INTRODUCTION. 



ABSTRACT OF THE GAME LAWS. 



OF the origin and progress of the Laws relating to 

 GAME, the most rapid view that we could take would 

 necessarily lead us into considerable discussion. The 

 history and laws of all countries abound more or less 

 with matter connected with the pleasures of the chase. 

 Unwilling, however, to detain the true Sportsman 

 from the more profitable account of THINGS AS THEY 

 ARE, we shall at once present him with a practical 

 Abridgement of our own GAME LAWSJ and begin 

 with what very naturally first presents itself to the 

 mind, viz. 



The Qualification, 



Which, in the legal sense of the word, means pro- 

 perty to a certain amount, and which is thus particu- 

 larly specified in 22 & 23 Charles II. c. 25. " Any 

 person or persons, not having lands of inheritance or 

 freehold property, in his own or his wife's right, of 

 the clear annual value of 100/. ; or leasehold property 

 for life, or a term of 99 years or longer, of the clear 

 yearly value of 1502. that is assessed to that amount, 

 and clear of mortgage or other incumbrance, are de- 

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