. St. Nicholas [serial] . ong, square-corneredtin boxes for sardines is quite a business by are all made in the friture, where the fishare prepared for the market. Workers in tin areengaged by the year, and it is stated that fromten to fifteen millions of these boxes of differentsizes are made in France every twelve months. Thus we have watched the life and progressof the sardine in its pleasant home beneath the bluesea wave; in its entanglement in the net of thefisherman ; in its unpleasant quarters in the holdof the vessel; next counted and washed, beheadedand cleaned, salted, dr
. St. Nicholas [serial] . ong, square-corneredtin boxes for sardines is quite a business by are all made in the friture, where the fishare prepared for the market. Workers in tin areengaged by the year, and it is stated that fromten to fifteen millions of these boxes of differentsizes are made in France every twelve months. Thus we have watched the life and progressof the sardine in its pleasant home beneath the bluesea wave; in its entanglement in the net of thefisherman ; in its unpleasant quarters in the holdof the vessel; next counted and washed, beheadedand cleaned, salted, dried, and dipped in boiling oil;then packed away carefully one by one in neatboxes; and by and by we shall see them upon ourluncheon-tables, requiring a regular sardine-knifeto open the firmly soldered lid of the box before wecan help ourselves to his silvery little form, withouta sigh of regret that, for our sakes, he was snatchedfrom the sunny waters of the Mediterranean, or hissummer home on the bold shores of j/v THE DONKEY AND HIS COMPANY. [March,
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