600 THE IMPROVED ART OF FARRIERY. 



either verbally or by a written notice, to abstain. The 

 occupier of land can, on such land, demand the 

 address of a sportsman, or the 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 the parish, commis- 

 sioner, surveyor, inspector, gamekeeper 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 privilege by a 

 clause in the lease, which sporting landlords generally 

 take care to have inserted. 



From either keeper, or a 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 : 



' March 13, 1844. 

 ' To Mr. 



* I 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 Mr. 



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 



