The Emperor Associates With The Tunny Fish, And Is Always Taken In Their Company.] They Are Very Scarce; And When Taken, Are Generally Concealed, Because The Head Belongs To The Commandant, Who Has Likewise The Privilege Of Buying The Best Fish At A Very Low Price.

For which reason, the choice pieces are concealed by the fishermen, and sent privately to Piedmont or Genoa.

But, the chief fisheries on this coast are of the sardines, anchovies, and tunny. These are taken in small quantities all the year; but spring and summer is the season when they mostly abound. In June and July, a fleet of about fifty fishing-boats puts to sea every evening about eight o'clock, and catches anchovies in immense quantities. One small boat sometimes takes in one night twenty-five rup, amounting to six hundred weight; but it must be observed, that the pound here, as well as in other parts of Italy, consists but of twelve ounces. Anchovies, besides their making a considerable article in the commerce of Nice, are a great resource in all families. The noblesse and burgeois sup on sallad and anchovies, which are eaten on all their meagre days. The fishermen and mariners all along this coast have scarce any other food but dry bread, with a few pickled anchovies; and when the fish is eaten, they rub their crusts with the brine. Nothing can be more delicious than fresh anchovies fried in oil: I prefer them to the smelts of the Thames.

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