PREFACE 



of Loch Ranza, not the least prominent thought in 

 my mind is the moving memory of the vanished 

 eyes — of Sir William Ridgeway, Sir John Sandys, 

 J. S. Reid, Arthur Piatt, J. S. Phillimore, to name but 

 these, and of others nearer and unnamed — which 

 would have looked upon these pages with a kindly 

 interest, and, I would fain think, not wholly without 

 approval : 



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Some little inconsistency in minor detail between 

 one part of the book and another will be explained 

 by the fact that Colluthus and Tryphiodorus— apart 

 from the Index— were in type so long ago as 1921, 

 while Oppian is only now completed. 



This last, being largely pioneer work, has occupied 

 more time and labour than one would have cared 

 deliberately to contemplate. The identification of 

 the animals mentioned, and of the fishes in particular, 

 is a difficult and perilous task, and while I have don^ 

 what I could by collation of the statements in ancient 

 authors and by the use of such hints as could ht 

 derived from modern nomenclature or from the 

 apparent etymological significance of the old names, 

 I can hardly expect that my identifications, some of 

 them novel, will command complete approval. But 

 the statement of facts as here presented may Ughten 

 the labour of any future editor. 



It only remains to thank all who have in sundry 

 ways and at divers seasons helped me. Dr. Page, 

 whose interest has been a great encouragement, has 

 not only read my proofs with almost disconcerting 



