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other exit ; but these animals are so wary that they often elude all pursuit 

 after an unsuccessful attack, and, in this way, it is often a game of hide-and- 

 seek for hours together between the fisherman and his prey. Sometimes they 

 are only brought out piecemeal, so firmly do they adhere to whatever they 

 catch hold of, if not successfully drawn up on the first attack. 



The Tanaglia is a kind of tongs, one side of which is fixed to a long 

 pole, the other being worked by a cord ; it is used for laying hold of 

 sponges, &c. (see Plate XXIV.). 



Prongs. 



The Asturera is a double-toothed prong, the teeth being bent inwards at 

 right-angles ; it is for raising the Stura {Pinna rudis, P. squamosa) off sandy 

 or muddy beds. 



The Grampa is a trident with bent prongs, used at Zara for catching sea- 

 spiders, Mytilus cdulis, and Modiola barbata (see Plate XXIV.). 



The Crampon, similar to the Asturera, is used on the coast near Rovigno, 

 in Istria, for raising oysters, sponges, &c. 



The Fiocina, or Foscina (Lat., Fuscina), is a straight prong with five to 

 eleven teeth, with barbed heads, fixed at the end of a pole, which is often as 

 much as 25 feet long. It is handled by a man stationed at the bows of a boat, 

 sculled slowly and with as little noise and motion as possible, by day or more 

 frequently at night by torchlight, for spiking grey mullet, dentex, basse, gilt- 

 head, cephalopods, sea-spiders, crabs, lobsters, &c. It is also used for spiking 

 large fish caught in the seine ; and, attached to a cord, it is sometimes cast at 

 the fish at some distance off (see Plate XXIV.). 



The Fossenin, or Fosscnigolo, is a small Foscina with two or three prongs 

 for smaller fish. 



The Delfinera is a harpoon for casting at dolphins, tunny-fish, and the 

 like (see Plate XXIV.). 



Scares. 



For driving or scaring the fish into the nets {Pesca a spavento, a hidro). 

 The Piston, or Pobug, also called in some districts Stumigio, and Stambul, 



