; . . ( '9 ) 



In this laft article his virtue is chiefly fhown; 

 and to this purpofe the memory of every found 

 keeper fhould be furnimed with this cabaliftic 

 verfe. 



Stable-ftand ; 

 Dog-draw ; 

 Back-bear ; and 

 Bloody-hand *. 



It implies the feveral circumftances, in which 

 offenders may be taken with the manner, as it 

 is phrafed. If a man be found armed, and 

 ftationed in fome fufpicious part of the foreft 

 or if he be found with a dog purfuing a ftricken 

 deer or if he be found carrying a dead deer 

 on his back or laftly, if he be found bloody 

 in the foreft ; he is in all thefe cafes, feizable - y 

 tho the fact of killing a deer cannot be proved 

 upon him. The under-keeper alfo drives the- 

 foreft j that is, he annually impounds all the 

 cattle, that pafture in his walk; and fees 

 them examined, and properly marked. 



With regard to the woods of the foreft, 

 which were originally confidered only as they 

 refpecled game, the firft officer, under the 



* See Manwood on foreil-law, cli. xviii. 9. 



G 2 lord- warden. 



