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Table of Contents
| 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 | |
| IN TEXT | ||
| PAGE | ||
| "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 off Selsey | 332 | |
| Plan of the Schooner "Good Intent" showing Method of Smuggling Casks | 334 | |
| The Schooner "Spartan" | 336 | |
| Deck Plan and Longitudinal Plan of the "Lord Rivers" | 337 | |
| "The Cruiser's Guns had shot away the Mizzen-Mast" | 348 | |
| "The 'Admiral Hood' was heaving Tubs Overboard" | 358 | |
| "Getting a Firm Grip, pushed him … into the Water" | 365 | |
| "Let's … have him over the Cliff" | 373 | |
| "Under Cover of Darkness took on Board … Forty Bales of Silk" | 377 | |
| "Another Shot was Fired" | 383 | |
| Methods employed by Smugglers for Anchoring Tubs thrown Overboard | 385 | |
| The "Rival's" Ingenious Device | 392 | |
| "Taken Completely by Surprise" | 398 | |
King's Cutters & Smugglers
CHAPTER IToC
INTRODUCTION
Outside pure Naval history it would be difficult to find any period so full of incident and contest as that which is covered by the exploits of the English Preventive Service in their efforts to deal with the notorious and dangerous bands of smugglers which at one time were a terrible menace to the trade and welfare of our nation.
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