CHAPTER XIII. 



JOSLIN AS A WITNESS. DUCKEY PHILLIPS. 



I FORGOT, in my tale of the poachers, to 

 say about the preliminary enquiry before 

 the magistrates, so I will now endeavour to 

 repair the omission. 



There were three magistrates sitting : Lord 

 Braybroke; Squire Smith, ofShortgrove ; and 

 Captain Byng, of "The Views," Rickling. 

 Joslin especially distinguished himself as a 

 witness. Captain Byng questioned him about 

 his running away, and he answered that 

 Duckey Phillips was running just in front of 

 him, and falling down, so that he had a hard 



