LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



PAGB 



The Fish Avatar of Vishnu, with Scenes Illustrating Life of 

 Krishna • . . Frontispiece 



The Oldest (save one) Representation of Angling, c. 1400 b.c. 



Title page 



Poseidon, Heracles, and Hermes Fishing 11 



Aztec Fishing 22 



Aztec Boating 23 



Palaeolithic Engravings : Seals, Dead Trout, and (?) Eels . . 26 



Alaskan Hook with a Wizard's Head 28 



Bone Gorges , . ... 32 



(1) The Evrycantea latro. (2) Hook made from its Leg Joints facing 34 



Barbed Harpoons 37 



Broken Harpoon from Kent's Cave 37 



Fishing Net spun by Spiders facing 42 



Fishermen on the Vase of Phvlakopi .... ,, 63 



"In at the Death" ........ ,, 72 



Methods of Fishing, from Roman Mosaic 75 



Mr. Minchin's explanation of /c/pos . 83 



The Dolphin and the Boy of Iasos 96 



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