466 APPENDIX 



v.— THE MEDITERRANEAN 



I have no space to do justice to even my own experiences of fishing in 



this beautiful sea. I had, nine years ago, excellent grey mullet fishing at 



Leghorn in the private dock of the Ingenio Civile, baiting 

 Leghorn. ,..,,,,. 



with a paste made of arrowroot biscuit and pounded sardines 



and anchovies. The best time was between four and six in the morning, and 



some of the fish weighed over five pounds. Then, fishing at night from the 



Molo Nuovo, we used to catch large bream of different kinds, also muraenas, 



which look like spotted congers, dorados, and many other kinds. 

 ^Jorjipo a.nd 

 _ At Naples I have seen quantities of fish, usually small, caught 



from the parade close to the Aquarium. At Genoa, Mr. Payton 



writes me, the larger fish are found only at some distance from shore, though 



large bass are sometimes caught among the shipping with a soaked piece 



of salt cod as bait. Grey mullet are taken in numbers in the muddy water 



near the rocks at the corner of the Molo Giano, with long rods and a paste 



sometimes flavoured with old cheese. 



Mr. Hulme-Beaman mentioned in his article on Turkey the inerdjian and 



hifer, the former a red sea-bream and the latter an unclassed sea fish not 



_ unlike a herring, as well as the leverak, which is our bass. 



Constantinople. 



In a later communication, he tells me that the Infer swim 



in shoals in deep water and have a favourite trick of severing the line with 



their sharp teeth. The hook is therefore soldered in the lead, which serves 



in a measure to protect it, and the fish is hauled very quickly, so as to prevent 



its swimming up faster and biting through the slack line above the lead. 



This must conclude these remarks on European Sea Fishing. Indeed, it 

 is to be feared that, in spite of severe condensation throughout, the reader 

 may not unjustly regard the Appendix as disproportionately long. 



