Fishing from the Earliest Times

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Author

Radcliffe, William, 1856-1938

Credits

E-text prepared by deaurider, Paul Marshall, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)

Language

English

LoC Class

SH: Agriculture: Aquaculture, Fisheries, Angling

Subject

Fishing -- History

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 57845

Release Date

September 4, 2018

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

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

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