20 ANGLING LITERATURE OF 



ploying for his purpose the little fly, which night and day 

 torments by his buzz and his bite, the /cwvwi//, 13 or mosquito, 

 using which for his lure, the sport, whenever there are 

 any thymali in the neighbourhood, is assured." Aldro- 

 vandi, citing the above passage from ^lian, marvels what 

 hook could be fine enough to impale a gnat ; and it seems 

 quite clear that this author (no great adept himself, ap- 

 parently, in myology or fly-fishing) has substituted by 

 mistake the culex pipiens in this place for some other fly 

 more or less resembling it in shape perhaps for the 

 Mayfly itself! 



We do not find that the Greeks were in the habit, like 

 the Eomans, of keeping Vivaria, or fish-ponds. There 

 is one instance mentioned of a stew made by the inhabi- 

 tants of Girgenti (Sicily) for the use of the tyrant Gelon. 

 According to Diodorus Siculus, it was a reservoir of 

 several miles in extent, made very deep, filled with fresh 

 water, and well stocked with fish of all kinds. In addition 

 to the mention of this pond, we have Moschon's account 

 of Micro's ship, which is a very curious one. This vessel 

 was built at Syracuse, under the superintending eye of 

 Archimedes, and destined for the transit of corn. Her 

 timbers were cut down from the sides of mount .ZEtna, 

 the working of which occupied sixty common galleys. 

 When Hiero collected all the planks, nails, cordage, pitch, 



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