INDEX. 



^lian, 18, 28, 191, 296, 305, 310, 

 328, 329, 351, 363, 412, 457. 



^thon, 516. 



Alcseus, 523. 



Aldrovandi, 205, 267. 



Alec, a flsh sauce of antiquity, 70. 



Alexander, 523. 



Alose, representation of the, in 

 Pompeian mosaics, 327 ; sup- 

 posed fondness of the, for mu- 

 sic and dancing, 327 ; love of 

 the, for salt,-329. 



Amphictyon, 521. 



Anabas, a tree-chmbing and land- 

 journeying fish, 243. 



Anacharsis, 524. 



Anchovy, numerous aliases of the, 

 32£^ not estimated by the 

 Ghreeks and Romans, 330; 

 strong scent of the, 331. 



Angling, ancient, Oppian on, 3 ; 

 in modem Home, 7; ia Eng- 

 land, 8. 



Anthia, 30. 



Apicius, 145. 



Aquarium, description of a mo- 

 dern one, near Naples, 153-164. 



Arohestratus, 124, 206, 533. 



Archippus, 478. 



Aristonicus, 477. 



Aristophanes, 523. 



Aristotle, 193, 258, 266, 295, 303, 

 305, 312, 351, 373, 438, 439, 

 450. 



ArthestratuB, 115. 



Asturius Celer, a muUet-maniac, 

 55. 



Astydamus, 516. 



Athenseus, 259, 277, 305, 310, 312, 

 498, 514, 517, 523, 527, 530. 



Aurata (see Sparus). 



Auaonius, 115, 272, 296, 306, 438, 



466. 

 Aviary, description of an, near 



Naples, 153-164. 

 Azurine, 280. 



BaUoon-flsh, 409. 



Barbel, etymology of the, 270; 

 ancient protection of the, in 

 England, 271 ; deleterious ef- 

 fects of the roe of the, 272. 



Basse (see Labrai). 



Belon, 124, 194, 252. 



Belone, tnown to the ancients, 

 302 ; green bones of the, 303. 



Billingsgate fishwomen, 473. 



Bleak, 282 ; scales of, used in the 

 manufacture of artificial pearls, 

 283-287. 



Blenny, 248. 



Bread, varieties of, used by the 

 ancients, 532. 



Breakfast of the Grreeks, 529. 



Bream, mentioned by Chaucer, 

 277 ; held in but small estima- 

 tion, 277. 



Brill, 361. 



Burbot, 335. 



Cabot (John), 336. 



Calvert (Sir Greorge), 337. 



Cantibaris, 516. 



Caranx, unsavoury as food, 227 ; 



bait for, 228. 

 Carp family, 257. 

 Carp (common), supposed to have 



been known to the ancients, 258 ; 



tongue of, 258; etymology of, 



260; longevity of, 262; great 



