ioo THE FISHERIES OF THE ADRIATIC, 



fishing with prong or line; it often has two masts and two sails ; length, 5-8 

 m. ; tonnage {tonellata), 1-8 tons ; for three to five oars. This name is also 

 applied to an undecked boat, from 18-36 feet long, with pointed bow and 

 circular poop, used in the lagoon fisheries, in which two sails can be hoisted. 



The Barca, Barca di Miiggia, is a flat-bottomed, fore-decked boat, about 

 the size of the foregoing, with one mast and lateen sail ; used on the west 

 coast of Istria, chiefly at Rovigno and Muggia, near Trieste (see Plate III.). 



The Bragagna, or Bragagnello, is a deep undecked boat, 30-40 feet long, 

 with two masts and two spunteri, or spars, common to the Tartana, to the 

 ends of which are attached the ropes (resta) of the trawling-net Tartana; 

 used in the lagoons, and worked by two or more men. In calm weather 

 the boat is worked by means of a windlass (argand). Burden, 1-2 tons ; 

 crew, two to four men (see Plate IV.). 



The Brazzera di Capo d y Istria is a large broad open boat now little in 

 use, but still used at Capo d' I stria for casting the large seine-nets ; with one 

 mast and lateen sail and a flying jib. Burden, 2-3 tons ; cost, 200 fl. to 

 400 fl. (see Plate V.). 



The Gaeta is a partly decked boat used chiefly in Dalmatia ; one mast and 

 lateen sail, three oars ; crew, three to five men ; tonnage, 2-4 tons ; length, 

 5-6 m. ; breadth, 4 feet ; price, 70 to 100 fl. Used for casting the Sardine 

 drift and other nets ; furnished with an iron basket (Gratico/a), for the purpose 

 of holding fuel, which is required for artificial illumination for night fishing. 

 The Illwminatore (Croat Svicaricd) is used in the Sardine fisheries with the 

 large seine-nets on dark, calm nights by the light of resinous pine-wood. 

 One of the fishermen has a weighted line (Scandaglio), by means of which 

 he finds out the position of the shoals, or schools, which, attracted by the 

 light, are slowly and quietly led into a creek, encircled in the net, and 

 drawn ashore. It is surprising how clever the men are in feeling their 

 way about with the line, and thus divining, with a great amount of certainty, 

 not only the exact position of the shoal, but also the class of fish, on their 

 mere contact with the line (see Plate V.). 



The Lento is a decked boat, with an opening in the middle, which can be 

 closed ; one-masted, with a large lateen sail and flying jib (JIocco) ; four or 



