"Pray, sir, may I enquire whether you are aware that you are trespassing ?" "The word trespass, my dear sir," replied Jack, "will admit of much argument, and I will divide it into three heads.

It implies, according to the conventional meaning, coming without permission upon the land or property of another.

Now, sir, the question may all be resolved in the following.

Was not the world made for all?
and has any one, or any portion of its inhabitants, an exclusive right to claim any part of it, as his property?
If you please, I have laid down the proposition, and we will now argue the point." The gentleman who accosted Jack had heard of Mr Easy and his arguments; he was a humorist, and more inclined to laugh than to be angry; at the same time that he considered it necessary to show Jack that under existing circumstances they were not tenable.
"But, Mr Easy, allowing the trespass on the property to be venial, surely you do not mean to say that you are justified in taking my fish; I bought the fish, and stocked the pond, and have fed them ever since.
You cannot deny but that they are private property, and that to take them is a theft ?" "That will again admit of much ratiocination, my dear sir," replied Jack; "but,--I beg your pardon, I have a fish." Jack pulled up a large carp, much to the indignation of the keepers, and to the amusement of their master, unhooked it, placed it in his basket, renewed his bait with the greatest sang, and then throwing in his line, resumed his discourse.

"As I was observing, my dear sir," continued Jack, "that will admit of much ratiocination.