Enough of the prelude: the law shall be as follows:-- Let no one hinder the holy order of huntsmen; but let the nightly hunters who lay snares and nets be everywhere prohibited.

Let the fowler confine himself to waste places and to the mountains.

The fisherman is also permitted to exercise his calling, except in harbours and sacred streams, marshes and lakes; in all other places he may fish, provided he does not make use of poisonous mixtures.
BOOK VIII.

Next, with the help of the Delphian Oracle, we will appoint festivals and sacrifices.

There shall be 365 of them, one for every day in the year; and one magistrate, at least, shall offer sacrifice daily according to rites prescribed by a convocation of priests and interpreters, who shall co-operate with the guardians of the law, and supply what the legislator has omitted.