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6oINTRODUCTIONthere shall no salmon be seen there for a twelvemonthafter."Superstitions of every sort and almost incredible dictateto the ancient and to the modern fisherman what are the goodand what the bad days for plying his craft, or setting his sail.Their cousin, imitative magic, plays no small part in decidinghis bait.But enough here of fishing superstitions. Are they notwrit large in Pliny, Oppian, Plutarch, in the Folk Lore Records,and larger, geographically, in that masterpiece. The GoldenBough ?The most incredulous, if there were one chance in a hundredof the operation ensuring adeptness in our craft, would willinglysacrifice in conformity with Austrahan superstition the firstjoint of his little finger. iNor, again, if only the most moderateus utter a belated plaint at hissuccess resulted, would any ofmother imitating her Fijian sister and throwing, when firsta-fishing after childbirth, his navel-string into the sea, andthus " ensuring our growing into good fisherfolk." 2^ John F. Mann, "Notes on the Aborigines of AustraHa," Proc. Geograph.Soc. of Australia, i. p. 204.^J. G. Frazer, op. cit., iii. 206-7.
GREEK AND ROMAN FISHING" Noster in arte labor posiius, spes onmis in ilia."
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FISHING FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES
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U. S. National MuseumWishing from t
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TOMY FISHING HOSTS AND FISHING FRIE
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viiiPREFACE(5) The conclusion that
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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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Page 41 and 42: PALAEOLITHIC CAVES. ALTAMIRA 15Of s
Page 43 and 44: ART AND TACKLE, OLD STONE MEN 17dem
Page 45 and 46: ESKIMOS, TASMANIANS, BUSHMEN 19ston
Page 47 and 48: MEXICO 21To any claim for precedenc
Page 49 and 50: AZTEC AND PERUVIAN FISHING 23From t
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Page 55 and 56: *THE BASIS OF MAGIC IN FISHING 29ou
Page 57 and 58: NO PALAEOLITHIC HOOK 31distinct fro
Page 59 and 60: GORGES VERSUS HOOKS 33time the hook
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Page 66 and 67: 38 INTRODUCTIONsuddenly appear like
Page 68 and 69: 40 INTRODUCTIONhand fishing, and th
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Page 75 and 76: ANGLING DEFINED BY PLATOINTRODUCTIO
Page 77 and 78: BY DICTIONARIES, AND JUDGES 47laid
Page 79 and 80: :INDIAN FISHING 49ichthyic wisdom
Page 81 and 82: —PERSIAN FISHING 51grappling hook
Page 83 and 84: —GEOPONIKA 53to have been written
Page 85 and 86: —FIRST " ENGLISH TREATISE ON FISH
Page 87 and 88: THE BOKE OF ST. ALBANS—TUE CELTS
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Page 97 and 98: —GREEK AND PHCENICTAN SAILORS 65"
Page 99 and 100: AND TRADERS 67The third reason was
Page 101 and 102: 2FISH EATEN ONLY BY THE POOR 69they
Page 103 and 104: 2—THE SHIELD OF ACHILLES 71no exa
Page 107 and 108: FISHING FOR POT, NOT SPORT 73ladies
Page 109 and 110: FISH AND FISHING SCENE 75shown in m
Page 111 and 112: THE ROD IN HOMER 77glittering hook
Page 113 and 114: -See S. Reinach, Cultes, Mythes, et
Page 115 and 116: THE OX-HORN—HOW USED?8iBut all th
Page 117 and 118: AS PRONG, HOOK, OR BAIT? 83gap, thu
Page 119 and 120: —SEALS, EELS, PROTEUS 85greater b
Page 121 and 122: —FISHING RIDDLE CAUSES HOMER'S DE
Page 123 and 124: ORACLES-HESIOD'S DEATH89Greeted fro
Page 125 and 126: — 2THE SHIELD OF HERACLES—DOUP}
Page 127 and 128: —THEIR TRADE-UNIONISM 93kill, but
Page 129 and 130: DOLPHIN AND SCHOOLBOY 95gleanings o
Page 131 and 132: —LAKE DWELLERS—ICHTHYOPHAGl 97s
Page 133 and 134: MAN'S DESCENT FROM FISH—THE TUNNY
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Page 137 and 138: NUMBERS—MIGRATIONS—.ESCHYLUS 10
Page 139 and 140: 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—ALCÛS-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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:i82PLUTARCH—CLEOPATRA—OPPIAN
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i84PLUTARCH—CLEOPATRA—OPPIAN—
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FIRST MENTION OF ARTIFICIAL FLY 187
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::AND MATERIALS FOR DRESSING IT 189
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BUT PROBABLY USED FAR EARLIER 191Fu
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GRAYLING—MOSQUITO FLY 193read, th
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smomus—AD mosellam 195rate, no op
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PIKE UNKNOWN TO GREEKS 197" Lucius
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OXYRHYNCUS—CARV—FAST DAYS 199Th
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3—CHAPTER XIVINFATUATION FOR FISH
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SEA-FISH PREFERRED—TURBOT—PRICE
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Ciy£"F5—JUVENAL—DIOGENES' POLY
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BANQUETS—VITELLIUS—VENUS—Sf/B
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C LEOPATRA—PTOLEMY—APICIUS 209t
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——ODES TO OYSTERS! 211Anaxandri
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FISH-SAUCES—MACKEREL'S BEARD 213T
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^———CHAPTER XVFISH IN SACRIFI
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FISH, VICE HUMAN SACRIFICES—VARRO
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—FISH—SACRED, DIVINATORY, SPICE
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FISH ON COINS—ARETHUSA 221reachin
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—Some2OYSTERS—CESAR'S ENGLISH P
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——VIVARIA ROMAN, SICILIAN—ARC
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HORTENSIUS—BEJEWELLED FISH 227Mac
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2:ANTONIA'S RECORD—FISH-BREEDING
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;CHAPTER XVILEGAL REGULATIONS OF RO
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PROPERTY IN FISH—CURIOUS LAWSUIT
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A GREEK ANGLER,From the Agathemeros
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:236 TACKLE—CURIOUS METHODS—S/L
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238 TACKLE—CURIOUS METHODS—S/Lf
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240 TACKLE-CURIOUS METHODS—S/Lf/i
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SARGUS FISHING IN SHE-GOAT'S SKIN 2
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;FISHING BY MUSIC—THOR'S OX-HEAD
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RECORD BASS AND TVÂ—SILURUS WHAT
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EEL FISHING WITH SHEEP-GUTS 247Flat
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EELS AS GODS, AND DAINTIES 249The p
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FALSE THEORIES OF EEL PROPAGATION 2
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TILL SCHMIDT'S IN 1904 253sexually
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.256 THE NINE FISH MOST HIGHLY PRIZ
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258 THE NINE FISH MOST HIGHLY PRIZE
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——26oTHE NINE FISH MOST HIGHLY
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——262 THE NINE FISH MOST HIGHLY
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:264 THE NINE FISH MOST HIGHLY PRIZ
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266 THE NINE FISH MOST HIGHLY PRIZE
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—;268 THE NINE FISH MOST HIGHLY P
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—,CHAPTER XIXFISH IN MYTHS, SYMBO
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272 FISH IN MYTHS, SYMBOLS. DIET, M
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—3;274 FISH IN MYTHS, SYMBOLS. DI
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2276 FISH IN MYTHS, SYMBOLS, DIET,
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—2278 FISH IN MYTHS, SYMBOLS, DIE
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^28o FISH IN MYTHS, SYMBOLS, DIET,
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—:282 FISH IN MYTHS, SYMBOLS, DIE
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284 FISH IN MYTHS, SYMBOLS, DIET, M
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286 DIOCLETIAN'S EDICT—PRICES THE
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288 DIOCLETIAN'S EDICT—PRICES THE
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290 ro:man and modern piscicultureT
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292 ROMAN AND MODERN PISCICULTUREmo
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—CHAPTER XXIITHE RING OF HELENIn
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EGYPTIAN FISHING
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:EGYPTIAN FISHING^CHAPTER XXIII"THE
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TOMB REPRESENTATIONS—ANGLERS' DEB
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STONE PALETTES—IMITATIVE MAGIC 30
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2CHAPTER XXIVTACKLE" / tell you tha
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AN EGYPTIAN REEL.From F. LI. Griffi
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310 TACKLE
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2^312 TACKLEappears to have found e
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^314 TACKLERoman times, are well de
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HAND-LINING—BAITS3i5province whic
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special interest.NETS—GENERAL MET
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CHAPTER XXVABSTENTION FROM FISHThe
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—BY KINGS AND PRIESTS—PIANKHI 3
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FISH HIEROGLYPHS SUPPRESSED IN TOMB
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FISH AND GODS—FISH MUMMIES 325Fig
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CHAPTER XXVISACREDFISHApart from th
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WHY SOME SACRED P—TOTEMISM 329But
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CROCODILE WORSHIP. AND CATCHING 331
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CHAPTER XXVIIFISHERIES—ATTEMPTED
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FISH AS QUEENS' PIN-MONEY, AND TAXE
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DEPRECIATION OF MONEY 337the big ma
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HERODOTUS, ARISTOTLE ON SPAWNING 33
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GROWTH OF HAIR—GUNNAR'S BOWSTRING
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POEM OF DESCENT TO HADES 343the mod
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RING SYMBOL OF UNION OF KING AND SE
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ASSYRIAN FISHING^CHAPTER XXXNO ROD,
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2SUMERIANS—BABYLONIANS—ASSYRIAN
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BABYLONIAN THE LINGUA FRANCA 353the
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CHAPTER XXXIFISHING METHODSThe rele
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SAME WORD EQUALS HOOK AND THORN 357
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âksM
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— ——CHAPTER XXXIITHE EARLIEST
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362 THE EARLIEST CONTRACT OF FISHIN
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—364 FISH-GODS—DAGONof the Baby
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3—366 FISH-GODS—DAGONor horse-g
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368 FISH-GODS—DAGONstream of wate
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370 LEGENDS OF ADAPA AND OF THE FLO
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^372 LEGENDS OF ADAPA AND OF THE FL
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374 FISH—VIVARIA—FIRST POACHING
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—376 FISH—VIVARIA—FIRST POACH
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2378 FISH—VIVARIA—FIRST POACHIN
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38oFISH- VIVARIA—FIRST POACHINGTh
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CHAPTER XXXVlFISH IN OFFERINGS, AUG
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384 FISH IN OFFERINGS, AUGURIES, ET
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32386 FISH IN OFFERINGS. AUGURIES,
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:388 FISH IN OFFERINGS, AUGURIES, E
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390 FISH IN OFFERINGS, AUGURIES, ET
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—•392 THE FIGHT BETWEEN MARDUK
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BEOWULF—MARDUK THE FIRST GASSER 3
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TOKiAs, IN Lit Aladoiiiia del I'csc
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398 ROD NOT EMPLOYED—REASONSKing,
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400 ROD NOT EMPLOYED—REASONSof Ho
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402 ROD NOT EMPLOYED—REASONSTo ac
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2404 ROD NOT EMPLOYED—REASONSchin
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:4o6ROD NOT EMPLOYED—REASONSof, o
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4o8ROD NOT EMPLOYED—REASONSTo mos
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410 ROD NOT EMPLOYED—REASONSSea-f
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412 ROD NOT EMPLOYED—REASONSeven
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—.:•CHAPTER XXXIXFISHWITH AND W
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4i6FORBIDDEN FISH—NETTING—F/Fî
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—4i8FORBIDDEN FISH—NETTING—F7
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420 FORBIDDEN FISH—NETTING—F/F^
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422 FORBIDDEN FISH—NETTING—F/F^
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2CHAPTER XLICHTHYOLATRY IMPROBABLE
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426 FISH NOT IN SACRIFICE OR AUGURY
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;428 FISH NOT IN SACRIFICE OR AUGUR
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430 FISH NOT IN SACRIFICE OR AUGURY
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432 THE FISH OF TOBIAS—DEMONIC PO
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434 THE FISH OF TOBIAS—DEMONIC PO
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;436 THE FISH OF TOBIAS—DEMONIC P
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CHAPTER XLIITHE FISH OF MOSES—JON
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!440 FISH OF MOSES—JONAH—SOLOMO
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;442 FISH OF MOSES—JONAH—SOLOMO
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:444 FISH OF MOSES—JONAH—SOLOMO
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CHINESE FISHING
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CHINESE FISHINGCHAPTER XLIII"PLUS U
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4DATES—EARLIEST USE OF GUT 451Pap
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BARBLESS HOOKS—CONFUCIUS 453time
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—NET BEFORE ROD—ANGLING 455to o
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A BAIT OF "FIFTY WHOLE OXEN!" 457co
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CHINESE NETTING.From Tii Shu Chi Ch
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46oCHINESE FISHINGpatiently for air
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462 CHINESE FISHINGas to shelter an
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464 CHINESE FISHING"the first pre-P
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466 CHINESE FISHINGThis time we hav
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468 CHINESE FISHINGglided down stre
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——INDEXAbbott, F. F., 285Abram,
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——472 INDEXColumella, 205, 212,
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1474INDEXHearing of fish, Aristotle
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—476 INDEXNarke fish, see Torpedo
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478 INDEXSulpicius Severus, 199Sume
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