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and killing and frightening away game, the remedy at law 

 being inadequate.^ •*** 



The right of the owner of unenclosed land to shoot and 

 fish thereon exists even if the land be covered by navigable 

 water. The public can use it solely for purposes of naviga- 

 tion and must not unnecessarily disturb the right.^*'^ 



"" Kellogg V. King, 114 Cal. 378, where by the Code, "animals wild \>j 

 nature are the subject of ownership while living only when on the land of 

 the person claiming them." 



"' Beatty v. Davis, 20 Ont. 373. 



