. St. Nicholas [serial]. ied to va-rious kinds of small herring-like fishes in dif-ferent parts of the world. Maine, Florida, Cali-fornia, Chile, Japan, India, New Zealand, andFrance have their own peculiar sardines. Themost important and best known sardine, how-ever, is that of France. It is found from Swe-den to the Madeira Islands, but is most abun-dant on the south coast of England (where itis called pilchard), in the Bay of Biscay, andin the Mediterranean. The little fish is espe-cially numerous and important on the shoresof the ancient French province of Brittany,and it is of the sardine
. St. Nicholas [serial]. ied to va-rious kinds of small herring-like fishes in dif-ferent parts of the world. Maine, Florida, Cali-fornia, Chile, Japan, India, New Zealand, andFrance have their own peculiar sardines. Themost important and best known sardine, how-ever, is that of France. It is found from Swe-den to the Madeira Islands, but is most abun-dant on the south coast of England (where itis called pilchard), in the Bay of Biscay, andin the Mediterranean. The little fish is espe-cially numerous and important on the shoresof the ancient French province of Brittany,and it is of the sardine industry of that countrythat I wish to give you a few glimpses inthis article. Brittany occupies the northwest corner ofFrance, but will not be found on most modernmaps, as it ceased its separate existence as aprovince more than a century ago. It is awild and rugged country, inhabited by a hardy Copyright, 1904, by The Century people who for many centuries have followedthe sea, and to-day are more extensively en-. A BUSY LITTLE BRETON MAID. All rights reserved. 964 BRITTANY, THE LAND OF THE SARDINE. [Sept.
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