INTRODUCTION 



killing wild creatures divided into Hunting, Fishingj 

 Fowling. Xen. Hell. iv. 1. 15 IvBa KaX ra. /3acri'Aeta 

 ^v ^apvafSd^iD . . . Kal $rjpaL at fjnv Kai ev Tre/aieipy/xevois 

 Tra/DaSctVots, at Si Kal ev avarrfTTTa/xei'Ots tottois, Tray/caAat. 

 Trepuppci 8e kol Trora^os iravToSairiov i)(^dv<j)v 7rA>^pjjs. 

 r}v Se Kal to. Trrrjva a.<f>6ova tois 6pvid€V<raL Swafievois ; 

 Cie. De fin. ii. 8. 25 piscatu, aucupio, venatione ; 

 Plin. viii 44 Alexandre Magno rege inflammato 

 cupidine animalium naturas noscendi delegataque 

 hac commentatioue Aristoteli, summo in omni doc- 

 trina viro, aliquot millia hominum in totius Asiae 

 Graeciaeque tractu parere iussa omnium quos 

 venatus, aucupia, piscatusque alebant quibusque 

 vivaria, armenta, alvearia, piscinae, aviaria in cura 

 erant, ne quid usquam genitum ignoraretur ab eo. 

 Pliny's alebant reminds us that the capture of wild 

 creatures was at first a practical affair, the provision 

 of food ; cf. Find. /. i. 47 p-iarOos yap uAAots aAAos e(f> 

 epfiaxTiv dvdpwTTOis yAvKvs, j fnqX-ofioTa. r dpora r 

 opviyo\6\i!^ T€ KoX ov TTOi'Tos Tpk<^(.i.' | yacTTpl Se Tras 

 Tis dfivviav Xifiov alavrj Terarai. And it may be 

 noted that Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler, c. i. 

 makes each of his three disputants, Auceps, Venator, 

 and Piscator, in commending the rival claims of 

 their different arts, refer to this practical aspect : 

 Auceps : " the very birds of the air . . . are both 

 so many and so useful and pleasant to mankind. . . . 

 They both feed and refresh him ; feed him with 

 their choice bodies, and refresh him with their 

 heavenly voices." Venator: "the Earth feeds man 

 and all those several beasts that both feed him and 

 afford him recreation." Piscator : " And it may be 

 fit to remember that Moses appointed fish to be 

 the chief diet for the best commonwealth that 



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