Game. Under this title are comprehended wild beasts and fowls, which are the object of the chase or of hunting. Rabbits, however, are not game; and a tenant may kill them for the protection of his crop. The property of game is acquired by occupation alone; for while it is free, and in a state of nature, it can belong to none. But game originally wild may be deprived of their natural liberty, and thus become the property of the person who has brought them under his power.