270 Greece. 



Of the boats employed in this fishery, 183 are used for the diving apparatus and 540 for 

 harpoons and divers. Their crews form a total of 3160 souls. 



Fishing is principally carried on in the JEge&n Sea, in the canal of Crete, and near the 

 coast of Africa (Barbary and Tunis). The finest sponges are found in Grecian waters 

 particularly by the divers. 



The produce of this fishery increased last year to about fr. 2,400,000. The sponges are 

 sold principally in France and England. 



NICOLAS CH. APOSTOLIDES, D.Sc. (Paris), 



COLLECTION PBEPAEED BY THE MINISTER OF THE 



INTERIOR. 



DIVISION I. 



(1) Seine Net (yptiros model). (2) Seine Net, but made to drag along the bottom 

 (3) Specimen of Net for Mullet-fishing. (4) Specimen of Circular Net for Mullet- fishing 



DIVISION II. 



(1) Traps "Haveneaux a bascule," employed in lobster-catching. (2) Special traps, 

 "Haveneaux," used for catching the "garfish." (3) Hapdiraros, an appliance for catching 

 cray-fish in the river Peneus. (4) Three Appliances, " Haveneaux balances," for catching 

 shrimps. (5) Basket, made of reeds, with two special Traps, " Haveneaux " (oA/coi) for 

 catching eels. Full-sized model. (6) Basket, with complete set of Lines of 400 hooks 

 each, together with all accessories (jrapayd^i). (7) Bell-buoy used with the Lines on dark 

 and stormy nights. (8) Two Water-melons, used for buoying lines. (9) Basket, containing 

 specimens of lines of different sizes. (10) Buoys for Lines. (11) Line for Seine Net 

 (trupTTj) used in fishing for " Dentis " (Dentex). (12) Line for Seine Net (o-vprapoXi) used in 

 fishing for Chad, or Horse-mackerel (Trachurus). (13) Special Line, furnished with all 

 accessories, used in fishing for Stone Bass or Wreck-fish. (14) Iron Ring, for disentangling 

 lines caught among rocks. (15) Line (6pfJ.ia) for large fish. (16) Line (6p,ui5i) for small 

 fish. (17) Special Line, used in fishing for Stone Bass, attached to a stick. (18) Special, 

 Line, employed in fishing for the " Oblata Melanura." (19) Four Lines, made of horsehair, 

 specially employed in fishing for " Bagues." (20) Perpendicular Line (/caflerTj) specially used 

 in fishing for the " Serranus " (xcwt/c<$). Made of horsehair, and wound upon a piece of carved 

 wood. (21) Ordinary Fishing-rod, in four parts ; with line. (22) Bow Nets, specially 

 employed in Mullet-fishing. (23) Two Large Corks prepared for the " Oblata Melanura " 

 fishery. (<j)\\<ipia). (24) Two imitation Cuttle-fish in wood (vAo<rou7na and a-iriydxi'), used 

 in catching the same. (25) Three Conical Bow Nets specially used for mullet fishing, at the 

 piscicultural establishments. (26) Special Appliance employed for catching the Marsena. 

 (27) Special Line (/coAayuap-ytepo) employed in fishing for Calmars (Loligo vulgaris). (28) 

 Another line specially used in fishing for the " Sepiothenthis." (fyctyaAa). (29) Appliance 

 for detaching the bivalve " Pinna nobilis " from the bottom, together with specimens showing 

 the size of the molluscs thus obtained. (30) Brasier, to hold the fire lighted in the bows of 

 the boat during night-fishing. Uvpia and TrvpoQavt. (31) Hook used for detaching Cuttle-fish 

 from the rocks. (32) Appliance used in fishing for Sea Urchins. (33) Two Special 

 Appliances used in fishing for Cuttle-fish. (34) Conch, made to serve as a speaking trumpet. 

 (35) Haveneau, termed a " Lazare," with accessories ; used in shrimp catching. (36) Two 

 Harpoons used in fishing for " Gilt-head " (Chrysophrys). (37) A full-sized Fishing-Boat 

 similar to those in daily use at the piscicultural establishment of the town of Missolonghi. 

 (38) A large Pair of Scales (ffratyvoKdpi), full size, composed of eight pieces of wood, a square 

 net, &c. (39) Reed Screens, by means of which a model fish-pond may be constructed similar 

 to those in use at Missolonghi. (40) Collection of Fishing Tackle manufactured in Greece 

 l<3nt by Landerer, X. 



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