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CONTENTS 



CHAPTER 



XV. 



XVI. 

 XVII. 



XVIII. 



XIX. 



XX. 



XXI. 

 XXII. 



Fish in Sacrifices. Pickled Fish. y/yARiA. Oysters. 



Archimedes ......... 215 



Legal Regulations of Rome as regards Fishing . .231 

 Tackle. Curious Methods of Fishing for the Sargvs 

 the Skate, the Silurus. and the Eel. What was the 

 SiLVRvst Wild Theories as to the Propagation of 

 Eels 235 



The Nine Fish most highly prized 254 



Fish in Myths, Symbols, Diet, and Medicine . , . 270 

 Diocletian's Edict, 301 a.d. Prices of Fish and other 



Articles Then and Now 285 



Difference between Roman and Modern Pisciculture 289 



The Ring of Helen ........ 295 



EGYPTIAN FISHING 



XXIII. "The Nile is Egypt" 



XXIV. Tackle 



XXV. Abstention from Fish 



XXVI. Sacred Fish 



XXVII. Fisheries. Attempted Correlation of the Price of 



Fish Then and Now. Spawning .... 



XXVIII. Fishing with the Hair of the Dead .... 



301 

 307 

 319 

 327 



333 

 340 



XXIX. The Ring of Polycrates 344 



ASSYRIAN FISHING 



XXX. No Rod, although close intercourse with Egypt 



XXXI. Fishing Methods 



XXXII. The Earliest Recorded Contract of Fishing 



XXXIII. Fish-Gods. Dagon 



XXXIV. The Legends of Adapa, and of the Flood 

 XXXV. Fish. Vivaria. The First Instance of Poaching 



XXXVI. Fish in Offerings, Magic Auguries . 



XXXVII. The Fight between Marduk and Tiamat 



349 

 355 

 360 



363 

 369 

 373 

 382 

 391 



