aSa THE EILCHARQ. 



oil extra£ted from them, are fold for about forty-nine 

 thoufand pounds. 



But the great benefit arifing from the pilchard flihery, 

 23 the employment it aiTords to a number of feamen,> 

 ■which are thus trained up for the defence of the nation, 

 A variety of hands, too, are employed on fliore, in the 

 different operations of faking, preifing, walljing,,and 

 cleaning the fim, as well as the trades people, who de.? 

 pend upon the conftructioni and fale cf boats, nets, ropesj 

 and calks *. 



^he Anchovy f , 



J. HIS fpecies is taken in the Mediterranean, and export^ 

 cd, pickled, to the different nations of Europe. Before 

 faking, the head and vifcera are taken away ; and in this 

 ilate they are ate raw, with vinegar and oil. They are 

 fuppofcd to give wine an excellent relilla ; but probably 

 their chief merit confifts in bracing the llomach, after be- 

 ing relaxed by exceffive drinking. 



Near a century ago, the anchovy was found at the 

 mouth of the river DeeX ; ^nd fince that time has hardly 

 ever been deemed an inhabitant of our feas. The length of 

 this fpecies is from four to fix inches ; the body flender, 

 but thicker in proportion than that of the herring : The 



eyes 



* Borelafe's Cornwall. 



f Clupea encraficolus, Lin. Syft. Anchovy, Willoiigh* ' 



I Ray's Letters, 47. 



