SIO ANIMAL FOOD EESOUECES OF DIFFERENT NATIONS. 



10,279,250 13,424,000 

 Equal to about 185,000 tons, value £2,000,000. 



Africa. — The fishery is important on the coasts of Tunis. 

 About 1,000 cwt. of dried fish is shipped annually tO' 

 Greece. The lake of Beguta abounds in fish ; the right of 

 fishing is let, and about 600,000 fish of from three to six 

 pounds weight each are sent from there to the Tunis 

 markets yearly. Another lake which separates Tunis^ 

 from Goleta, is also full of fish. 



The tunny fishery is carried on in summer from May 

 to July off Cape Bon and the island of Tonera, and 

 9,000 to 10,000 fish taken, which yield from 1,200,000 

 to 1,400,000 lbs. of fish annually; this is chiefly sent 

 pickled in barrels to Genoa, Leghorn, and Malta, but 

 some small portion is salted and put up in oil in tins. 



The value of the maritime and private fishery in 

 Egypt is estimated at three million francs (£120,000.) 

 There are mullets and many other very delicate fish, 

 which are slightly smoked, or dried in the sun. The 



