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their various sections would probably prove confusing, and it will be better to 

 set out the various close times as under, the stipulations applying to them being 

 as regards Scotland only, in addition to any close times denned by Acts applying 

 to the United Kingdom generally : 



Muirfowl or Tarmagan (sic) . . . . loth December to I2th August. 



Heathfowl loth December to 2Oth August. 



Partridge 1st February to 1st September. 



Pheasant . . . . . . . . 1st February to I st October. 



Penalty for every bird "taken, killed, destroyed, carried, sold, bought, found or 

 used," ^5 ; and, in default, two months' imprisonment for each ^5. 



The Act 13 Geo. III., c. 54, s. 4, limits the time for muir-burn from 1st 

 November to nth April ; anybody who sets fire to any heath or other moorland 

 growth between nth April and rst November, renders himself liable for the 

 first offence to 2, for the second to ^5, and for the third /io, the alternatives 

 being respectively six weeks, two months, or three months' imprisonment. 



(13.) THE SCOTCH GAME ACT. 



Section I. Persons trespassing in pursuit during the day time, liable to a 

 penalty of not exceeding 2 and costs. Persons committing similar offence, 

 disguised, or to the number of five or more, liable to a fine of $ and costs. 



Section 2. Such offenders may be required to quit the land, and give their 

 names and addresses, or in the event of refusal be arrested, carried before a 

 justice, and on conviction fined not exceeding ^"5 and costs, provided that the 

 arrest and conviction be obtained within twelve hours. 



Section 3 defines day time as commencing with the beginning of the last 

 hour before sunrise, and as ending at the end of the last hour after sunset. 



Section 4 exempts persons hunting and coursing, when in fresh pursuit of 

 game. 



Section 5. Persons having right to the game, or their servants, may take game 

 from trespassers, if the latter do not give same up when requested. 



Section 6. Offenders against this Act liable to a penalty of ^5, in addition to 

 any other fine, for any assault on anyone acting under this Act. Default for 

 non-payment not exceeding three months' imprisonment. 



The remaining sections, 7 17, determine the mode of procedure for the 

 recovery of penalties, &c. 



GAME ACTS APPLYING TO IRELAND. 



(14.) 10 WILL. III., c. 8. 



The only important sections of this Act are as under : 



Section 2. Persons not having the estate qualification required by s. 10 shall 

 not keep any hound or spaniel, except whelps, for persons qualified, on pain of 



