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Lake Fusaro
The accompanying engraving gives a general view of Lake Fusaro (The Avernus of the ancients), showing here and there the stakes surrounding the artificial banks, the single and double ranges of stakes on which the faggots are suspended, and at one extremity the labyrinths, in the face of which is canal of from 2 1/2 to 3 metres broad and 1 1/2 metre deep joining the lake to the sea. A small lake, believed the be the ancient Cocytus, communicates with this canal. The pavilion in the lake is the ordinary residence of the persons in charge of the fishery.
Lake Fusaro<br>The accompanying engraving gives a general view of Lake Fusaro (The Avernus of the ancients), showing here and there the stakes surrounding the artificial banks, the single and double ranges of stakes on which the faggots are suspended, and at one extremity the labyrinths, in the face of which is canal of from 2 1/2 to 3 metres broad and 1 1/2 metre deep joining the lake to the sea. A small lake, believed the be the ancient Cocytus, communicates with this canal. The pavilion in the lake is the ordinary residence of the persons in charge of the fishery.
CategoryLimnology
CaptionLake Fusaro
The accompanying engraving gives a general view of Lake Fusaro (The Avernus of the ancients), showing here and there the stakes surrounding the artificial banks, the single and double ranges of stakes on which the faggots are suspended, and at one extremity the labyrinths, in the face of which is canal of from 2 1/2 to 3 metres broad and 1 1/2 metre deep joining the lake to the sea. A small lake, believed the be the ancient Cocytus, communicates with this canal. The pavilion in the lake is the ordinary residence of the persons in charge of the fishery.
Image Date1873.00
SubjectLake Fusaro (Italy)
Geographic SubjectItaly--Lake Fusaro
Image Source AuthorBertram, James G.
Image Source TitleHarvest of the Sea, including Sketches of Fisheries and Fisher Folk
Pub. Info.London, England : John Murray, 1873
Page No./Plate No.Page 240
Digital collectionFreshwater and Marine Image Bank
RepositoryMost materials are located in the University of Washington Libraries. Images were scanned by staff of the UW Fisheries-Oceanography Library
CopyrightMaterials in the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank are in the public domain. No copyright permissions are needed. Acknowledgement of the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank as a source for borrowed images is requested.
Ordering InformationThe University of Washington Libraries does not provide reproductions of this image. This record contains a citation for this image. If you want to use the scanned image, acknowledgement of the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank as a source for borrowed images is requested.
TypeImage
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