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Rh Coun. How happen'd you to take Notice of this Letter?

Smith. Seeing the York Stamp.

Coun. From thee Circumtances did you come down here?

Smith. Yes, indeed, I did come upon this Account.

Coun. When you came to the Catle, did you challange him, or know him?

Smith. Yes, I did, upon the firt View of him, and pointed him out from among all the ret of the Prioners.

Coun. How long is it ince you saw him lat?

Smith. I think about five Years.

Coun. Do you know any Thing more of him?

Smith. I think he might be about eleven or twelve Years old, when I Went to the Excie and he worked with his Father, who was a Butcher.

Coun. Was he ever et up in the Butcher Trade?

Smith. Yes, I know he was.

Coun. How long might he live in that Way?

Smith. I, cannot, tell; he lived at † in Eex, and left it about ix Years, and after he kept a Publick House.

Coun. Did you afterward ee him?

Smith. Yes, I aw him afterwards ix Miles from thence.

Coun. What became of him then? Smith