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Fishing from the Earliest Times

William Radcliffe

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GREEK AND ROMAN FISHING.[122]

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EGYPTIAN FISHING

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23 24 25 26 27 28 29

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ASSYRIAN FISHING[888]

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30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37

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JEWISH FISHING[997]

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1. Front matter 2. PREFACE 3. PART I 4. PART II 5. GREEK AND ROMAN FISHING.[122]6. CHAPTER I HOMER—THE POSITION OF FISHERMEN 7. CHAPTER II HOMER—METHODS OF FISHING 8. CHAPTER III THE CONTEST BETWEEN HOMER AND HESIOD—HOMER’S DEATH 9. CHAPTER IV THE DOLPHIN—HERODOTUS—THE ICHTHYOPHAGI—THE TUNNY 10. CHAPTER V 11. CHAPTER VI CHARACTERISTICS OF FISHERMEN IN GREECE AND ROME—POVERTY “THE BADGE OF ALL OUR TRIBE”—DEITIES OF FISHING 12. CHAPTER VII THEOCRITUS—THE GREEK EPIGRAMMATISTS 13. CHAPTER VIII THE TWO PLINYS—MARTIAL—WAS THE ROD JOINTED?14. CHAPTER IX THE FIRST MENTION OF A FLY 15. CHAPTER X 16. CHAPTER XI 17. CHAPTER XII 18. CHAPTER XIII AUSONIUS—SALMO, SALAR AND FARIO—FIRST MENTION OF THE PIKE 19. CHAPTER XIV 20. CHAPTER XV FISH IN SACRIFICES—PICKLED FISH—VIVARIA OF OYSTERS, ETC.—ARCHIMEDES 21. CHAPTER XVI LEGAL REGULATIONS OF ROME AS REGARDS FISHING 22. CHAPTER XVII 23. CHAPTER XVIII THE NINE FISH MOST HIGHLY PRIZED 24. CHAPTER XIX FISH IN MYTHS, SYMBOLS, DIET, AND MEDICINE 25. CHAPTER XX DIOCLETIAN’S EDICT, 301 A.D.—PRICES OF FISH AND OTHER ARTICLES THEN AND NOW 26. CHAPTER XXI DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ROMAN AND MODERN PISCICULTURE 27. CHAPTER XXII THE RING OF HELEN 28. EGYPTIAN FISHING 29. CHAPTER XXIII “THE NILE IS EGYPT”30. CHAPTER XXIV TACKLE 31. CHAPTER XXV ABSTENTION FROM FISH 32. CHAPTER XXVI SACRED FISH 33. CHAPTER XXVII FISHERIES—ATTEMPTED CORRELATION OF THE PRICE OF FISH THEN AND NOW—SPAWNING 34. CHAPTER XXVIII FISHING WITH THE HAIR OF THE DEAD 35. CHAPTER XXIX THE RING OF POLYCRATES 36. ASSYRIAN FISHING[888]37. CHAPTER XXX NO ROD, ALTHOUGH CLOSE INTERCOURSE WITH EGYPT 38. CHAPTER XXXI FISHING METHODS 39. CHAPTER XXXII THE EARLIEST RECORDED CONTRACT OF FISHING 40. CHAPTER XXXIII FISH-GODS—DAGON 41. CHAPTER XXXIV THE LEGENDS OF ADAPA, AND OF THE FLOOD 42. CHAPTER XXXV FISH—VIVARIA—THE FIRST INSTANCE OF POACHING 43. CHAPTER XXXVI FISH IN OFFERINGS, AUGURIES, ETC.44. CHAPTER XXXVII THE FIGHT BETWEEN MARDUK AND TIĀMAT 45. JEWISH FISHING[997]46. CHAPTER XXXVIII ROD NOT EMPLOYED IN SPITE OF CLOSE INTERCOURSE WITH EGYPT— REASONS SUGGESTED FOR ABSENCE 47. CHAPTER XXXIX FISH WITH AND WITHOUT SCALES—METHODS OF FISHING—VIVARIA 48. CHAPTER XL ICHTHYOLATRY IMPROBABLE—FISH NOT IN SACRIFICES OR AUGURIES 49. CHAPTER XLI THE FISH OF TOBIAS—DEMONIC POSSESSION 50. CHAPTER XLII THE FISH OF MOSES—JONAH—SOLOMON’S RING 51. CHAPTER XLIII “PLUS UN PAYS PRODUIT DES POISSONS, PLUS IL PRODUIT D’HOMMES”52. INDEX

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