CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. THE CONDITION OF FISHERMEN IN EVERY AGE . 465 



II. EGYPT AND THE ICTHYOPHAGI . . . . .471 



III. THE TIMES OF THE CLASSIC WRITERS . . . 478 



IV. THE FISHERIES OF MANY CENTURIES . . .487 



V. MODERN DEEP SEA FISHING . . . . .509 



VI. DIMINUTION AND REPRODUCTION . . . . 519 



VI L A GLANCE AT FOREIGN COUNTRIES . . . .525 



VIII A PRACTICAL CONCLUSION . , . . .536 



