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their land, may be sued for the above penalty by the lord of the manor, 

 who has, perhaps, no right to sport there himself! !! 



I conceive, that, if any thing else than the lord's 

 permission would save him, it would be a written leave 

 of absence for the day, from his commanding officer, 

 which would exonerate him, for the time, from being 

 subject to restrictions relative to " in or near' 9 his 

 " quarters" 



TAME PIGEONS, OR HOUSE DOVES. 



Unless they are your own property, or you are desired by the 

 lawful owner to kill them, the penalty for shooting them is 20s. for 

 each pigeon. (Under statute of 1 Jac. I.) 



For shooting at pigeons, with intent to kill, the penalty would 

 (by 2 Geo. II.) be the same as for killing one pigeon, viz. 20*. 

 Informations for these offences must be commenced within two 

 months. 



" But" (says a treatise on the game laws), " not- 

 withstanding the provisions of the above acts, it has 

 been determined, that the owner of land may kill such 

 pigeons as he shall find thereon devastating his corn." 

 But, after having killed the pigeons, he must not take 

 them away. 



DOGS. 



[Annual duties on, from the 5th of April, 1830, to the 5th of April, 



1831.] 



All sporting dogs* (including lurchers and terriers, or other dogs, 

 where two or more are kept), 1 4s. 



For other dogs, where only one is kept, Ss. 



* Except greyhounds, for which the duty is I/, for each dog; and 

 a pack of hounds compounded for, the duty on which is 36/. 



