Kitap 7
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Then there is the sea-pig. Epicharmus, in his Hebe's Wedding, says— There were hyænides, buglossi, There was the harp-fish too in numbers. And he also calls them not only ὑαινίδες, but also ὕες in the following lines— There were too chalcides and sea-pigs (ὕες), And sea-hawks, and the fat sea-dog. Unless, indeed, when he uses the word ὗς here, he means the same animal which is also called κάπρος, the sea-boa. But Numenius, in his Art of Fishing, enumerates plainly enough some sort of ὕαινα or plaice, when he says— The cantharis, hyæna, and the mullet. And Dionysius, in his Cookery Book, also speaks of the hyæna or plaice. And Archestratus, that prince of cooks and epicures says,— At Aenus or at Potus buy the sea-pig, Which some men call the digger of the sand, Then boil his head, adding no seasoning, But only water, stirring it full often, And add some pounded hyssop; if you want Anything more, pour on some pungent vinegar; Steep it in that, then eat it with such haste As if your object were to choke yourself. But roast its neck, and all its other parts. And perhaps it is the sea-pig which Numenius, in his Art of Fishing, calls the psamathis, or sand-fish, when he says— Sometimes the fierce carcharias, and sometimes The psamathis, delighting in the surf.
