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parish; or, if the lands lie in more than one, the several parishes ), 

 in the county of (name the county or counties), as, in case of 

 your doing so, I shall proceed against you as a wilful trespasser. 

 Witness my hand this (name day of the month) day of (name 

 month) 1826. 



(Sign your name.) 



The sentence, within the crotchet, relative to 

 " waters," may, of course, be adopted or not, as re- 

 quired. 



In a case of joint occupation, the notice must, of 

 course, be given in the first person plural, with both 

 signatures. 



This written or printed notice may be served by 

 any person not interested (I mean directly concerned 

 as a partner) in the occupation, and it had better be 

 served by delivery of a duplicate than of a mere 

 copy ; taking care, that the person serving it be able 

 to prove the signatures to each duplicate, and the 

 identity of the person served. 



In case of warning off a trespasser, a second per- 

 son, for a witness, is sometimes desirable, though not 

 absolutely necessary, unless it may become so by 

 death. This, or any other notice, in a newspaper, 

 is of no avail unless it can be proved, that the de- 

 fendant had read it. 



Suppose, then, a trespasser comes on the land, 

 when the occupier cannot be found to sign a notice, 

 what is to be done ? 



The occupier, to be guarded against this, should 

 previously and bonafide have given directions to any 



