The following are the fish commonly sold at Cape
Town, Wynberg, and other suburbs, and sent by train as
far as Pretoria and Johannesburg.
I have put the scientific names of most of them.
Crawfish, Palinurus vulgaris.
Dageraad, Pagrus laniarius.
El ft fish, Temiiodon saltator.
Galjoen, Dipteroden capensis.
Geelbeck (Cape salmon), Otolithus acqmdens.
Gurnet, Trigla capensis.
Haarder, Mugil capensis.
Hottentot, Sargus capensis.
Kabeljow, Scikna holocipidota.
Klipfish, or Rockfish (they live under the rocks), Blennius
versicolor.
Maasbanker, Caranx trachurus lacep.
Mackerel, Scomber grex.
Paarlemon, or Klipkous (a shell-fish), Hahotis midce.
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NAMES OP CAPE PISH
Red Stumpnose, Crysopleplus globiceps.
Red Stumpnose, Pagallus afer}
“ Roman,” Chrysophrys christiceps.
“ Seventy-four,” Dentex rupestris.
Silver-fish, Dentex argyrozona,
Snoek, Thyrsites atun.
Steenbraas, Lithog^mthus capensis.
Steentje, Boops salpa.
* With the very large knob on its head, said to be the male, and not
so good as the one with less of a k?iob — both kinds very often caught
together.
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LOCUST DESTRUCTION.
INFORMATION FROM THE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
REGARDING LOCUST DESTRUCTION.^
In view of the appearance of Voetgangers^ in large
numbers in various divisions of the Colony, the question
of combined systematic efforts on the part of farmers
demands early consideration.
It is in their earlier stages — when the Voetgangers are
hatching out, and for a few weeks afterwards — that most
good can be effected, and at the smallest expenditure of
time and labour ; but to be of any permanent effect,
active measures should be taken at once, and should most
emphatically be the result of combined effort on the part
of all the farmers in the locality in which the Voetgangers
appear.
We would not underrate the value of individual effort,
but to be effective it must be the combined effort of
^ A friend draws my attention to a passage in the Life of Lord Lilford^
by his sister, in which he mentions receiving “ seventeen sacks of dried
locusts from Larnaca, not very fresh, but much appreciated by more of
my birds than I can well enumerate.” Is it possible they could be
used as food for poultry or pheasants ?
^ The young locusts generally appear after the first summer rains, as
soon as the crops are cut. — H. D. ,
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LOCUST DESTRUCTION
individuals , W6 look to our farmors to join oach with his
neighbour to combat the plague, and that without loss
of time.
. . . The methods of destruction recommended have
the merit of being comparatively simple and inexpensive.
They are —
{a) The use of canvas screens, with a strip of oilcloth,
4i ins. wide, sewn on the top of the canvas, so as to guide
the locusts into pits in which the swarms were buried.
{b) Trampling by flocks of sheep or goats.
if) Dragging heavy bush sleighs over them.
{d) Beating with flails or stampers.
Mr. Verran, Sheep Inspector, Sterkstroom, reports having
adopted the following method at Cathcart, with great
success : — “ The swarms were driven up from each side by
means of red flags, and when on a fairly level spot were
destroyed with flails ; and once the swarm has been beaten
through, those remaining are easily dealt with. . . .
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Presented as published in 1902. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
The following are the fish commonly sold at Cape Town, Wynberg, and other suburbs, and sent by train as far as Pretoria and Johannesburg.
I have put the scientific names of most of them.
Crawfish, Palinurus vulgaris.
Dageraad, Pagrus laniarius.
Elf fish, Temiiodon saltator.
Galjoen, Dipteroden capensis.
Geelbeck (Cape salmon), Otolithus argenteus.
Gurnet, Trigla capensis.
Haarder, Mugil capensis.
Hottentot, Sargus capensis.
Kabeljow, Sciaena holacantha.
Klipfish, or Rockfish (they live under the rocks), Blennius versicolor.
Maasbanker, Caranx trachurus lacep.
Mackerel, Scomber grex.
Paarlemon, or Klipkous (a shell-fish), Haliotis midae.
App.
NAMES OP CAPE PISH
Red Stumpnose, Chrysophrys globiceps.
Red Stumpnose, Pagallus afer}
“ Roman,” Chrysophrys christiceps.
“ Seventy-four,” Dentex rupestris.
Silver-fish, Dentex argyrozona,
Snoek, Thyrsites atun.
Steenbraas, Lithognathus capensis.
Steentje, Boops salpa.
* With the very large knob on its head, said to be the male, and not so good as the one with less of a k?iob — both kinds very often caught together.
INFORMATION FROM THE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY REGARDING LOCUST DESTRUCTION.^
In view of the appearance of Voetgangers^ in large numbers in various divisions of the Colony, the question of combined systematic efforts on the part of farmers demands early consideration.
It is in their earlier stages — when the Voetgangers are hatching out, and for a few weeks afterwards — that most good can be effected, and at the smallest expenditure of time and labour ; but to be of any permanent effect, active measures should be taken at once, and should most emphatically be the result of combined effort on the part of all the farmers in the locality in which the Voetgangers appear.
We would not underrate the value of individual effort, but to be effective it must be the combined effort of
^ A friend draws my attention to a passage in the Life of Lord Lilford^ by his sister, in which he mentions receiving “ seventeen sacks of dried locusts from Larnaca, not very fresh, but much appreciated by more of my birds than I can well enumerate.” Is it possible they could be used as food for poultry or pheasants ?
^ The young locusts generally appear after the first summer rains, as soon as the crops are cut. — H. D. ,
App.
individuals, we look to our farmers to join oach with his neighbour to combat the plague, and that without loss of time.
. . . The methods of destruction recommended have the merit of being comparatively simple and inexpensive. They are —
{a) The use of canvas screens, with a strip of oilcloth, 4i ins. wide, sewn on the top of the canvas, so as to guide the locusts into pits in which the swarms were buried.
{b) Trampling by flocks of sheep or goats. if) Dragging heavy bush sleighs over them.
{d) Beating with flails or stampers.
Mr. Verran, Sheep Inspector, Sterkstroom, reports having adopted the following method at Cathcart, with great success : — “ The swarms were driven up from each side by means of red flags, and when on a fairly level spot were destroyed with flails ; and once the swarm has been beaten through, those remaining are easily dealt with. . . .