CONTENTS 
PREFACE . ‘i . i ‘ ri ‘ ‘ . , ‘ 
INTRODUCTION ‘ ‘ ‘ * . , . F 
GREEK AND ROMAN FISHING 
ec HoMER. POSITION OF FISHERMEN . . . ‘ a - 
ait HoMeR. METHODS OF FISHING ‘ 2 . : zi . 
III, ConTEsT BETWEEN HoMER-AND HEsiop. Homer’s DEATH . 
IV. THE DovpHin. HeEropotus. THE ICHTHYOPHAGI. THE 
TUNNY ‘3 . F . 3 C ; 2 an 
V. Puato. ARISTOTLE THE FirST-SCALE READER. SENSES OF 
FIsH . " a % . é 5 P ; . 
‘AT. CHARACTERISTICS OF FISHERMEN IN GREECE AND Rome. 
DEITIES OF FISHING . ‘ ‘ “ é i 
VII. THeEocriTUS, THE GREEK EPIGRAMMATISTS . 5 © 
\ (YH. Tue Two Piinys. MarTIAL. Was THE Rop JOINTED? : 
IX.\_TuHe.-First-MENTION-oF-A FLY . 5 : $ e 
X. THE Scarus. THE First Notice, ‘‘ FISHING PROHIBITED” 
XI. PLUTARCH: CHARGE AGAINST HIM OF CONTEMNING FISHING 
FALSE. ‘CLEOPATRA’S FISHING. OPPIAN. THE TORPEDO 
- FOR GouT. ATHENZUS ‘ : . . ‘ % 
II. ABELIAN. THE MACEDONIAN INVENTION, OR THE FIRST 
MENTION OF AN ARTIFICIAL FLY * ‘ .: F 
XIII. Avusonius. SALMO. SALAR AND FARIO, FIRST MENTION OF 
THE PIKE IN CLASSICAL LITERATURE . . . A 
XIV, INFATUATION FOR FIsH. EXTRAVAGANT PRICES. CosTLy 
ENTERTAINMENTS. VITELLIUS. CLEOPATRA. APICIUS. COOKS. 
SAUCES . . , 7 F 7 ‘ 
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