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FISHING FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES
THE FISH-AVATAR OF VISHNU, WITH SCENES ILLUSTRATING THE LIFE OF KRISHNA.
FISHING FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES
BY
WILLIAM RADCLIFFE
SOMETIME OF BALLIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
THE OLDEST REPRESENTATION (BUT ONE) OF ANGLING, c. 1400 B.C.
LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W. 1921
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TO MY FISHING HOSTS AND FISHING FRIENDS IN AFRICA, AUSTRALASIA, AMERICA, THE WEST INDIES, AND EUROPE.
UPON THEM, UPON ME MAY THE GODS BESTOW THE BOON CRAVED BY MR. ANDREW LANG!
“Within the streams, Pausanias saith, That down Cocytus valley flow, Girdling the grey domain of Death, The spectral fishes come and go; The ghosts of trout fly to and fro, Persephone, fulfil my wish, And grant that in the shades below My ghost may land the ghosts of fish!”