[220a]
Stranger
Of course they exist. And we must pass over the hunting of lifeless things, which has no name, with the exception of some kinds of diving and the like, which are of little importance; but the hunting of living things we will call animal-hunting.Theaetetus
Very well.Stranger
And two classes of animal-hunting might properly be made, one (and this is divided under many classes and names) the hunting of creatures that go on their feet, land-animal hunting, and the other that of swimming creatures, to be called, as a whole, water-animal hunting?Theaetetus
Certainly. [220b] Stranger
And of swimming creatures we see that one tribe is winged and the other is in the water?Theaetetus
Of course.Stranger
And the hunting of winged creatures is called, as a whole, fowling.Theaetetus
It is.Stranger
And the hunting of water creatures goes by the general name of fishing.Theaetetus
Yes.Stranger
And might I not divide this kind of hunting into two principal divisions?Theaetetus
What divisions?Stranger
The one carries on the hunt by means of enclosures merely, the other by a blow.Theaetetus
What do you mean, and how do you distinguish the two?Stranger
As regards the first, because whatever surrounds anything and encloses it [220c] so as to constrain it is properly called an enclosure.Theaetetus
Certainly.Stranger
May not, then, wicker baskets and seines and snares and nets and the like be called enclosures?Theaetetus
Assuredly.Stranger
Then we will call this division hunting by enclosures, or something of that sort.Theaetetus
Yes.Stranger
And the other, which is done with a blow, by means of hooks and three pronged spears, we must now—to name it with a single word— [220d] call striking; or could a better name be found, Theaetetus?Theaetetus
Never mind the name; that will do well enough.Stranger
Then the kind of striking which takes place at night by the light of a fire is, I suppose, called by the hunters themselves fire-hunting.Theaetetus
To be sure.Stranger
And that which belongs to the daytime is, as a whole, barb-hunting, since the spears, as well as the hooks, are tipped with barbs. [220e] Theaetetus
Yes, it is so called.Stranger
Then of striking which belongs to barb-hunting, that part which proceeds downward from above, is called, because tridents are chiefly used in it, tridentry, I suppose.Theaetetus
Yes, some people, at any rate, call it so.Stranger
Then there still remains, I may say, only one further kind.Theaetetus
What is that?Stranger
The kind that is characterized by the opposite sort of blow, which is practised with a hook and strikes, not any chance part of the body of the fishes,
Of course they exist. And we must pass over the hunting of lifeless things, which has no name, with the exception of some kinds of diving and the like, which are of little importance; but the hunting of living things we will call animal-hunting.Theaetetus
Very well.Stranger
And two classes of animal-hunting might properly be made, one (and this is divided under many classes and names) the hunting of creatures that go on their feet, land-animal hunting, and the other that of swimming creatures, to be called, as a whole, water-animal hunting?Theaetetus
Certainly. [220b] Stranger
And of swimming creatures we see that one tribe is winged and the other is in the water?Theaetetus
Of course.Stranger
And the hunting of winged creatures is called, as a whole, fowling.Theaetetus
It is.Stranger
And the hunting of water creatures goes by the general name of fishing.Theaetetus
Yes.Stranger
And might I not divide this kind of hunting into two principal divisions?Theaetetus
What divisions?Stranger
The one carries on the hunt by means of enclosures merely, the other by a blow.Theaetetus
What do you mean, and how do you distinguish the two?Stranger
As regards the first, because whatever surrounds anything and encloses it [220c] so as to constrain it is properly called an enclosure.Theaetetus
Certainly.Stranger
May not, then, wicker baskets and seines and snares and nets and the like be called enclosures?Theaetetus
Assuredly.Stranger
Then we will call this division hunting by enclosures, or something of that sort.Theaetetus
Yes.Stranger
And the other, which is done with a blow, by means of hooks and three pronged spears, we must now—to name it with a single word— [220d] call striking; or could a better name be found, Theaetetus?Theaetetus
Never mind the name; that will do well enough.Stranger
Then the kind of striking which takes place at night by the light of a fire is, I suppose, called by the hunters themselves fire-hunting.Theaetetus
To be sure.Stranger
And that which belongs to the daytime is, as a whole, barb-hunting, since the spears, as well as the hooks, are tipped with barbs. [220e] Theaetetus
Yes, it is so called.Stranger
Then of striking which belongs to barb-hunting, that part which proceeds downward from above, is called, because tridents are chiefly used in it, tridentry, I suppose.Theaetetus
Yes, some people, at any rate, call it so.Stranger
Then there still remains, I may say, only one further kind.Theaetetus
What is that?Stranger
The kind that is characterized by the opposite sort of blow, which is practised with a hook and strikes, not any chance part of the body of the fishes,
