INDEX. 



549 



Kshing-taelde, ancient, 15, 22, 24. 

 Fishmongers, 4,72, 475; indebted 



to the Church of Rome, 479. 

 Flat-fish, 355. 

 Flounder, 357. 

 Fly-fishing, alluded to hy Martial 



and JSlian, 18. 

 Flying-fish, 147. 

 Full, Samuel, experiments of, upon 



carp, 264 



Galen, 115, 123, 144, 273, 305, 

 366, 455, 461. 



Glar-fish (see Belone). 



Gtirum, the celebrated ancient fish- 

 sauce, 66 ; Tarieties of, 68 ; high 

 price of, 70. 



G-ehin and Kemy, artificial propa- 

 gation of fish by, 48. 



Germany, profitable vivaria in, 39. 



Giannetazzio, 303. 



GUthead, 177. 



Glanis, confasion of names of the, 

 305 ; description of the, 307 ; 

 voracity of the, 308 ; an agree- 

 able food, 300 ; attempt to na- 

 turalize the, in France, 309. 



Gluttony, instances of ancient, 

 516. 



Goby family, pecuHarities of the, 

 248 ; nest-making propensities of 

 the, 250. 



Gold-fish, 269 ; introduction of, to 

 Europe, 268 ; tameness of, 269. 



Gourami, 243. 



Grayling, 311. 



Gudgeon, 272 ; table use of, 273 ; 

 easily taken, 274. 



Gurnard, 132 ; described, 147 ; 

 frightful appearance of some of 

 the species, 148 ; modes of cook- 

 ing, 149 ; flying powers of, 150. 



Gymnotus (electric eel), 407. 



Haddock, 334. 



Hake, 350; supposed to be the 

 "asellus" or "ass-fish" of the 

 ancients, 351 ; cuhnary merits 

 of the, 353 ; habits of the, 354, 



Hammer fish, habits of, 419. 



Harpoons, used in ancient fishing, 

 20. 



Heliogabalus, 126. 



Horaclides Lembos, 240. 



Heraldry of fish, 117, 218, 270, 

 276, 280, 297, 325, 331, 350, 

 355, 358, 363. 



Hercules, 516, 518. 



Herodotus, 259. 



Herring, not known to the an- 

 cients, 316 ; importance of the, 

 318 ; introduction of the mode 

 of curing the, 319 ; habits and 

 migrations of the, 320 ; enor- 

 mous consumption of the, 322 ; 

 mode of preparation of the, for 

 the market, 324. 



Hicesius, 277. 



HoUbut, 358. 



Homer, 523. 



Hortensius on Vivaria, 38, 44. 



Horace, 145. 



Jacquin, a, manufacturer of artifi- 

 cial pearls, 283. 



Jardine, Sir William, 239, 315. 



John Dory (see Dory). 



Jovius, 123, 145. 



Juvenal, 123, 292, 309, 361, 501, 

 505, 542. 



Labrax, or Basse, 121 ; its various 

 synonyms, indicative of its glut- 

 tony, 121 ; ancient culinary es- 

 timation of, 122 ; those of the 

 Tiber and other rivers famous, 

 123 ; habits and weight of, as 

 recorded by Galen, Belon, Sal- 

 vianus, and Eondolet, 124 ; art- 

 ful in its modes of escape after 

 being caught, 125 ; food of the, 

 126 ; used in diseases of the eye, 

 127 ; represented in Pompeian 

 mosaic-work, 127. 



Labyrinthiform Pharyngeals, or 

 Camel-fish, group of, 284 ; pro- 

 bable allusion of Theophrastus 

 to, 244. 



Lacepfede, M., 138, 178, 212, 226, 

 256, 317, 340, 421, 435, 448. 



Lamprey, 45 ; universal distribu- 

 tion of the, 437 ; etymology of 

 the, 438 ; known to the an- 

 cients, 439 ; habits and struc- 

 ture of the, 440 ; supposed 

 power of arresting 



