270 NATURALIST'S CABINET. 



Description Where found. 



THE ANCHOFY 



IS about three inches long, though mention 

 is made of some being six inches and a half. 

 The nose is pointed ; the edge of the jaws finely 

 serrated, the upper being longer than the under; 

 the eyes large; the body round and slender; 

 the back of a dusky green color ; the sides and 

 belly of a silvery white ; between the ventral 

 fins it has a long pointed scale, and the tail is 

 forked. 



At different seasons it frequents the Atlan- 

 tic ocean and the Mediterranean sea, passing 

 through the Straights of Gibraltar towards the 

 Levant in the months of May, June, and July. 

 The greatest fishery is at Gorgano, a small west 

 isle of Leghorn, where they are taken at night 

 in nets, into which they are allured by lights 

 fixed to the stern of the vessels. When cured, 

 their heads are cut off, their gall and guts taken 

 out, and then salted, and packed in barrels. It 

 scarce needs be mentioned, that, being put on 

 the fire, they dissolve in almost any liquor. They 

 are well tasted when fresh. 



Of the other species of herring, which are 

 chiefly natives of China, Surinam, Asia, &c 

 little is known to interest the reader. 



