Prose halieutics; or, Ancient and modern fish tattle / Fraser's magazine.

  • Charles David Badham
Date:
1854
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    size of, 263 ; tenacity of life of, 263 ; castration of, 264; dis- eases of, 266 ; mode of cooking, 26V. Cato of Utica, 524. Caviare, V3, 264, 470. Chsetodon, jet-d’eau of the, 179. Chardin (Sir J.), 33. Chaucer, 277. Cheese, varieties of, used by the ancients, 533. Chub, 280. Cicero, 214, 525. Coal-fish, 335. Cod, not known to the Greeks and Homans, 332; etymologies of the, 333; great importance of the, 335 ; history of the New- foundland fishery for, 336 ; e- normous fecundity of the, 339 ; voracity of the, 341; oil pro- cured from the liver of the, 344. Columella on Vivaria, 36, 39. Conger, esteemed by the Greeks, 391; coarseness of, as an article of food, 393 ; modern consump- tion of the, 394, Cooks, 480; importance of, 481; imaginary conversation between a wealthy Athenian and his cook, 483-498. Coryphsena, 232. Crabbe, 525. Cratinus, 523. Crouch, Mr. 245. Cuvier, 179, 221, 225, 232, 250, 252, 277, 322, 333, 471. Dab, 358. Dace, 280. Daldorf (Mr.) on the Anabas, 242. Davors, poem on angling by, 9. Demochares, 510. Dentex (see Sparus). Deukelzoon, the first curer of her- rings, 318. Diphilus, 366. Dog-fish, (see Shark), Dorado, 232. Dorse, 334. Dory (“ John Dory”), etymology of, 228 ; its culinary reputation, 230 ; Quin’s passion for, 231. Drayton, Michael, 314. Drunkenness, ancient, 519. Eel, universal distribution of the, 368 ; worshipped by the Egyp- tians, 369 ; noticed by the an- cients, 370; large size of the, 371 ; localities where found, 372 ; conjectures respecting the generation of the, 373 ; sensibi- lity of the, to changes of tem- perature, 375; nocturnal habits of the, 377 ; merits of, as an article of diet, 379; modern taste for the, 383 ; esteem for the, at Naples, 385; various modes of cooking the, 387 ; te- nacity of life of the, 389. Epicharmus, 366. Epicurus, 517. Eumenes, 523. Ennius, 523. Eabricius Pictor, 527. Pather-lasher, 147. Feasts among the Greeks and Ho- mans, 528-543. Fish, proportionate weight of head to body, 1; allured by scents and drugs, 20; by musical sounds, 31; ancient estimation of, 49 ; used in early Christian symbolism, 51; varying fashions in the taste for, 59 ; ancient fish-sauces, 62, 65, 70 ; used in medicine by the Greeks and Ho- mans, 76 ; poisonous qualities attributed to the roes of, 81 ; portions of used as an ancient depilatory, 82 ; partiality of the Neapolitans for, 90 ; heads of, partiality of the Greeks and Latins for, 171; fossil-fish not mentioned by the ancients, 236 ; instances of living fish having been dug up, 238, 239 ; showers • of, 240 ; generally pleasing as- pect of, 250; subject to epi- demics, 266 ; freedom of, 413 ; importance of, in ancient bills of fare, 537. Fishermen, 472. Fish-hooks, 17.
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