6 THE SHOOTER'S GUIDE. 



This notice, moreover, must be signed by every te- 

 nant or occupier of land throughout the manor : if 

 any tenant refuse his signature, the notice will not ex- 

 tend to the land of which he is in possession ; but the 

 mandate of the lord is generally sufficient (if the lease 

 does not provide the remedy). But in most cases the 

 lord is not owner of the whole manor ; and it some- 

 times happens, that occupiers of land independent of 

 the lord will have nothing to do with his notices, 

 and he consequently cannot prevent the sportsman 

 coming upon such land, if the occupier has no objec- 

 tion. 



I shall conclude this chapter with the following 

 cases, as they exhibit the legal property which qua- 

 lified persons have in the game of which they are in 

 pursuit, which, in general, continues so long only as 

 it remains unthin the limits of the manor or liberty of 

 the owner; yet it is held, that if after having been 

 started upon a person's own grounds, it be pursued 

 and killed on those of another, it will nevertheless be 

 his own property, because the possession which he 

 gained by finding it within his own liberty is conti- 

 nued by the immediate pursuit. 1 1 Mod. Rep. 75. 

 But if it is started on anotlier mans ground, and kill- 

 ed there, it will belong to him on whose ground it 

 was killed, because the property arises ratione soli. 

 Lord Raym. 251. 



Moreover, if having been started in a person's 

 ground (not being his own) it be killed in that of a 

 third person, it will belong neither to him on whose 



