THE IMPROVED ART OF FARRIERY. () I 1 



a practice ; and bis having once wounded or killed a 

 sheep, is sufficient to constitute it. 



If a dog fall upon another, the owner of the attacked 

 dog may beat, and even kill, his enemy, in order to 

 save him. 



Duty on Dogs. 



Every person who shall keep any greyhound, hound, 

 pointer, setting-dog, spaniel, lurcher, or terrier, or 

 who shall keep two or more dogs, of whatever descrip- 

 tion or denomination the same may be, shall annually 

 pay fourteen shillings for each. 



And every person who shall inhabit any dwelling- 

 house assessed to any of the duties on inhabited 

 houses, or on windows or lights, and shall keep one 

 dog and no more, not being of the above description, 

 shall pay eight shillings annually for such dog. 



The duty does not extend to dogs under six months 

 old ; the proof of the age to lie with the owner, on an 

 appeal to the commissioners. 



Persons compounding for their hounds are charged 

 thirty-six pounds 



Legal Property. 



The legal property which qualified persons have, 

 generally continues so long only as the game remains 

 within the limits of the manor or liberty of the owner ; 

 yet it is held, that if, after having been started upon a 

 person's own grounds, it be pursued and kiUed on 

 those of another, it will, nevertheless, be the property 

 of him who started it, because the possession which be 



