 m.; 

 depth, 3 m. ; price, 20-35 ft- 



1 C denotes centimetre, m. metre, and mm. millimetre. 



