22 ANGLING LITERATURE OF 



According to the philosophical creed of India, fish are 

 the emblems of the world's salvation. 



" In the whole world of creation 



None were seen but these seven sages, Menu and the Fish. 

 Years on years, and still unwearied drew that Fish the bark along, 

 Till at length it came where reared Himavan its loftiest peak, 

 There at length they came, and smiling thus the Fish addressed 



the Sage : 



' Bind thou now thy stately vessel to the, peak of Himavan.' 

 At the Fish's mandate, quickly to the peak of Himavan 

 Bound the Sage his bark : and even to this day that loftiest peak 

 Bears the name of Naubaudhana." 14 



The Eomans were passionately fond of fish: they 

 used a net as well as a hook for angling; and Suetonius 

 tells us that the Emperor Nero was accustomed to fish 

 with a net of gold and purple. There was a great variety 

 of nets in common use for obtaining the various kinds 

 of fish. We find figures of persons angling on the walls 

 of Herculaneum. Plutarch mentions corks and leaden 

 weights as additions to the nets. In the British Museum 

 there is a marble figure of a Eoman angler of fine artistic 

 workmanship, but not supposed to be so ancient as some 

 Greek ones in the same establishment. 



In the tragedies of j^Eschylus and Sophocles there are 

 remarks introduced on the nature of fish sauces. 



Symmachus, Polycrates, and Lamprias wrote for the 

 purpose of repressing the taste for fish and fishing, by 



14 Quarterly Review, 1839. 



