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veyor, &c. of the taxes, is thus authorised to inspect 

 the sportsman's certificate. 



A verbal notice from the occupier or landholder is 

 sufficient; and indeed the occupier of land has a legal 

 right to order the lord of the manor, or even his own 

 landlord, to abstain from sporting on the ground he 

 occupies. However, landlords (at least sporting land- 

 lords) are very careful to annul this power of the te- 

 nant by a clause in the lease. 



As to a gamekeeper In the first place, it is his 

 duty to produce both his certificate and deputation, 

 (supposing the keeper to be on the manor for which 

 he is deputed ; his power ceases the moment he sets 

 his foot off it,) on demanding the sportsman's address 

 or a sight of his certificate. A verbal notice from 

 either a keeper or a lord of a manor is not, I believe, 

 legal : indeed, keepers generally carry printed notices: 

 which ought to be drawn up in the following 

 manner : 



Sept. S, 1814. 



To Mr. . 



s - 1 hereby give you notice, that if you hunt, set, 

 net, hawk, fish, or fowl, or use any other method to 

 destroy the game, upon any of my lands, manors, or 

 royalties, within (such grounds) I shall deem you a 

 wilful trespasser, and proceed against you as the lavr 



directs. 



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To Mr. . 



