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. I need not
mention that the sardines and
anchovies are caught in nets;
salted, barrelled and exported into
all the different kingdoms and
states of Europe. The sardines,
however, are largest and fittest in
the month of September. A
company of adventurers have
farmed the tunny-fishery of the
king, for six years; a monopoly, for
which they pay about three
thousand pounds sterling. They are
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