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Fishing from the Earliest Times — William Radcliffe

Fishing from the Earliest Times

William Radcliffe

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  • Book language: English
  • 527 pages

Fishing from the Earliest Times by William Radcliffe is a historical survey of fishing and angling across ancient cultures. It traces early depictions and references in art and texts, including Indian motifs of Vishnu and Krishna. It is worth listening to for a broad view of fishing’s place in human history and culture.

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FISHING FROM THE EARLIEST

TIMES

THE FISH-AVATAR OF VISHNU,

WITH SCENES ILLUSTRATING THE LIFE OF KRISHNA.

FISHING FROM THE
EARLIEST TIMES
BY
WILLIAM RADCLIFFE
SOMETIME OF BALLIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
THE OLDEST REPRESENTATION (BUT ONE) OF
ANGLING,
c. 1400 B.C.
LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.
1921
All rights reserved

TO
MY FISHING HOSTS AND FISHING FRIENDS
IN AFRICA, AUSTRALASIA, AMERICA,
THE WEST INDIES, AND EUROPE.
UPON THEM, UPON ME MAY THE GODS BESTOW
THE BOON CRAVED BY MR. ANDREW LANG!
“Within the streams, Pausanias saith,
That down Cocytus valley flow,
Girdling the grey domain of Death,
The spectral fishes come and go;
The ghosts of trout fly to and fro,
Persephone, fulfil my wish,
And grant that in the shades below
My ghost may land the ghosts of fish!”

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Contents

  1. E-text prepared by deaurider, Paul Marshall, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from pag
  2. FISHING FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES
  3. PREFACE
  4. INTRODUCTION
  5. GREEK AND ROMAN FISHING.[122]
  6. EGYPTIAN FISHING
  7. ASSYRIAN FISHING[888]
  8. JEWISH FISHING[997]
  9. CHINESE FISHING
  10. INDEX
  11. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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