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into or upon any of the rivers, ponds, pools, waters, or watercourses] 

 in my occupation, in the parish of (name the parish; or, if the lands 

 He 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) 1 830. 



(Sign your name.) 



The sentence, within the crotchet, relative to "waters," 

 may, of course, be adopted or not, as required. 



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 had better be served 

 by delivery of a duplicate than of a mere copy; and 

 would be still more unquestionable, if the person serving 

 it was able to prove the signatures to each duplicate, 

 and the identity of the person served. 



In case of warning off a trespasser, a second person, 

 for a witness, is sometimes desirable, though not abso- 

 lutely 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 defendant 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 bona fide have given directions to any 

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

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

 say: 



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



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



