Pliny the Younger's Epistulae 1.6 Hunting and More (Translation)

Ridebis, et licet rideas.

you will laugh, and it is allowed for you to laugh

Ego, ille quem nosti, apros tres et quidem pulcherrimos cepi .

I, the man whom you have become acquainted with, and indeed I captured three most beautiful wild boars

"Ipse?" inquis

Himself? you say

Ipse; non tamen ut omnino ab inertia mea et quiete discederem

Myself, not yet so that I was departing away from my idleness and rest entirely

Ad retina sedebam; erat in proximo non venabulum aut lancea, sed stilus et pugillares; meditabar aliquid enotabamque, ut si manus vacuas, plenas tamen ceras reportarem

I was sitting next to the nets; the hunting spear or lance were not in proximity, but a stylus and writing tablets; I was contemplating something and I was writing, nevertheless I should carry back a full wax tablet.

Non est quod contemnas hoc studendi genus; mirum est ut animus agitatione motuque corporis excitetur; iam undique silvae et solitudo ipsumque illud silentium quod uenationi datur, magna cogitationis incitamenta sunt

There's no reason why you should look down upon this type of studying; it is amazing how the mind is excited by movement and motion of the body; already solitude is coming from all sides of the forest and that silence was given to the hunting of wild animals, those things give great incentive to thought.

Proinde cum uenabere, licebit auctore me ut panarium et lagunculam sic etiam pugillares feras: experieris non Diana magis montibus quam Minueram inerrare.

Hence when hunting beasts, with a precedent set by me, not only bring a breadbasket and flask but also writing tabletsL you will discover that Diana does not wander more than Minerva.