550 



INDEX. 



of ships, 441 J culinary merits 



of the, 444. 

 Le Vaillant, 454. 

 Loach, 277 ; feotmdity of the, 



278 i affected by the weather, 



279. 

 Lucca, trout-stream near, 7. 

 LuciUus, 122. 

 Lucius, 297. 

 Lynceus, 474. 



Mackerel, confusion of the various 

 species of, 209 ; etymology of, 

 210 ; peculiarity in the vision of, 

 taken advantage of in its capture, 

 213 ; extraordinary fluctuations 

 of the number and price of, on 

 the British coast, 214 ; their 

 greediness, 21 5 ; migrations, 216 ; 

 as an article of diet, 217. 



Marinarius the glutton, trick prac- 

 tised upon, by Leo X., 56. 



Martial, 123, 142, 145, 527. 



Martyns,Mr., battle between a saw- 

 fish and whale, described by, 

 418. 



Menander, 129. 



Miller's Thumb, 147. 



MUo, 516. 



Minnow, 281. 



Moore's (Tom) lines on the flying- 

 fish, 152. 



MugiL (Grey Mullet), habits of, 

 244-248. 



Mullets, family of, characterized, 

 130 ; etymology of, 130 ; pas- 

 sion for the rearing and taming 

 of them by the ancients, 134 ; 

 their dying struggles witnessed 

 at table on the occasion of 

 "mullet-feasts," 136; extrava- 

 gance and evil effects of these 

 entertainments, 140; represent- 

 ed on frescoes at Pompeii, 145. 



Mur83na, terrible use made of the, 

 by the Romans, 395 ; habits of 

 the, 400 ; etymology of the, 

 401 ; combats of the, with the 

 Outtle and Crab, 403-405; tamed 

 by the ancients, 406. 



Naples, 385, 398. 



Naples bay and fish-market, 85 ; 



varieties of fish seen there in 

 modem times, 86 ; ancient as- 

 sociations connected with the 

 spot, 88 ; impurity of the water 

 of, 92 ; modem scenery of the 

 bay, 95 ; sudden changes in the 

 weather at, 99 ; mollusks of the 

 bay, 100 ; scenes in the Neapo- 

 litan fish-market, 103. 



Narke, electric powers of the, 

 known to ancient writers, 455 ; 

 habits of the, 458. 



Nero, 523. 



Nets used in fishing by the an- 

 cients, 24. 



Newfoundland, cod-fishery at, 340. 



NoweU (Dr., Dean of St. Paul's), 

 an angler, 12. 



O'ConueU (Daniel), 474. 



" Old-wives," 410. 



Oppian, 3, 19, 24, 130, 144, 150, 

 189, 192, 213, 219, 221, 223, 

 228, 230, 245, 260, 303, 329, 

 351, 372, 378, 402, 421, 438, 

 439, 441, 442, 472. 



Opsophagy, 472. 



Grata, 177. 



Ovid, 272. 



Padua, Museum at, 422. 



Paper used by the Romans for do- 

 mestic piirposes, 63. 



Parasite, ancient Grreek meaning 

 of the term, 502. 



Pearls, manufactured from the 

 scales of the Bleak, 283 ; mode 

 of causing the deposition of, by 

 bivalves, 287; estimation of, by 

 the ancient Eomans, 290. 



Pennant, 320. 



Perch, characteristics of the family, 

 113; liighly esteemed by the 

 Greeks and Latins, 115 ; parti- 

 cular spots famous for, 116 ; 

 modes of cooking, 116 ; habits 

 of, 116; used symbolically by 

 the Saxons, 117 ; roe of, 117. 



Periander, 524. 



Phanias, 240. 



Phaidrus, 526. 



Phylarohus, 240. 



m-towers, near Naples, 29. 



