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fishermen themselves, or otherwise is sprinkled with flour and fried in oil. 

 The liver is also eaten, but the outside coating, hard and indigestible, 

 resembles the fibres of wood. 



CRUSTACEANS. 



Ligia italica {Salizzoni dcllc rive) does great damage in the fishing-ponds 

 (valli), gnawing the fishing-nets. Squilla mantis (Canocchie) is found on 

 muddy beds between the Istrian and Italian shores, as far as Ancona, in 4-10 

 fathoms water ; in lesser quantities on the eastern coast of Istria, near the 

 islands of Ulbo and Selve ; otherwise it is rare. It is in season from 

 September till March, and is caught by the Italian trawling-nets ; it is much 

 consumed in Italy, and the females, before they are in egg, are highly 

 esteemed. The annual consumption at Trieste is 3,000 kilos @ 12-40 soldi 

 per kilo. 



The Prawn, Palcemon squilla {Gambaro), Salicoques of the French, is 

 found near the shore, in bays and creeks, on sandy and overgrown beds, in 

 spring and autumn, and in deeper water in summer and winter, chiefly near 

 Grado and on the Istrian coast; also near Ulbo, Selve, Novegrad, Sebenico, 

 Spalato, Curzola, &c. It is in season all the year round, particularly in spring 

 and autumn, and is caught with the hand-nets known as the Cogblo, Guatto, 

 and the trawls; it is also reared in the lagoons and used as bait for the basse ; 

 it is generally sprinkled with flour and fried in oil, and is also used as bait. 

 The annual consumption at Trieste is 200 kilos @ 12-50 soldi per kilo. 



The Shrimp, Crangon vulgaris (Schilla) is caught and sold together with 

 the Gambari ; it is used as bait for the basse, and is fished in autumn. Those 

 reared in the valli are the most prized, and fetch higher prices. 



Gebia litoralis [Corbola or Scardobola) is, when alive, used as bait for 

 the basse, the gilt-head, and the Sargus vulgaris, and is plentiful in the Bay 

 of Noghera. 



Calianassa stibterranea (Scardobola falsa) is similar to the foregoing 

 species, and is found imbedded in the sand ; it is used chiefly as bait. 



The celebrated Norway Lobster (Scampo) is limited to certain parts 

 of the Gulf of Quarnero, about the islands of Veglia and Cherso, where 



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