n6 THE FISHERIES OF THE ADRIATIC, 



bogue, &c, in use in the Ouarnero and on the coast of Dalmatia. Length, 

 200 m. ; depth, 24 m. ; mesh, 1^ c. ; price, 500 fl. 



The Tratta da Cievoli is made of coarse twine and is used in the Gulf of 

 Trieste, in autumn, for grey mullet {Cievoli). Length, 600-1,000 m. ; depth, 

 20 m. ; price, 2,000-8,000 fl. ; mesh, 4 c. 



The Tratta da Orate is a smaller-meshed net (mesh, 2 c.) for gilt-head 

 {Orate). Length, 300 m. ; depth, 12-16 m. 



The Palaudara da Tiro is for tunny and bonito (Croat., Palanda), and is 

 drawn by a boat under sail or oars, or by hand from shore. Length, 

 80-100 m. ; depth, 30-50 m. ; price, 100-120 fl. (see Plate XV.). 



The Tratta di Ton (called Sabakone or zabakun in Dalmatia), likewise 

 for tunny and bonito. Length, 400 m. ; depth, 50 m. ; price, 800 fl. 



The common Tratta, also called Sciabica {zabiea) and Rezzola 

 (Rezzuola), which corresponds with what is called in England the ground or 

 foot-seine, or scringe-net, is much used all along the coast by the native 

 fishermen, as it gives comparatively little trouble. It is worked from the 

 shore ; each wing is attached to a long drag-rope, and when the net is 

 shot one end is left on shore, and made fast. The whole of the net is 

 then put in a boat, which is rowed out from the shore and proceeds in a 

 semicircle, casting the net on its course, and landing the drag-rope of the 

 other end on the beach at some distance from the starting-point. The 

 two ropes are, after a while, hauled in, the men working the drag-ropes 

 approaching one another as the net comes to land, until at last they meet, 

 and then the bunt of the net, in which the fish are collected, is drawn 

 ashore. This net is familiar to everybody who has visited the shores of 

 the Mediterranean. 



Like all tratte, they are netted on the same principle, viz., that the 

 meshes open out by the vertical strain in the water, and close by the 

 longitudinal strain when being hauled in. It is the one most in use in 

 the Quarnero, made of coarse string; depth of bunt as much as 20 to 25 

 fathoms ; size of mesh diagonally, — bunt 1 cent., wings 4 cent. ; they are 

 sometimes 400 to 500 metres in length (see Plates XVI., XVII., XVIII). 



