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Happily, I have always laid great stress upon it, and much practice has made it second nature to me. I saw the heavy footmarks of the constables, but I saw also the track of the two men who had first passed through the garden. It was easy to tell that they had been before the others, because in places their marks had been entirely obliterated by the others coming upon the top of them. HAPPILY I HAVE ALWAYS LAID GREAT STRUMMIT AND MUCH PRACTICE HAS MADE ITS SECOND NATURE TO ME I SAW THE HEAVY FOOTMARKS OF THE CONSTABLES BUT I ALSO SAW THE TRACK OF THE TWO MEN WHO HAD FIRST PASSED THROUGH THE GARDEN IT WAS EASY TO TELL THAT THEY HAD BEEN BEFORE THE OTHERS BECAUSE IN PLACES THEIR MARKS HAD BEEN ENTIRELY OBLITERATED BY THE OTHERS COMING UPON THE TOP OF THEM
 yourself. Now let me endeavour to show you the different steps in my reasoning. To begin at the beginning. I approached the house, as you know, on foot, and with my mind entirely free from all impressions. I naturally began by examining the roadway, and there, as I have already explained to you, I saw clearly the marks of a cab, which, I ascertained by inquiry, must have been there during the night. I satisfied myself that it was a cab and not a private carriage by the narrow gauge of the wheels. The ordinary London growler is considerably less wide than a gentleman’s brougham. “This was the first point gained. I then walked slowly down the garden path, which happened to be composed of a clay soil, peculiarly suitable for taking impressions. No doubt it appeared to you to be a mere trampled line of slush, but to my trained eyes every mark upon its surface had a meaning. There is no branch of detective science which is so important and so much neglected as the art of tracing footsteps. T AND HAD TO FIND EVERYTHING ELSE FOR YOURSELF NOW LET ME ENDEAVOUR TO SHOW YOU THE DIFFERENT STEPS IN MY REASONING TO BEGIN AT THE BEGINNING I APPROACHED THE HOUSE AS YOU KNOW ON FOOT WITH MY MIND ENTIRELY FREE FROM ALL IMPRESSIONS I NATURALLY BEGAN BY EXAMINING THE ROADWAY AND THERE AS I HAVE ALREADY EXPLAINED TO YOU I SAW CLEARLY THE MARKS OF A CAB WHICH I ASCERTAIN BY INQUIRY MUST HAVE BEEN THERE DURING THE NIGHT I SATISFIED MYSELF THAT IT WAS A CAB AND NOT A PRIVATE CARRIAGE BY THE NARROW GAUGE OF THE WHEELS THE ORDINARY LONDON GROWLER IS CONSIDERABLY LESS WIDE THAN A GENTLEMAN'S BROWN THIS WAS THE FIRST POINT GAINED I THEN WALKED SLOWLY DOWN THE GARDEN PATH WHICH HAPPENED TO BE COMPOSED OF A CLAY SOIL PECULIARLY SUITABLE FOR TAKING IMPRESSIONS NO DOUBT IT APPEARED TO YOU TO BE A MERE TRAMPLED LINE OF SLUSH BUT TO MY TRAINED EYES EVERY MARK UPON ITS SURFACE HAD A MEANING THERE IS NO BRANCH OF DETECTIVE SCIENCE WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT SO MUCH NEGLECTED AS THE ART OF TRACING FOOTSTEPS
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