Note 10 — Chapter II · HUNTERS AND FISHERS.

Men’s work, besides warfare, is hunting. Now hunting is never a drudgery, but always a noble and agreeable work. Occupying the whole soul and leaving no room for distracting thought; offering the hunter a definite aim, to which he can reach by one mighty effort of strength and skill; uncertain in its results like a battle, and promising the glory of victory over a living creature; elevating the whole person, in a word intoxicating; it agrees very well with the impulsiveness of savage character10. Therefore it is not a work fit to be imposed upon men who are deprived of the common rights of freemen and are the property of others.