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are taken out and set, like an elephant fence, to guide the tuna into 

 the camera di morte. The tunny is like a London cab-driver ; 

 he invariably turns to the left, and many Sicilians "wiU be found 

 who for this reason think the great fish is bUnd in the right eye. 

 The nets are arranged on this principle. When as many tunas 

 have entered as can be managed, the ' gate ' is closed and the 

 net is hauled, forcing the fish to the surface where they are 

 kiUed, and the net set again. The fish are sent to the canneries 

 and some to the markets. An enormous sum is invested in this 

 fishery ; and you may buy timny or tuna in almost any city 

 in the world, though now some of it comes from the waters of 

 Santa Catalina ; but in this case it is the long-fin tuna or albacore. 

 One firm, the Florios, have nuILions of francs invested in the nets, 

 and in good years clear two million francs. 



Several members of the Tuna Club, among them Mr. H. St. A. 

 EarlscUfE of Santa Barbara, have visited these grounds and 

 endeavoured to take these tuna with rod and reel. Mr. Aflalo 

 has tried them, making a special trip to Madeira, as it were, 

 intercepting them there ; but so far, if I am not mistaken, but 

 few have been landed with a rod, nor do I understand that they 

 will bite, at least this was the experience of Mr. EarlscUif, to 

 whom I am indebted for this information, who advises Palermo as 

 an angling headquarters in May. The trip from IS'aples to Palermo 

 by boat or train is made in one night : and I can conceive of no 

 more beautiful trip than the one I made from Genoa to iNaples by 

 sea, passing Sardinia, Corsica and the beautiful islands near 

 S'aples, Ischia and others. 



Many interesting experiments are beiag made with American 

 fishes in Italy by Giuseppe Besana of Lombardy. Eainbow 

 trout, Chinook salmon, brook trout, black bass, sunfish and 

 others have been placed in the small ponds of the Piscicoltura 

 Borghi at Varano. Of these, the sunfish has done better than 

 desired, doubtless, and the rainbow is doing well ; also the 

 black bass, which promises a treat to ItaUan anglers in a few 

 years when the splendid fishes are well estabhshed. 



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