. A dictionary of religious knowledge [electronic resource]: for popular and professional use, comprising full information on Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical subjects . and careful was, therefore, a business long be-fore it was a sport; and originally it musthave been a dangerous pursuit, ere man hadestablished his sway upon the earth. Butwhen civilization had made some progress,when cities were built and lands cultivated,hunting was carried on, not only for thefood which it brought, but for the recreationit gave. The East—the cradle of civiliza-tion—shows us hunt
. A dictionary of religious knowledge [electronic resource]: for popular and professional use, comprising full information on Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical subjects . and careful was, therefore, a business long be-fore it was a sport; and originally it musthave been a dangerous pursuit, ere man hadestablished his sway upon the earth. Butwhen civilization had made some progress,when cities were built and lands cultivated,hunting was carried on, not only for thefood which it brought, but for the recreationit gave. The East—the cradle of civiliza-tion—shows us hunting in both these its costliness, its dangers, its simili-tude to war, the relief it affords from themonotony of a court, hunting has alwaysborne somewhat of a regal character, anddown to the present hour has worn an aristo-cratic air. In Babylon and Persia immenseparks were inclosed for nurturing and pre-serving beasts of the chase. Not only inthese preserves, but also over the wide sur-face of the country, the monarch, attendedby his nobles, led the way to the sport. In-the Bible we find hunting connected withroyalty so early as Nimrod, the great found-. A Huntsman carrying Home the Game, with hiscoupled Dogs. HUNTING 448 HUSHAI er of Babel, who is described as a mightyhunter before the And yet the pa-triarchs are to be regarded rather as herds-men than hunters. The Hebrews, as a pas-toral and agricultural people, were not giv-
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