And even amongst us, the hare that any one is hunting, is thought his who pursues her during the chase: for being a beast that is still looked upon as common, and no man's private possession; whoever has employed so much labour about any of that kind, as to find and pursue her, has thereby removed her from the state of nature, wherein she was common, and hath begun a property.
Sect.31.It will perhaps be objected to this, that if gathering the acorns, or other fruits of the earth, &c.

makes a right to them, then any one may ingross as much as he will.

To which I answer, Not so.

The same law of nature, that does by this means give us property, does also bound that property too.

God has given us all things richly, 1 Tim.