THE PALIMADARA. 



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length, and terminating in an iron head measuring seven 

 inches. It is also provided with a couple of iron oreilles, 

 or " ears," which move up and down, and consequently 

 increase the severity of the wound made by the pointed 

 shaft of the harpoon. 





SPEARING SWORD-FISH. 



In the Strait of Messina the spada-fishery is also 

 carried on with the net. For this purpose, the net 

 employed is about forty feet long and ten feet wide, with 

 stout, compact, and small meshes, made of the strongest 

 twine ; it is locally known as the palimadara. 



The fishery begins in mid- April, and continues until 

 the end of June, along the whole Calabrian coast. Later 



