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CONTENTSPAGRPreface^^*Introduction
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CONTENTSxiiiJEWISH FISHINGCHAPTERXX
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xvi LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSCutting up
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INTRODUCTION
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4 INTRODUCTIONit is but seemly, it
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6 INTRODUCTIONfor their lines, a pi
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8 INTRODUCTIONProgress from the Egy
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10 INTRODUCTIONdate (1660) dealing
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—TIGHT-LINE UNIVERSAL TILL 17TH C
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PALAEOLITHIC CAVES. ALTAMIRA 15Of s
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ART AND TACKLE, OLD STONE MEN 17dem
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ESKIMOS, TASMANIANS, BUSHMEN 19ston
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MEXICO 21To any claim for precedenc
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AZTEC AND PERUVIAN FISHING 23From t
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FISH Z)£-B7?/5—HUNTERS BEFORE FI
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"FISH ENGRAVINGS—MAGICAL CHARMS 2
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*THE BASIS OF MAGIC IN FISHING 29ou
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NO PALAEOLITHIC HOOK 31distinct fro
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GORGES VERSUS HOOKS 33time the hook
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HOOK READY MADE FROM THE SPUR OFEii
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36 INTRODUCTIONand use of these poi
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38 INTRODUCTIONsuddenly appear like
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40 INTRODUCTIONhand fishing, and th
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42 INTRODUCTIONEven this very up-to
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SPIDER FISH NET—OCTOPUS LANDS COA
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ANGLING DEFINED BY PLATOINTRODUCTIO
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BY DICTIONARIES, AND JUDGES 47laid
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:INDIAN FISHING 49ichthyic wisdom
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—PERSIAN FISHING 51grappling hook
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—GEOPONIKA 53to have been written
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—FIRST " ENGLISH TREATISE ON FISH
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THE BOKE OF ST. ALBANS—TUE CELTS
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—FISH AND ANTICHRIST—SUPERSTITI
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GREEK AND ROMAN FISHING" Noster in
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GREEK AND ROMAN FISHING/CHAPTER IHO
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—GREEK AND PHCENICTAN SAILORS 65"
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AND TRADERS 67The third reason was
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2FISH EATEN ONLY BY THE POOR 69they
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2—THE SHIELD OF ACHILLES 71no exa
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FISHING FOR POT, NOT SPORT 73ladies
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FISH AND FISHING SCENE 75shown in m
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THE ROD IN HOMER 77glittering hook
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-See S. Reinach, Cultes, Mythes, et
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THE OX-HORN—HOW USED?8iBut all th
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AS PRONG, HOOK, OR BAIT? 83gap, thu
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—SEALS, EELS, PROTEUS 85greater b
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—FISHING RIDDLE CAUSES HOMER'S DE
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ORACLES-HESIOD'S DEATH89Greeted fro
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— 2THE SHIELD OF HERACLES—DOUP}
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—THEIR TRADE-UNIONISM 93kill, but
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DOLPHIN AND SCHOOLBOY 95gleanings o
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—LAKE DWELLERS—ICHTHYOPHAGl 97s
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MAN'S DESCENT FROM FISH—THE TUNNY
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:There"THE MANNA OF THE MEDITERRANE
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NUMBERS—MIGRATIONS—.ESCHYLUS 10
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MATHEMATICIANS—SIZE 105devices me
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—PLATO—BYRON—ARISTOTLE 107Whe
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a rough self-made microscope of the
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HIS NATURAL 777SrOi?y—ALEXANDERii
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DO FISH HEAR ?—EXPERIMENTS T13whe
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HIS DISSECTION OF FISH 115heart bei
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SAPPHO—ALC^US-FISHING COMEDIES 11
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;THEOCRITUS AND ENGLISH POETS 119th
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VIRGIL—ANTHOLOGIA PALATINA—VAVY
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FISHERS' HOSPITALITY, PIETY 123or s
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whose request forAND WIT—POSEIDON
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APHRODITE—ATARGATIS 127To her, se
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FISH, " SILVER-WHITE " AND PEACOCK
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FISHERMEN ALWAYS OLD AND POOR 131Wh
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CHAPTER VIITHEOCRITUS —THE GREEK
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"THE FISHERMAN'S DREAM" 135" So wit
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FISHING EPIGRAMS—LEONIDAS 137flin
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SALMO CYA^/CC/S—DAPHNIS AND CHLOE
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CHAPTER VIIITHE TWO PLINYS—MARTIA
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FISHING—LAKE COMO 143a fishing sy
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MARTIAL AND JUVENAL—OYSTERS 145Fo
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CRESCENS HARUNDO—WHAT ? 147piscat
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THE FOWLER'S ROD JOINTED 149of a tr
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WAS THE ANGLER'S ?—TIBULLUS 151To
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FLY, OR MOSS, AS LURE? 153literary
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^^RUMINATION OF THE SCARUS 155Koi (
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hnitanturFLY PROBABLY ARTIFICIAL—
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CHAPTER XTHE SCARUS—THE EARLIEST
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:—"FIRST ACCLIMATISATION OF FISHi
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2NONNIUS—GOURMETS—DOCTORS 163be
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!^FOOD, VOICE, SLEEP, LOYALTY OF SC
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FISH-PRESERVES—ROMAN NEWSPAPER 16
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—CHAPTER XIPLUTARCH : THE CHARGE
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PLUTARCH AN ANGLER—BURTON'S LIBEL
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:JOHNSON, GUILTLESS " WORM-FOOL " L
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— ^CLEOPATRA'S ANGLING—OPPIAN'S
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AND FlRDAUSrS—//.4L/£:t7r/C^ 177
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—OCTOPUS AND TOBACCO—LEISTERING
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CAMPANIAN FISH-PLATE WITH PATTERN O
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i84PLUTARCH—CLEOPATRA—OPPIAN—
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HIPPOCRATES—GALEN—WHOLESOME FIS
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CHAPTER XXDiocletian's edict, 301 a
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PRICES IN ROME, LONDON, AND AMERICA
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CHAPTER XXIDIFFERENCE BETWEEN ROMAN
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EARLY FISH PROTECTION AND BREEDING
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LUND, JACOBl, REMY 293success. In F
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TheDID HELEN ELOPE TO TROY? 297Hele
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MEN CARRYING A LARGE FISH.From Petr
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302 "THE NILE IS EGYPT"To Egypt, ri
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304 "THE NILE IS EGYPT"reconstruct
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SPEARS—HARPOONS 309To the latter
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^3SENBI SPEARING—THE REEL 311two
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FIRST HOOKS BARBLESS 313In Egypt no
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^3i6TACKLESuch was the plea by the
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320 ABSTENTION FROM FISHconfirming
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322 ABSTENTION FROM FISHbrethren,!
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324 ABSTENTION FROM FISHMiddle King
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3326 ABSTENTION FROM FISHvarious so
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"328 SACRED FISHHerodotus ^ states
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330 SACRED FISHdefiled by having at
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—332 SACRED FISHThis once accompl
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334 FISHERIES—PRICE OF FISH—SPA
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33^FISHERIES—PRICE OF FISH—SPAW
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;338 FISHERIES—PRICE OF FISH-SPAW
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CHAPTER XXVIIIFISHING WITH THE HAIR
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—342 FISHING WITH THE HAIR OF THE
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CHAPTER XXIXTHE RING OF POLYCRATESI
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ASSYRIAN FISHING
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350 NO ROD—CLOSE INTERCOURSE WITH
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352 NO ROD—CLOSE INTERCOURSE WITH
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356 FISHING METHODSbeen acquainted
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358 FISHING METHODSWhile there may
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THE NET OF ENLIL 359This is to be f
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GUARANTORS OF FISH CONTRACT 361" Ma
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CHAPTER XXXIIIFISH-GODS—DAGONI FI
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^CANNES—? FISH-GOD 365fish. The h
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DAGON 367especially in the building
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CHAPTER XXXIVTHE LEGENDS OF ADAPA,
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IMMORTALITY LOST—THE FLOOD 371Lif
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—CHAPTER XXXVFISH—VIVARIA—THE
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2ASURBANIPAL'S HOUNDS 375sometimes
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FISH IDENTIFIED 377" 3. The senu, i
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—HAMMURABI'S CODE 379A document o
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2THE LADY OF THE WATERS 381by-produ
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—HUMAN AND FISH SACRIFICES 383On
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BURIAL—T^f' HOUSE OF THE DEAD 385
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withPRIESTS CLAD AS FISH—SARGON
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!DIVINATION BY FISH, ARROWS, LIVERS
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—CHAPTER XXXVIITHE FIGHT BETWEEN
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JEWISH FISHING
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aEGYPT'S INFLUENCE ON PALESTINE 401
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LEVIATHAN-FISHING 403words " cast i
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—IfBRESLAR—MAINZER 405Mr. Bresl
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THE EXODUS 407The date of the Exodu
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LACK OF SPORTING INSTINCT 409was th
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REASONS WHY ROD NOT MENTIONED 411iv
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—JEWS NO HUNTERS 413nation help t
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^EFFECT OF SCALELESS CLASSIFICATION
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FISH IN PALESTINE 417Mediterranean
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—NETS—THE SEA OF GALILEE 419or
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THE TALMUD—PARASANG LIMIT 421supp
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THE FISH-GATE— F/F^i?/^ VERY LATE
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IMAGES IN USE 425image was as rigid
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;ASHTORETH—FISH AS SIN-BEARERS 42
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RHABDOMANCY—LOTS—DREAMS—SEERS
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CHAPTER XLITHE FISH OF TOBIAS—DEM
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TOBIAS AND SARA—JUS PRIMM NOCTIS
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"TOBIAS DAYS"—ORIGIN 435continenc
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" THE SEVEN "—DEMONS 437The N.T.
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THE VIRGIN MARY AND RHOMBUS 439agai
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—MAHOMET'S KNIFE—DEUCALION—JO
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—NOAH'S ARK—SOLOMON'S RING 443d
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—SAKKAR—JUDAS ISCARIOT 445this
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CHINESE ANGLING.From Tu Shu Chi Ch'
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4450 CHINESE FISHINGcovered by this
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452 CHINESE FISHINGparallels—but
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454 CHINESE FISHINGa few well-known
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^456 CHINESE FISHING500 B.C. took t
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458 CHINESE FISHINGThe Chronicles o
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2NETS—" THE MILLION-WORKER " 459w
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CORMORANTS—FISH-BREEDING 461" Now
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T'AO'S ISLANDS—HEN HATCHES FISH !
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EMPERORS PREVENTED FISHING 465close
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—DRINK-OFFERING ENSURES BIG CREEL
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" Oh ! never fly conceals a hookFis
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—INDEX 471Babylonians, 351Baessle
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INDEX47:Evans, Sir A., 6, 15, 64, 6
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INDEX 475Laberius, 261Lacau, P., 32
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INDEX 477Proteus, 85, 138Pythagoras