with them a fort o f net, called by them fm fati, or frights, o f a
breadth .and depth adapted ,to thefe,Ihallow waters. The noife
apd confqfion t^ey,,makp by beating thq water ^ith their oars,
ftickjs. ,wd, iloneSj. frighten, the mullets: (and. in flying to-
,waij<jls,the fipa, ,phey fal,I intq the pqtsg or by feeking the furface
the moment they feel any, obfta.de, tjic peafant fifhermen Hand
ready prepared with various inftruments, and kill great numbers
o f them. The.fpring brings into thefe waters, the X utizze, or dove
fiih, of the ray genus, but o f a niore firm and fibrous fubftance,;
and in fummer the fardines .and mackfe! come in ihoals. Yet
notwithilanding the great, plenty and variety o f emigrating as
well;as other fifhy the lazy Slofeilian negleCls! pvepy means o f pro-
fitiag.by them : bejis contented i f he.-canv.findciprpvifiom for the
day, and;often.devoursy without bread* joranyjfort o f fauce, , all
the; filh he\ has ¡catched. The cuttle., fiflh -isi .the univerfal
food. o f thefe idle inhabitants, ^during it}ie fpring feafon ; and
they catch them, by laying,under.water ¡the branches o f trees
with their.deaves, to which, the fifhds adhere, jn order to leave
theirioeggs.” , I f any,,greater, on moreiicornplicated labour was
needful, J believe they would rather chufe to, want food than to
perform it. Fen ,to foehra .degrepj.do they hate, their o.wn advantage,
,as; welltasdhkttpf j^therg, jthat, >tp, thwa^f, the introdue-r
tion o f drag nets, though made. by. their own landlord, theyfcat-
tered li r g e ftones, over ihejlhallow,parts o f the valley, notwithe
ftanding that*, by.fhwexercbe,p£..t^efe- pet«,, many, men o f their
Own village,wer.©.to haye :heen. ¡daily jemjdpyed,. In general , a}l
thifspeafanie al©ng»thfrfieaco aft,iQ f O j ai)d malicious.j
perhaps becaufe,theypre too.niucl3J,prot^dted by the laws, and
put*on an equality with their rpaftefS-‘ « Y e t it .appears very plain
to me, that,fubordination is.abfpljute{y necelfary to render thefe
maritime people happy; and.in fome cafes, even forcible and violent
olent methods would prove very ufeful to roufe them from their
habitual indolence. But the inland people require a very different
treatment, as their difpofitions and tempers are quite contrary,
and by mildnefs and lenity, tempered with a proper degree
of authority, they may eafily be brought to do any thing
for their, own and for the publick good.
Ohfervations on the AttDRosace.
Among the many fubaqueous productions o f the valley o f
Slofella, the Androface merits particular obfervation; it was
reckoned among the plants by Vitaliano Tdonati, and among
the Zoophytes by Linnceus, who named it fabularia acetabulum.
I will not, at prefent, declare to which o f thefe opinions
I am inclined, becaufe I am not yet fufficiently convinced
about the point in queftion, and believe it neceffary to examine
the Androface at different feafona, before a decifion can be given.
But I will confefs to you, that, having carefully examined, with
the microfcope, both freth and dried fpecimens, I could not dif-
cover evident characters o f a Zoophyte. On comparing the ob-
fervations o f Donati with thefe fpecimens, taken from Various
parts of the valley o f Slofella, and particularly from the rock o f
San Steffano, I added to the margin o f his book the following
annotations : 1 ft The Androface, which, according to this author,
very rarely in our feas rifes to above an inch and a half, is
found to exceed three inches all around the above mentioned rock,
where it grows almoft to the furface o f the water. 2. The filaments
that rife from the concave part o f the fungiform top or
crown of the Androface, far from being fo minute and delicate that
they cannot be difcerned even by the microfcope, unlefs when the Android
face