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kirby’s wonderful museum.
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woman running; this I judge from the length of the stride,
and the depth of the step. From the deep impression at
the top of the shoe, I thought the woman must have ran
upon her toes ; the man’s step appeared to be that of a heavy
person running fast; the heel of the shoe had struck very
deep into the soil. From the dry pit at the corner, the tracks
took a direction along the hedge side to the bottom of the
ploughed field ; the tracks appeared here to have been made
by persons walking; the strides were shorter, and the impres-
sions not so deep. I traced these steps very near to the
water pit. It was a dewy morning, and I could discern, in
some places, the print of a woman’s shoe, sometimes on the
grass and sometimes on the ploughed land; the man’s, I
think, were never off the grass. 1 tracked the marks of a
man’s foot from the pit turning short to the left across
the path to the gate at the farthermost end of the
field; they were those of a man only; they seemed to be
made by a person running. At this spot, there were two
tracks, which we covered with a board ; we examined them
thoroughly. I first looked at the impression made by a shoe
of the right foot. I knelt down and blowed the dirt out, and
discovered two nail marks in the toe part of the impression ;
a bit of wood which had come between the person’s foot and
the ground, had raised the foot, and inclined it a little on that
side, which made the impression much deeper in that part
than in any other. I got the prisoner’s shoes from Tyburn
about one o’clock ; I examined them with the man’s foot-
steps, and they precisely agreed; and the shoe of his right
foot, which had two nails near the toe, precisely correspond-
ed with the impressions on the ground. There were also
about two inches round the toe of the shoe without nails-
there were then nails again— another space occurred—and
then nails again. This position of the nails appeared also in
the foot-marks. I examined the footsteps of. the woman
also, with the shoe of Mary Ashford, and they exactly cor-
responded ; this was about ten o’clock. I have not the least
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woman running; this I judge from the length of the stride,
and the depth of the step. From the deep impression at
the top of the shoe, I thought the woman must have ran
upon her toes ; the man’s step appeared to be that of a heavy
person running fast; the heel of the shoe had struck very
deep into the soil. From the dry pit at the corner, the tracks
took a direction along the hedge side to the bottom of the
ploughed field ; the tracks appeared here to have been made
by persons walking; the strides were shorter, and the impres-
sions not so deep. I traced these steps very near to the
water pit. It was a dewy morning, and I could discern, in
some places, the print of a woman’s shoe, sometimes on the
grass and sometimes on the ploughed land; the man’s, I
think, were never off the grass. 1 tracked the marks of a
man’s foot from the pit turning short to the left across
the path to the gate at the farthermost end of the
field; they were those of a man only; they seemed to be
made by a person running. At this spot, there were two
tracks, which we covered with a board ; we examined them
thoroughly. I first looked at the impression made by a shoe
of the right foot. I knelt down and blowed the dirt out, and
discovered two nail marks in the toe part of the impression ;
a bit of wood which had come between the person’s foot and
the ground, had raised the foot, and inclined it a little on that
side, which made the impression much deeper in that part
than in any other. I got the prisoner’s shoes from Tyburn
about one o’clock ; I examined them with the man’s foot-
steps, and they precisely agreed; and the shoe of his right
foot, which had two nails near the toe, precisely correspond-
ed with the impressions on the ground. There were also
about two inches round the toe of the shoe without nails-
there were then nails again— another space occurred—and
then nails again. This position of the nails appeared also in
the foot-marks. I examined the footsteps of. the woman
also, with the shoe of Mary Ashford, and they exactly cor-
responded ; this was about ten o’clock. I have not the least