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accompanies the sardine. However, it is seldom found in the 
ocean, the Mediterranean being its proper habitat. Upon the 
south coast of France the anchovy trade is vigorously plied. The 
women prepare the little fish, taking off the head and tail, and 
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THE COMMON ANCHOVY. 
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completely clearing the inside with their thumb-nail. The fish 
then pass through a pickling process, and packed in miniature 
barrels, are sent off to Beaucaire, where the merchants from all 
parts of the country congregate to buy them. 
