IHG THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA. 



comparatively pale from the greater number of th< ir 

 enemies, the sides are exposed ; and the accumu- 

 lation of such immense masses of livins: bein^^s must 

 of course attract the attention of rays, sharks, and 

 other tigers of the sea. Some species of small size, 

 such as the anchovy and sardine, are great travellers. 

 They dwell in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediter- 

 ranean Sea. The anchovy also is found in the seas 

 of Asia and America. It passes from the Atlantic 

 into the Mediterranean during the months of IMay, 

 June, and July, and directs its course towards the 

 Archipelago and the Syrian coast. The most consider- 

 able fishery is in the Tuscan waters, where large 

 numbers are captured from April to the end of July. 

 The anchovy is taken during the night, when 

 there is no moon, by means of a boat called by the 

 fishermen a fastier, upon the deck of which a fire 

 is made. Another boat carries a net called a rissole, 

 which is more than two hundred feet long by about 

 thirty feet in breadth. When the fastier is sur- 

 rounded by a sufficient number of anchovies, the 

 sailor in charge gives a signal to his companions, who 

 throw the net into the sea, and extend it in such a 

 manner as to surround the fish that have been 

 attracted by the light. Suddenly the fire on the 

 fastier is extinguished, the terrified anchovies fly in all 

 directions, and are of course captured in the mrshes 



