HEATHER BURNING. 



by the British Act 13 George III., C. 54, dated 1773 

 and entituled: 



"An act for the more effectual preservation of 

 game in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, 

 and for repealing and amending several laws now in 

 being related thereto." 



This act forbids all persons to kill, sell, or buy 

 muirfowl between December 10 and August 12; 

 offenders forfeiting every bird so destroyed and to 

 pay the sum of 5 sterling, and in case of not paying 

 the sum decreed, within the space of ten days after 

 conviction by a final sentence, shall suffer imprison- 

 ment for two months for each 5 sterling. 



Section IV. sets forth: "And be it enacted that 

 every person who shall make muirburn, or set fire 

 to any heath, or muir, in that part of Great Britain 

 called Scotland, from the nth day of April to the ist 

 day of November in any year shall forfeit and pay 

 the sum of forty shillings for the first offence, five 

 pounds sterling for the second offence, and ten pounds 

 sterling for the third and every other subsequent of- 

 ence ; and in case of not paying the sum decreed within 

 the space of ten days after conviction by a final judg- 

 ment, shall suffer imprisonment for six weeks for the 

 first offence, two months for the second, and three 

 months for the third and every other subsequent 

 offence. 



"Section VI. : Provided always, and be it enacted 

 that the proprietor of high and wet moorlands, the 

 heath upon which cannot be burned so early as the 

 nth day of April may, when such lands are in his 

 own occupation, burn the heath upon the same at any 



