These wounds were the immediate cause of death, and they were made before he fell down the rocks.
Besides, he went down feet first.

The abrasions on the legs and thighs prove that beyond a doubt.

Then again, the base of the skull is not fractured, as it most certainly would have been if he had fallen on his head.

Death was undoubtedly the result of those wounds in the head.

It is impossible for me to say for certain with what kind of weapon they were made, but it was probably something round and blunt." "Now," said the Senechal, when the Doctor had finished, and the hum and the growl which followed had died down again, "will any of you who know anything about this matter come forward and tell us all you know ?" Stephen Gard stood up at once and all eyes settled on him.