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person, who is actually his servant, to forbid all tres- 

 passers; by which that person, in his absence, may 

 say: 



" Sir ; by order of my master, Mr. , who is the 



occupier of this land, I am directed to forbid all persons from 

 trespassing on it ; and I accordingly forbid you from trespassing 

 on it." 



To prevent the possibility of mistake, let every 

 servant be taught to say the above as regularly as a 

 catholic would repeat his breviary ; and not, as many 

 thickheaded clodpolls do, by saying, " Zur, Pve a 

 got measter's arders tofarbed ivery body" by which 

 nothing personal is implied. 



In case of a verbal notice, a witness, in addition to 

 the one serving it, would be desirable, particularly if 

 this witness also was quite perfect in the preamble. 

 By this means he may, on being cross-questioned, 

 candidly own, that he had learnt it by heart ; and, if 

 not terrified, or browbeaten into a blunder in the re- 

 petition of it, by the modesty or ingenuity of a cross 

 examination, he would very soon prove the legality 

 of the verbal notice he had given. 



With legs pains taken to warn persons off than 

 what is prescribed in the foregoing notices, there is 

 little doubt but there would be ground for an action 

 of wilful trespass. From my very humble know- 

 ledge in such matters, however, I have thought it 

 best to dictate with extreme, and therefore, possibly, 

 with unnecessary caution. 



