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prevent easy egress or ingress of game, may shoot them 

 whenever and in whatsoever manner he pleases. 



Proprietors may destroy wild animals destructive to 

 property. 



It is strictly forbidden to destroy the eggs, or young 

 game. 



The municipalities determine the time when sporting 

 is to cease altogether, and also what fines are to be imposed 

 on persons who break the regulations. 



SPAIN. 



Spaniards are forbidden to shoot or hunt on any ground 

 which is not the private property of the individual, more 

 especially in the provinces of Alasa, Avila, Burgos, Coruna, 

 Guipuscoa, Huesca, Leon, Logrono, Lugo, Navarre, Orieuse, 

 Oveido, Palencia, Pontevedra, Salamanca, Santander, Segovia, 

 Soria, Valladolid, Yiscaya, and Lamora, where all sport is 

 forbidden from the 1st of April to the 1st of September ; in 

 the remaining provinces of Spain, including the Balearic 

 and Canary Islands, all shooting is prohibited from the 

 1st of May to the 1st of August. 



Another article of the Royal Decree prohibits shooting 

 when the snow is lying upon the ground ; and another one 

 prohibits the use of traps, snares, nets, decoy birds, except 

 for quails and birds of passage. 



According to the 591st Article of the Penal Code, "people 

 using firearms without a licence are punishable by a fine 

 varying from five to twenty-five pesetas " (4s. to 20s.) , and in 

 the Article 608 of the same code it is stated that "persons 

 trespassing on enclosed lands, or any private property, for 

 the purpose of fishing or shooting, without permission from 

 the proprietor, are amenable to the above-mentioned fine. 



Two further articles of the same code state that the 

 infringement of any laws for the protection of fish and game 



