Excerpt from Breeder and Sportsman, Vol. 10: From January 1st to June 30th, 1887 But although we have no evidences as to the name of the first fisherman, we have plenty of evidences of his occupation. Harpoons and fish-hooks, carefully worked out of bronze, still remain, and pictures of nets are more ancient still. Even as early as the seventeenth dynasty men went angling for fish, as is shown by the pictures and inscriptions upon tombs of that date. The inscriptions are tantalizing in not stating what luck the anglers had ...
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Excerpt from Breeder and Sportsman, Vol. 10: From January 1st to June 30th, 1887 But although we have no evidences as to the name of the first fisherman, we have plenty of evidences of his occupation. Harpoons and fish-hooks, carefully worked out of bronze, still remain, and pictures of nets are more ancient still. Even as early as the seventeenth dynasty men went angling for fish, as is shown by the pictures and inscriptions upon tombs of that date. The inscriptions are tantalizing in not stating what luck the anglers had. The Egyptian was not devoid of the idea of sport, for quite a favorite diversion with him seems to have been the spearing of crocodiles, an operation which, performed in his lightboat. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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