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which require that before such instruments be laid down 

 the permission of the local authorities be obtained ; that they 

 only be laid down in grounds, woods, etc., which are com- 

 pletely enclosed by a paling or wall, and that a notice of 

 their existence be affixed outside the enclosure. 



It will, therefore, be readily understood, that the ques- 

 tion is not one which can in this country cause much ill- 

 feeling, or frequently give rise to litigation. 



FLORENCE. 



Article 711 of the Italian Civil Code declares that 

 property in game or fish ("gli animali che formano oggetto 

 di caccia o di pesca") is acquired by occupancy. 



Article 462 lays down the rule that pigeons, conies, and 

 fish, passing from one pigeon-house, warren, or fish-pond 

 into another, become the property of the owner of the latter, 

 when they have not been artfully or fraudulently enticed. 



By the communal and provincial law of 1865, every 

 provincial council is empowered to determine the period 

 during which the taking of game is to be permitted in each 

 year. 



PIEDMONT. 



Piedmontese Game Law of 1836, with modifications intro- 

 duced by a law of 1853, extended to Lombardy by Decree 

 July 29, 1859 ; to the Marches by Decree, November 21, 

 1860; and to Umbria, December 11, 1860. 



It is not lawful to enter on another's land for the purpose 

 of taking game, or to cause game to be hunted with dogs 

 thereon, against the prohibition of the owner. Such pro- 

 hibition shall always be presumed in the case of land sown 

 or under crop, or enclosed with walls, hedges, or any other 

 kind of fence, unless the owner's written permission to take 

 game can be produced. 



