[613]. Archestratos gives the preference over all other eels to those caught in the Faro of Messina. Athen. vii. 53. Very excellent and large eels are taken in the lake of Korion, in Crete, according to the testimony of Buondelmonte. Pashley, i. 72.
[614]. On the sword-fish fishery in the Strait of Messina, see Spallanzani’s Travels in the Two Sicilies, vol. iv. p. 331, sqq.
[615]. Athen. vii. 57. Animadv. t. ix. p. 220.
[616]. The finest prawns were taken at Minturnæ, on the coast of Campania, exceeding in size those of Smyrna, and the crabs (ἀστακοὶ) of Alexandria.—Athen. i. 12.
[617]. See on Crassus’s lamprey. Plut. Solert. Animal. § 23.
[618]. Esteemed a delicacy cooked with leeks. Aristoph. Vesp. 494. Cf. Acharn. 901. Av. 76.
[619]. See Spallanzani’s Travels in the Two Sicilies, vol. iv. p. 343, sqq.
[620]. Athen. vii. 16–39. Aristot. Hist. Anim. iv. 2–6. viii. 3, 4, 5, 16.