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or night, the character of the poacher, and the probable 

 risk to which the property of the owner and the lives of the 

 keepers or watchers would have been exposed, are all taken 

 into account. 



Snaring, or otherwise taking game without arms, is 

 punishable by a fine of twenty-five to one hundred florins, 

 to be paid to the owner. Repetition of the offence is 

 punishable by eight days' to three months' imprisonment. 



Property in Game. 



It is held in this country that no one can be admitted 

 to possess the same perfect and equitable right of pro- 

 perty in wild animals in a state of freedom, which he 

 possesses in ^domesticated animals, or in game enclosed 

 in parks or preserves, and thereby prevented from 'escap- 

 ing. Consequently, game in a state of freedom is said 

 to have no owner, and to belong to the State. The State, 

 however, as before explained, concedes to the landowners, 

 under certain conditions and limitations, the right of pre- 

 serving and killing game on their estates, and declares by 

 the game law that all game killed or found dead on their 

 land is to be regarded as their property. 



Game, on the other hand, which is enclosed, is exclusively 

 the property of the landowner, or of any one duly qualified 

 and authorized by him to occupy his place, whether that 

 be the State or a private individual. 



I have only to observe, in conclusion, that the game 

 laws in Baden appear to work well, and to give general 

 satisfaction. There is a large amount of game, especially 

 roe, deer, and hares, in a state of freedom all over the valley 

 of the Rhine in the Grand Duchy, a considerable part of 

 which has hitherto gone to supply the Paris market. 



Although this country is generally very fertile, and 

 highly cultivated, few complaints about the game are heard, 

 as far as I am aware, with the view to prove that the 



