32 Poachers and Poaching. 



net was known to be. The dwelling was a 

 disused toll bar on the turnpike, and commanded 

 a long stretch of road. The good woman of the 

 house saw the constables approaching, and made 

 the most of her time. Taking off her gown, she 

 fastened one end of the net, which was long 

 and narrow, to a projecting crook in the wall ; 

 then retiring to the further side of the kitchen, 

 she attached the other end of it to the whalebone 

 of her stays, and by turning round and round, 

 wound the net about her capacious person. 

 When the constables arrived she accompanied 

 them into every corner of the cottage, but no 

 net could be found. 



