And yet they can't escape the Provençal fishermen, who prize them as highly as did the ancient inhabitants of Turkey and Italy; and these valuable animals, as oblivious as if they were deaf and blind, leap right into the Marseilles tuna nets and perish by the thousands.
Gyorsaságuk ellenére a provence-i halászok nagy tömegben halásszák őket, s náluk is éppoly becses zsákmánynak számítanak, mint hajdan a márvány-tengeri s itáliai halászoknál; ezek az értékes halak vakon, kótyagosan vetik be magukat a marseille-i halászok hálóiba, s ezerszámra pusztulnak ott el.