The History of Esculent Fish: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The History of Esculent Fish, credited to Roger North, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The History of Esculent Fish by Roger North. Read by LibriVox Volunteers Roger North, son of Dudley North, 4th Baron North, was a successful member of the bar and later member of parliament. But he had wide ranging interests from architecture to music. He has an avid collector of books and is best known as the biographer of the North family. Here we sample his interest in raising fish. He presents fifteen short sketches of esculent (edible) fish, and a longer essay as "A Discourse of Fish and Fish Ponds." - Summary by Larry Wilson

Recording facts

• Recording title: The History of Esculent Fish
• Author credits: Roger North
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 34
• Combined MP3 track duration: 2:06:17

Catalogue topics

• Natural History
• tench
• pike
• herring
• cod
• icthyology
• fish culture
• barbell

Opening tracks: first 24 of 34

1. 01 - The Barbel — 1:57
2. 02 - Carp — 6:53
3. 03 - The Chub — 2:18
4. 04 - The Cod Fish — 1:39
5. 05 - The Haddock — 2:27
6. 06 - The Herring — 4:55
7. 07 - The Mackarel — 2:00
8. 08 - The Mullet — 2:33
9. 09 - The Perch — 1:38
10. 10 - The Pike — 1:57
11. 11 - The Roach and The Shad — 4:10
12. 12 - The Tench and The Trout — 4:22
13. 13 - The Whiting — 1:50
14. 14 - Of the Situation and Disposition of the Principal Waters — 3:02
15. 15 - Of the Manner of making and raising Pond Heads — 2:49
16. 16 - The Dimensions of Pond Heads — 2:14
17. 17 - Of securing your Banks — 3:22
18. 18 - Of Sluices — 2:20
19. 19 - Of the Manner of Working to raise a Pond Head — 5:57
20. 20 - Of Auxiliary Waters — 1:22
21. 21 - Of Stews — 2:51
22. 22 - Of Moats — 8:01
23. 23 - Of Other Auxiliary Waters — 3:01
24. 24 - The Course of Laying the Great Waters Dry — 3:46

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