PAGE THE FISH AVATAR OF VISHNU, WITH SCENES ILLUSTRATING LIFE OF KRISHNA _Frontispiece_ THE OLDEST (SAVE ONE) REPRESENTATION OF ANGLING, _c._ 1400 B.C. _Title page_ POSEIDON, HERACLES, AND HERMES FISHING 11 AZTEC FISHING 22 AZTEC BOATING 23 PALÆOLITHIC ENGRAVINGS: SEALS, DEAD TROUT, AND (?) EELS 26 ALASKAN HOOK WITH A WIZARD’S HEAD 28 BONE GORGES 32 (1) THE _Eurycantha latro_. (2) HOOK MADE FROM ITS LEG JOINTS _facing_ 34 BARBED HARPOONS 37 BROKEN HARPOON FROM KENT’S CAVE 37 FISHING NET SPUN BY SPIDERS _facing_ 42 FISHERMEN ON THE VASE OF PHYLAKOPI ” 63 “IN AT THE DEATH” ” 72 METHODS OF FISHING, FROM ROMAN MOSAIC 75 MR. MINCHIN’S EXPLANATION OF _κέρας_ 83 THE DOLPHIN AND THE BOY OF IASOS 96 CUTTING UP THE TUNNY 100 ARTEMIS WITH A LARGE FISH PAINTED ON HER DRESS 127 “THE HAPPY FISHERMAN” 131 THE FOWLER’S ROD 149 VENUS AND CUPID ANGLING 168 TORPEDO FISH _facing_ 180 (1) FISHERMAN AND SON. (2) SON SALUTING WAYSIDE HERMES 186 THE NAKED FISHERMAN OF THE VATICAN _facing_ 201 TWO MEN FISHING 220 ARETHUSA 221 A GREEK ANGLER _facing_ 235 MYCENÆAN HOOKS 238 ANGLING WITH WINE, FROM A MOSAIC AT MELOS _facing_ 240 FISH ON A POMPEIAN MOSAIC IN THE NAPLES MUSEUM ” 254 HEAD OF TIBERIUS. TEMPLE WITH TWO COLUMNS IN SHAPE OF FISH, FROM A COIN OF ABDERA 273 THE RAPE OF HELEN, FROM A FIFTH CENTURY B.C. _Scyphos_ 294 THE RETURN OF HELEN ” ” ” ” 296 EGYPTIANS CARRYING A LARGE FISH 300 EARLY HARPOONS 308 AN EGYPTIAN REEL _facing_ 309 SPEARING FISH ” 309 SENBI SPEARING FISH 310 THE EARLIEST REPRESENTATION OF ANGLING AND