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Gastrono7nia, which supplies most interesting information as to the 

 fisheries of the Greeks. 



Plutarch gives incidentally valuable hints on hunting in his De 

 Solentia Animalium, and so does yElian in De Nalura Anwialmin. 

 The Greek Geoponica are a like source of information, and other 

 minor fragments on hunting and fishing will be found in the Appendix 

 to Didot's edition (Paris, 1846) of the Greek Bucolic and Didactic 

 ^joets. Finally, we owe to a Byzantine writer of the thirteenth 

 century, Demetrius Pepagomenus, a remarkable treatise on the 

 "Rearing of Dogs"* (Kwoo-oVtoi/), as well as two treatises on "Hawk- 

 ing" and " Fowling" ('Tepa/coo-o'^toi' and \)pi/€o(T()(piov). 



This rapid summary of ancient Greek sporting literature is no 

 idle antiquarian retrospect. It will be found an essential equipment 

 towards a better understanding of the actual conditions of sport in 

 modern Greece. 



Those who desire to obtain reliable knowledge of the nature of birds 



and fishes in Greece should further consult the works 



of three F'renchmen, Pierre Belon du Mans, J. Pitton _,. , . 



■^ Works of 



Tournefort, and Sonnini de Manoncourt,t who lived in Reference. 

 times wide apart, but who, by this very fact, serve as 



* This treatise is included in the following curious English collection : Gratii Falisci 

 Cynegeticon, cum poematio cognomine AI. A. Olympii Nemesiani Carthagenensis ; notis etc., 

 adorn. Thomas Johnson. Acced. Hier. Fracastorii Alcon, carmen pastoritium ; Jo. Caii Angli 

 De Canibus libellus ; ut et opusculum vetus Kvvo<t64>lov diet, seu, de Cura Canum, incerto 

 auctore." Londini, 1699. Small 8vo. 



t Les observations de plusieures singularitez et choses memorables trouve'es en Grece, 

 Asie, Jude'e, Egypte, Arabic, et autres pays estrangers. Redigees, en trois livres, par P. Belon 

 du Mans: Paris, en la boutique de Gilles Cortozet, 1553, in-4' (This is the first of several 



