Game Laws
laws relating to the killing of certain wild animals pursued for sport, and called game. Formerly in Great Britain certain qualifications of rank or property were needed to constitute the right to kill game; but by the Game Act of William IV. the necessity for any qualification except the possesstitute the right to kill game; but by the Game Act of William IV. the necessity person found guilty of trespassing in pursuit of game between the first hour after sunset and the last before sunrise, is for the first offense liable to imprisonment with hard labor for three months and to find security for a year, a third is for the first offense liable to imprisonment with hard labor for three months of land has a right, as inseparable from and incident to the occupation of the land, to kill and take ground game (hares and rabbits) thereon, concurtude. By an act of 1880 every occupier of land has a right, as inseparable from and incident to the occupation of the land, to kill and take ground game of this right being declared void. Game laws of greater or less strictness are in force in many other countries. In Canada and the United States the chief restrictions are in regard to killing wild animals during the breeding season.
GANGES river of India, rising in the Nepal Hima- layas, in lat. 30° 56' N. and lon. 79° 7' E., flowing S. W. to British territory, and then S. E., forming for some distance the boundary between the Northriver of India, rising in the Nepal Himawest provinces and Bengal, and entering E., flowing S. W. to British territory, and then S. E., forming for some distance the boundary between the Northwest provinces and Bengal, and entering the Ganges opposite Patna. from Kabul in 1842, the last remnant of the British force was massacred, only one man making his escape. Here also the British force was massacred, only Peshawar, where, during the retreat one man making his escape. Here also from Kabul in 1842, the last remnant of a treaty was signed with Yakub Khan in 1879. See AFGHANISTAN.
Asia, rising in the Himalaya Mountains, dustan, one of the greatest g rivers of Asia, rising in the Himalaya Mountains, in Garhwal state, and formed by the junction of two head streams, the gar, 1,500 feet above sea-level. The Bhagirathi, as being a sacred stream, is usually considered the source of the and brings a larger volume of water to Ganges, rising at the height of 13,800 feet, but the Alaknanda flows farther the junction. At Hardwar, about 30 enters the great valley of Hindustan, and flows in a S. E. direction till it disenters the great valley of Hindustan, and flows in a S. E. direction till it discharges itself by numerous mouths into the Bay of Bengal, after a course of about 1,700 miles. During its course it Gumti, Gogra, Gandak and Kusi. In the rainy season the flat country of Bengal is joined by 11 large rivers, the chief being the Jumna, Son, Ramganga, rainy season the flat country of Bengal is overflowed to the extent of 100 miles in breadth, the water beginning to recede after the middle of August. The Ganges delta has the Hugli on the W., the Meghna on the E. and commences about 200 miles, or 300 by the course of the river, from the sea. Along the sea it forms an uninhabited swampy waste, called Sunderbunds, or Sundarbans, and the whole coast of the delta is a mass of shifting mud banks. The W. branch, the Hugli, is the only branch commonly navigated by ships. The Meghna, or main branch, on the E. is joined by a branch of the Brahmaputra. Some of the principal cities on the Ganges and its is navigable for boats branches, ascending the stream, are Calcutta, Murshedabad, Bahar, Patna, Benbranches, ascending the stream, are Cal- cutta, Murshedabad, Bahar, Patna, Benits mouths, and it forms a great channel bad. The Ganges is of a large size nearly 1,500 miles from for traffic. of a large size nearly 1,500 miles from its mouths, and it forms a great channel GANGLION to bathe in the Ganges, or at least to wash themselves with its waters, and to distribute alms, on certain days. The Hindus believe that whoever dies on its banks, and drinks of its waters before death, is exempted from the necessity of returning into this world and commencing a new life. The sick are therefore carried to the bank of the Ganges, and its water is a considerable article of commerce in the remoter parts of India.