Messages in bottles and a swimming goat – finds at sea 1885-1920

A message in a bottle was discovered at Għajn Tuffieħa Bay. Photo: Pixabay

At the turn of the 20th century, poverty was rife among most of Mellieħa’s peasants and fishermen. They made a precarious living tilling the hard, rocky soil or hauling their nets and then quickly getting rid of their catch for any price before it went bad. Even the garigue around the village was stripped bare;...