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driven to the second apartment, which they call 

 the saloon, the dining-room, &c. &c. the last is 

 termed the chamber of death ; each has a net door ; 

 the fishermen attack and kill them in their last 

 chamber with harpoons and spears, which renders 

 them desperate, and they dash about with great 

 force and agility. Brydones Tour through Sicily 

 and Malta. 



Tunny. Tunnys in Sardinia weigh from one 

 hundred to a thousand pounds. Cetti asserts 

 that some weigh eighteen hundred pounds ; the 

 largest are always males. 



Fishing in the Volga. The Volga is one of 

 the finest rivers in the world, where they use the 

 most ingenious expedients for catching fish ; many 

 of them are known to other countries, but a great 

 many are not known. They fish in winter by 

 hooks let down under the ice, baited with pieces 

 of fish ; their nets are of basket work, to take 

 large fish ; they also use hurdles, made with 

 rushes. The part of the river is divided into 

 parks, chambers, &c. &c. It appears a most 

 clever contrivance. 



Pallas' Voyage, 4to. vol. i. p. 205. 



Fishing for the Huso in the Volga. Profes- 

 sor Pallas gives a very interesting history of it. 

 These enormous fish are taken in the Volga and 



