Show eels in demand in egypt eels are so highly prized in egypt that the supply is generally short of the demand and an enterprising ger man birin has therefore started an eelig industry in the lower nile del ta the industry is centered in mata arieh Men saleh a station on the rail way where a large depot has been es to which the eels are brought for sale by the fishermen who receive tor them about 1 cent each before dispatch to trieste whence they are sent to hamburg by rail the eels are cleaned rubbed with salt and packed in casks between lay era of ice impregnated with it is expected that when the scheme is in full order no less than about sixty tons or eels will be sent from alexandria weekly |