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 skin and the liver and the hind quarter; and if the huntsmen do not arrive that night, let him make use of the flesh and let him keep the dogs and the skin for the huntsmen. If the stag be killed at mid-day, let the breyr keep it whole till the night; and if the huntsmen do not arrive then, let the breyr make use of it like the former one. If it be killed during the night in the trev of a breyr, let him spread his mantle over it, and let him keep it whole until the morning; and if the huntsmen do not arrive then, it will be of the same status as the former ones. If a freeman be hunting with coverthounds, let him wait in the morning until the king's huntsmen shall thrice let loose their dogs; and afterwards let him let loose. Whoever shall kill a hart on another person's land, let him give a quarter to the owner of the land, unless it be a king's hart ; for there is to be no quarter for land in a king's hart. If a traveller sees an animal from a road in a king's forest, let him discharge a missile at it, if he will ; and if he hit it, let him pursue whilst he shall see it ; and from the time that it shall disappear from view, let him leave it.