XV. A TRAGIC INCIDENT 276

XVI. ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS 295

XVII. SMUGGLING BY CONCEALMENTS 320

XVIII. BY SEA AND LAND 339

XIX. ACTION AND COUNTER-ACTION 361

XX. FORCE AND CUNNING 379

APPENDICES 403

ILLUSTRATIONS

PLATES

REVENUE CRUISER CHASING SMUGGLING LUGGER _Colour frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

A REPRESENTATION OF YE SMUGGLERS BREAKING OPEN YE KING'S
CUSTOM HOUSE AT POOLE 86

MR. GALLEY AND MR. CHATER PUT BY YE SMUGGLERS ON ONE
HORSE NEAR ROWLAND CASTLE 88

GALLEY AND CHATER FALLING OFF THEIR HORSE AT WOODASH 88A

CHATER CHAINED IN YE TURFF HOUSE AT OLD MILLS'S 89

CHATER HANGING AT THE WELL IN LADY HOLT PARK, THE )
BLOODY VILLAINS STANDING BY )
) 90
THE BLOODY SMUGGLERS FLINGING DOWN STONES AFTER THEY )
HAD FLUNG HIS DEAD BODY INTO THE WELL )

H.M. CUTTER "WICKHAM," COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN JOHN
FULLARTON, R.N. 178

H.M. CUTTER "WICKHAM" 179

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"DOW SENT HIS MATE AND TEN MEN ON BOARD HER" 72

"CAME CHARGING DOWN ... STRIKING HER ON THE QUARTER" 102

"A GREAT CROWD OF INFURIATED PEOPLE CAME DOWN TO THE BEACH" 187

"THE 'FLORA' WITH THE 'FISGARD,' 'WASSO,' AND 'NYMPH'" 202

"THE 'CAROLINE' CONTINUED HER COURSE AND PROCEEDED TO LONDON" 211

HOW THE DEAL BOATMEN USED TO SMUGGLE TEA ASHORE 213

"THE 'BADGER' WAS HOISTING UP THE GALLEY IN THE RIGGING" 265

"FIRE AND BE DAMNED" 278

THE SANDWICH DEVICE 314

THE SLOOP "LUCY" SHOWING CONCEALMENTS 324

CASK FOR SMUGGLING CIDER 326

THE SMACK "TAM O'SHANTER" SHOWING METHOD OF CONCEALMENT 329

FLAT-BOTTOMED BOAT FOUND