( 19 ) 



In this laft article his virtue is chiefly ihown ; 

 and to this purpofe the memory of every found 

 keeper fhould be furniihed with this cabahftic 

 verfe. • 



Stable-ftand ; 

 Dog-draw ; 

 Back-bear; and 

 Bloody-hand*. 



It implies the feveral circumftances, in which 

 offenders may be taken with the manner, as it 

 is phrafed. If a man be found armed, and 

 ftationed in fome fufpicious part of the foreft — 

 or if he be found with a dog purfuing a ftricken 

 deer — or if he be found carrying a dead deer 

 on his back — or laftly, if he be found bloody 

 in the foreft ; he is in all thefe cafes, feizable ; 

 tho the fa6t of kilHng a deer cannot be proved 

 upon him. The under-keeper alfo drives the 

 forefi 'y that is, he annually impounds all the 

 cattle, that paflure in his walk; and fees 

 them examined, and properly marked. 



With reeard to the woods of the foreft, 

 which were originally confidered only as they 

 refpeded game, the iirft officer, under the 



* See Man wood on foreft-law, ch. xviii. 9. 



C 2 lord-warden, 



