They have many extremely good in the Nile; one of the shape and
size of our salmon[54]; the largest of these are about four feet
long. They use lines and hooks brought from Barbary, and nets, like
our casting nets, made by themselves. They strike large fish with
spears and fish-gigs.
[Footnote 54: The _shebbel_, a species of salmon, a very
delicate fish, but so rich that it is best roasted, which the
Arabs do in a superior manner.]