Fishing from the Earliest Times
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FISHING FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
PART I
PART II
GREEK AND ROMAN FISHING.[122]
CHAPTER I HOMER—THE POSITION OF FISHERMEN
CHAPTER II HOMER—METHODS OF FISHING
CHAPTER III THE CONTEST BETWEEN HOMER AND HESIOD—HOMER’S DEATH
CHAPTER IV THE DOLPHIN—HERODOTUS—THE ICHTHYOPHAGI—THE TUNNY
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI CHARACTERISTICS OF FISHERMEN IN GREECE AND ROME—POVERTY “THE BADGE OF ALL OUR TRIBE”—DEITIES OF FISHING
CHAPTER VII THEOCRITUS—THE GREEK EPIGRAMMATISTS
CHAPTER VIII THE TWO PLINYS—MARTIAL—WAS THE ROD JOINTED?
CHAPTER IX THE FIRST MENTION OF A FLY
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII AUSONIUS—SALMO, SALAR AND FARIO—FIRST MENTION OF THE PIKE
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV FISH IN SACRIFICES—PICKLED FISH—VIVARIA OF OYSTERS, ETC.—ARCHIMEDES
CHAPTER XVI LEGAL REGULATIONS OF ROME AS REGARDS FISHING
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII THE NINE FISH MOST HIGHLY PRIZED
CHAPTER XIX FISH IN MYTHS, SYMBOLS, DIET, AND MEDICINE
CHAPTER XX DIOCLETIAN’S EDICT, 301 A.D.—PRICES OF FISH AND OTHER ARTICLES THEN AND NOW
CHAPTER XXI DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ROMAN AND MODERN PISCICULTURE
CHAPTER XXII THE RING OF HELEN
EGYPTIAN FISHING
CHAPTER XXIII “THE NILE IS EGYPT”
CHAPTER XXIV TACKLE
CHAPTER XXV ABSTENTION FROM FISH
CHAPTER XXVI SACRED FISH
CHAPTER XXVII FISHERIES—ATTEMPTED CORRELATION OF THE PRICE OF FISH THEN AND NOW—SPAWNING
CHAPTER XXVIII FISHING WITH THE HAIR OF THE DEAD
CHAPTER XXIX THE RING OF POLYCRATES
ASSYRIAN FISHING[888]
CHAPTER XXX NO ROD, ALTHOUGH CLOSE INTERCOURSE WITH EGYPT
CHAPTER XXXI FISHING METHODS
CHAPTER XXXII THE EARLIEST RECORDED CONTRACT OF FISHING
CHAPTER XXXIII FISH-GODS—DAGON
CHAPTER XXXIV THE LEGENDS OF ADAPA, AND OF THE FLOOD
CHAPTER XXXV FISH—VIVARIA—THE FIRST INSTANCE OF POACHING
CHAPTER XXXVI FISH IN OFFERINGS, AUGURIES, ETC.
CHAPTER XXXVII THE FIGHT BETWEEN MARDUK AND TIĀMAT
JEWISH FISHING[997]
CHAPTER XXXVIII ROD NOT EMPLOYED IN SPITE OF CLOSE INTERCOURSE WITH EGYPT— REASONS SUGGESTED FOR ABSENCE
CHAPTER XXXIX FISH WITH AND WITHOUT SCALES—METHODS OF FISHING—VIVARIA
CHAPTER XL ICHTHYOLATRY IMPROBABLE—FISH NOT IN SACRIFICES OR AUGURIES
CHAPTER XLI THE FISH OF TOBIAS—DEMONIC POSSESSION
CHAPTER XLII THE FISH OF MOSES—JONAH—SOLOMON’S RING
CHINESE FISHING
CHAPTER XLIII “PLUS UN PAYS PRODUIT DES POISSONS, PLUS IL PRODUIT D’HOMMES”
INDEX
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