CONTENTS. 



SECTION I. 



PAGE 



The present way of regarding the values of fish as food is 

 explained. This includes a brief account of the chemical 

 investigations of foods generally, in order that the 

 principal considerations in their particular application to 

 fish may be understood in their relative importance. 



Introductory ........ 331 



Present way of studying food values .... 346 



Tables of daily outgoings and therefore of intakes . 352 



Sources of supply of intakes . . . . . 355 



Fish analysis ........ 362 



Probable use of fish in a " hard-working " diet . . 366 

 The application of these considerations in relation to cost 367 

 Recapitulation ........ 372 



SECTION II. 



References are made to the monumental and written 

 records of the use of fish among the Egyptians, Hebrews, 

 Assyrians, and Babylonians . . . . . . 375 



A few references are given to allusions of the use of fish by 



Greek and Roman writers . . . . . . 378 



Some travellers' notices are summarised or quoted, showing 

 how much more largely fish is used in some countries 

 than it is in Europe at the present time . . . . 382 



Some particulars are given of the use of fish in this country 

 in former times. These include 



a. Historical notices ....... 384 



b. Opinions as to the effects of the use of different kinds 



of fish ......... 423 



APPENDIX. 

 There are added details and notes which it has been thought 



advisable to keep clear from the body of the work . . 439 



%* There also are appended tables in illustration of the text 

 and a bibliographical list. 



