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of their service, excepting always in the case of special 

 agreement to the contrary. 



A deputed gamekeeper possesses practically no advan- 

 tage over an ordinary keeper ; but, on the other hand, the 

 moral effect is frequently very considerable. It is 

 necessary to point out that a gamekeeper of whichever 

 class requires a 2 licence upon his master's land, and a 

 ^3 licence for any other if he would catch, kill, or assist 

 in catching or killing wild game, unless he is merely 

 assisting the holder of the necessary licence. In the latter 

 case he must not employ his own gun, dog, or materials or 

 tools. He is bound to produce his licence to a police 

 constable or the holder of a game licence, and must give 

 his full name and address to the former, or to any Excise 

 officer, or the occupier, owner, or gamekeeper of any lands 

 he may be sporting over, or to the holder of any other 

 game licence. In other words, he is as equally subject to 

 the same obligations to others as they are to him. He is 

 equally liable as far as concerns dog licences, nor does his 

 master's licence to keep a dog extend to him as regards a 

 dog which is his own property. 



Moreover, the law places many restrictions upon the 

 gamekeeper, some of which, in relation to poaching and 

 poachers, will be defined at a later stage; but here it may 

 be mentioned that a keeper must not shoot game at night, 

 and if only acting as such to the tenant of lands or 

 the shooting on them, he must not shoot even rabbits at 

 night. A keeper may not employ poison to destroy game, 

 and he must not lay down poisoned grain, seed, or 

 meal, which will destroy furred or feathered life, nor use 

 poisoned flesh except in a house or a garden, or in buildings, 

 ricks, or drains protected from dogs. It is a misdemeanour 

 if he uses man-traps or spring-guns calculated to destroy 

 human life or to cause injury to human beings. He may 



