444 THE GAME PRESERVER'S GUIDE. 



of the lands or woods occupied by me in the parish of , county 



of , and commonly known as the farms or woods of ; 



and in case of your so doing, I shall proceed against you as a wilful 

 trespasser. 



Witness my hand this day of , 18 . 



C. D. 



N.B. In case the lands are in more than one parish or county, or hoth, 

 it must be specified in the notice. If the notice is to warn off rivers or 

 waters, then insert such words instead of lands or woods. In case of a 

 joint occupancy, the notice must commence We, and for me and Jin the 

 body of it, us and we must be substituted. It must be signed by all the 

 tenants. Newspaper notices are not legal services. 



Those who require further information relative to the 

 English Game Laws will be able to obtain it by referring to 

 " Locke on the Game Laws," published by Shaw and Sons, 

 "Fetter-lane. 



THE SCOTCH GAME LAWS. 



Game in Scotland is greatly dependent upon common law, 

 and is beyond my knowledge altogether, with the exception 

 of the statutes which legalise the killing of hares, and the 

 granting of certificates, and which settle the law of trespass. 

 The important sections of the first of these are here appended, 

 being distinct from the English law; the second is com- 

 prehended under the same statute with the English viz., 

 the Act 52nd Geo. III., cap. 93; and the third is the 2nd and 

 3rd Will. IV. c. 68, from which also I extract the chief 

 sections. In Scotland it is a doubtful point whether the rentals 

 paid for game are liable to the poor rates. There is a property 

 qualification, but what it is I cannot say with anything like 

 precision. 



THE SCOTCH LAW RELATING TO HARES. 



(11 & 12 VlCT. CAP. XXX., TO ENABLE PERSONS TO KlLL HAKES 

 WITHOUT A CERTIFICATE. JULY, 1848.) 



I. Any person having a right to Mil hares in Scotland may do so 

 without a game certificate, provided they shall be found on his own 

 land. Whereas by an act passed, &c. &c. [preamble omitted] : be it 

 therefore enacted by the Queen's most excellent Majesty, by and 

 with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and 

 Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of 

 the same, that from and after the passing of this Act it shall be lawful 

 for any person having at present a right to kill hares in Scotland to do so 



