368 THE GAME PRESERVER'S GUIDE. 



tenancy, more than he has done, or ought to have done, in 

 the previous ones.* And in case the quantity of heather 

 burnt in any year on the said moor is greater than the 

 average of the last five years, the said A. B. agrees to pay to 

 the said C. D. any such sum as may he considered the 

 amount of damage by the arbitrators chosen as below men- 

 tioned. And, in the event of any difference of opinion, it is 

 further agreed by and between the parties to these presents, 

 that the same shall be referred to two arbitrators, one to- 

 be chosen by each, with power to choose an umpire, if neces- 

 sary, whose decision shall be final. In witness whereof we 

 do hereby sign our names, in the presence of E. T. ; A. B., 

 C. D. Dated this 25th day of March, 1855. 



KEEPER'S CERTIFICATE. 

 This will be alluded to under the head of the Game Laws. 



CHAPTER II. 

 BEARING GAME. 



THE KINDS WHICH CAN BE REARED ARTIFICIALLY METHODS OP OBTAIN- 

 ING EGGS HATCHING REARING KEEPING TAME PHEASANTS TURN- 

 ING OUT REARING GAME IN A WILD STATE. 



THE KINDS WHICH CAN BE REARED ARTIFICIALLY. 



Among the varieties of game which are met with in this 

 country, pheasants are the only ones which can be reared 

 with any great advantage by artificial means. Partridges, 

 black-game, and even red grouse can be bred in confinement, 

 but the trouble and expense attending upon the plan are so 

 great as to prevent its ever being adopted on anything but a 

 very limited scale. But pheasants may be hatched under a 

 domestic hen, and brought up by hand in any number, the 



* To t>e added when a moor is taken, but not required for any other 

 kind of preserve. 



