Excerpt from A Popular History of Fisheries and Fishermen of All Countries: From the Earliest TimesA kaki or oyster of venerable appearance and high reputation for wisdom, whose remarks have been preserved by the learned Kino in his famous Japanese sermons, was lying at ease one day amid the rocks beneath the Eastern waters, and was watching the sunlight which played among the reeds and grasses of that pleasant retreat. Now it needed but a very slight glance down through the blue limpid depths to see that this oyster, as we should call him, with his well - developed beard and general expression of cool tranquillity, was a highly distinguished member of his order. A gentle murmur proceeded from his half-open mouth as he addressed a youthful kurumayebi, or lobster.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

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