552 



INDEX. 



464 ; modes of taking, 465 ; ha- 

 bits of the, 468 ; commercial ra- 

 lue of the, 469 ; culinary merits 

 of the, 471. 



Suppers of the GJreeks, 530. 



Surmullet, 132. 



Sword-fish, pugnacity of, 219; their 

 large size, 221 j modes of taking, 

 222. 



Tamisius, a famous epicure, 57. 



Tench, wrongly under-estimated as 

 an article of diet, 275 ; mode 

 of cooking, 275 ; high medicinal 

 character of, 276. 



Terence, 392. 



Theophrastus, 236, 527. 



Thunny, or the fish of many names, 

 183 ; known to the Greeks, 185 ; 

 rapid growth of the, 187 ; modes 

 of taking by the Greeks, 189- 

 192 ; timidity of the, 190 ; sup- 

 posed peculiajity in the Tiaion of 

 the, 193 ; parasites of the, 195 ; 

 fishery of the, in modem times, 

 197 ; elaborate nets used in the 

 capture of the, 198 ; description 

 of a day's modem thunny fish- 

 ing in Italy, 199-204; foreign 

 reputation of the, 204 j enor- 

 mous size of some, 205 ; yarious 

 modes of cooking the, 206. 



Trout, 316. 



Tope, 416. 



Torpedo (see Narke). 



Toumefort, 193. 



Turbot, 64; well known to the an- 

 cients, 359 ; great size of, 360 ; 

 ancient mode of taking, 363. 



Ulysses, 516. 



ITranoscopus (Sky-gazer), numer- 

 ous synonyms of the, 126 ; de- 

 scription of the, 127 ; ancient 

 references to the qualities of the 

 Tiscera of the, 129 ; used in eye 

 disorders, 130. 



Varro on Vivaria, 36. 



Vedius Polho, 395. 



Yivaria of the Komans, 35 ; con- 

 structed for FuItIus Hirpinus, 

 37; for M. and L. LucuUus, 38 j 

 for L. Crassus, 39 ; in Germany, . 

 39; diet of fish in, 43 ; Tivaria 

 in modem Naples, 46. 



Voracitas, 516. 



Walshe (Mr.), his experiments with 



the Narke, 456. 

 Walton (Izaak), 9, 278, 280. 

 Whiting, 334. 

 Wines of antiquity, 68. 

 Wine-strainers, ancient, 442. 

 Wrasse family, 255. 



TarreU (Mr.), 197, 214, 302, 325, 

 339. 



Zenocrates, 366, 525. 



THE END. 



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