MODERN FARRIER. 581 



The occupier of land can, on such land, demand the 

 address of" a sportsman, or a sight of his certificate, 

 a refusal of which subjects the party to a penalty of 

 twenty pounds. This demand may also be made 

 by any assessor or collector of taxes of the parish, 

 commissioner, surveyor, inspector, game-keeper of 

 the manor, or the landlord or lessee of the land upon 

 which the sportsman is found. 



A verbal notice from the occupier or landlord is 

 sufficient ; and, indeed, the occupier of land has a 

 legal right to order the lord of the manor, or even 

 his own landlord, to abstain from sporting on the 

 ground he occupies, unless he has secured this privi- 

 lege by a clause in the lease, which sporting land- 

 lords ffenerallv take care to have inserted. 



From either a keeper, or lord of a manor, a 

 verbal notice is not sufficient ; as keepers generally 

 carry printed notices, which ought to be drawn up 

 in the following manner : — 



Oct. 29, 1823. 

 • To Mr. 



*1 hereby give you notice, that if you hunt, set, 

 net, hawk, fish, or fowl, or use any other method 

 to destroy the game upon any of my lands, manors, 



or royalties, within , I shall deem you a 



wilful trespasser, and proceed against you as the law 

 directs. 



* To Uy. ' 



This notice must be signed by every tenant or 

 occupier of land throughout the manor : — if any 

 tenant refuse his signature, the notice will not extend 

 to the land of which he is in possession; but the 

 mandate of the lord is generally availing (if the lease 

 provide no remedy.) As the lord is seldom owner 

 of the whole fee-simple of the manor, it frequently 

 happens, that occupiers of land independent of him 

 will have nothing to do with his notices, and from 



