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or lanes divergoci at particular points, always left 

 a mark hj the road-siclc to sliow which way the 

 preceding tramp or tramps had gone. The marks 

 w^ero very trifling, and scarcely noticeable, except 

 to a practised eye. The first I fomid I mistook 

 for a poacher's mark opposite a '^ muse'' in the 

 hedge, to denote the position of his snare ; now 

 I am more alive to the arts of the tramping world, 

 and am down on a good many of their dodges, as 

 the divine before alluded to keejos me in practice. 

 The marks these tramps put on entrance-gates or 

 gate-posts arc slight enough to look at, but still 

 ample to warn beggars of the different receptions 

 they are likely to meet with if they touch on 

 the forbidden ground. 



