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INDEX. 



size of, 263 ; tenacity of life of, 

 263 ; castration of, 264 ; dis- 

 eases of, 266 ; mode of cooting, 

 267. 



Cato of TJtica, 524. 



CaTiare, 73, 264, 470. 



Chaetodon, jet-d'eau of the, 179. 



Chardin (Sir J.), 33. 



Chaucer, 277. 



Cheese, yarieties of, used by the 

 ancients, 533. 



Chub, 280. 



Cicero, 214, 525. 



Coal-fish, 335. 



Cod, not known to the Greets and 

 ^Romans, 332 ; etymologies of 

 the, 333 ; great importance of 

 the, 335 ; history of the New- 

 foundland fishery for, 336 ; e- 

 normous fecundity of the, 339 ; 

 voracity of the, 341 ; oil pro- 

 cured from the liver of the, 344. 



Columella on Vivaria, 36, 39. 



Conger, esteemed by the Greeks, 

 391 ; coarseness of, as an article 

 of food, 393 i modern consump- 

 tion of the, 394. 



Cooks, 480 ; importance of, 481 ; 

 imaginary conversation between 

 a wealthy Athenian and his 

 cook, 483^98. 



Coryphsena, 232. 



Crabbe, 525. 



Cratinus, 523. 



Crouch, Mr. 245. 



Cuvier, 179, 221, 225, 232, 250, 

 252, 277, 322, 333, 471. 



Dab, 358. 



Dace, 280. 



Daldorf (Mr.) on theAnabas, 242. 



Davors, poem on angling by, 9. 



Demoohares, 510. 



Dentex (see Sparus). 



Deukelzoon, the first curer of her- 

 rings, 318. 



Diphilus, 366. 



Dog-fish, (see Shark). 



Dorado, 232. 



Dorse, 334. 



Dory (" John Dory"), etymology 

 of, 228 ; its culinary reputation, 

 230 i Quin's passion for, 231. 



Drayton, Michael, 314. 

 Drunkenness, ancient, 519. 



Eel, universal distribution of the, 

 368 ; worshipped by the Egyp 

 tians, 369 ; noticed by the an- 

 cients, 370 ; large size of the, 

 371 ; localities where found, 

 372 ; conjectures respecting the 

 generation of the, 373 ; sensibi- 

 lity of the, to changes of tem- 

 perature, 375 ; nocturnal habits 

 of the, 377 ; merits of, as an 

 article of diet, 379 ; modem 

 taste for the, 383 ; esteem for 

 the, at Naples, 385 ; various 

 modes of cooking the, 387 ; te- 

 nacity of life of the, 389. 



Epicharmus, 366. 



Epicurus, 517. 



Eumenes, 523. 



Ennius, 523. 



Eabricius Pictor, 527. 



Father-lasher, 147. 



Feasts among the Greeks and Ro- 

 mans, 528-543. 



Fish, proportionate weight of head 

 to body, 1 ; allured by scents 

 and drugs, 20 ; by musical 

 sounds, 31 ; ancient estimation 

 of, 49 ; used in early CStistian 

 symbolism, 51 ; varying fashions 

 in the taste for, 59 ; ancient 

 fish-sauces, 62, 65, 70 ; used in 

 medicine by the Greeks and Ro- 

 mans, 76 ; poisonous qualities 

 attributed to the roes of, 81 ; 

 portions of used as an ancient 

 depilatory, 82 ; partiality of the 

 Neapohtans for, 90 ; heads- of, 

 partiality of the Greeks .and 

 Latins for, 171 ; fossil-fish not 

 mentioned by the ancients, 236 ; 

 instances of living fish having 

 been dug up, 238, 239 ; showers 

 of, 240 ; generally pleasing as- 

 pect of, 250 ; subject to epi- 

 demics, 266 ; freedom of, 413 ; 

 importance of, in ancient biUs of 

 fare, 537. 



Fishermen, 472. 



Fish-hooks, 17. 



