XV. FISH IN SACRIFICES. PICKLED FISH. _Vivaria._ OYSTERS. ARCHIMEDES 215 XVI. LEGAL REGULATIONS OF ROME AS REGARDS FISHING 231 XVII. TACKLE. CURIOUS METHODS OF FISHING FOR THE _Sargus_, THE SKATE, THE _Silurus_, AND THE EEL. WHAT WAS THE _Silurus?_ WILD THEORIES AS TO THE PROPAGATION OF EELS 235 XVIII. THE NINE FISH MOST HIGHLY PRIZED 254 XIX. FISH IN MYTHS, SYMBOLS, DIET, AND MEDICINE 270 XX. DIOCLETIAN’S EDICT, 301 A.D. PRICES OF FISH AND OTHER ARTICLES THEN AND NOW 285 XXI. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ROMAN AND MODERN PISCICULTURE 289 XXII. THE RING OF HELEN 295 EGYPTIAN FISHING XXIII. “THE NILE IS EGYPT” 301 XXIV. TACKLE 307 XXV. ABSTENTION FROM FISH 319 XXVI. SACRED FISH 327 XXVII. FISHERIES. ATTEMPTED CORRELATION OF THE PRICE OF FISH THEN AND NOW. SPAWNING 333 XXVIII. FISHING WITH THE HAIR OF THE DEAD 340 XXIX. THE RING OF POLYCRATES 344 ASSYRIAN FISHING XXX. NO ROD, ALTHOUGH CLOSE INTERCOURSE WITH EGYPT 349 XXXI. FISHING METHODS 355 XXXII. THE EARLIEST RECORDED CONTRACT OF FISHING 360 XXXIII. FISH-GODS. DAGON 363 XXXIV. THE LEGENDS OF ADAPA, AND OF THE FLOOD 369 XXXV. FISH. _Vivaria._ THE FIRST INSTANCE OF POACHING 373 XXXVI. FISH IN OFFERINGS, MAGIC AUGURIES 382 XXXVII. THE FIGHT BETWEEN MARDUK AND TIĀMAT 391 JEWISH FISHING XXXVIII. ROD NOT EMPLOYED IN SPITE OF CLOSE INTERCOURSE WITH EGYPT. REASONS SUGGESTED FOR ABSENCE 397 XXXIX. FISH WITH AND WITHOUT SCALES. METHODS OF FISHING. _Vivaria_ 414 XL. ICHTHYOLATRY IMPROBABLE. FISH NOT IN SACRIFICES OR AUGURIES 424 XLI. THE FISH OF TOBIAS. DEMONIC POSSESSION 431 XLII. THE FISH OF MOSES. JONAH. SOLOMON’S RING 438 CHINESE FISHING XLIII. “PLUS UN PAYS PRODUIT DES POISSONS, PLUS IL PRODUIT D’HOMMES” 449 INDEX 470 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS