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And yet , if French brandy was in demand in Germany and German beer in
France , a smuggler might reap a tidy fortune by smuggling the one in and the
other out . Again , if transportation facilities were bad and the smugglers were
limited as ...
And yet , if French brandy was in demand in Germany and German beer in
France , a smuggler might reap a tidy fortune by smuggling the one in and the
other out . Again , if transportation facilities were bad and the smugglers were
limited as ...
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Brandy in France was worth only one pound for a four gallon tub , and brought
four or five pounds in England , and a single small vessel could carry eighty tubs
of the liquor across channel in a few hours . In 1787 there were 1425 articles of ...
Brandy in France was worth only one pound for a four gallon tub , and brought
four or five pounds in England , and a single small vessel could carry eighty tubs
of the liquor across channel in a few hours . In 1787 there were 1425 articles of ...
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... extent of their smuggling propensities may be obtained by the fact that in 1733
the combined counties of Kent , Sussex and Suffolk confiscated 54 , 000 pounds
of tea and 123 , 000 gallons of brandy , seized from smugglers 74 SMUGGLERS
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... extent of their smuggling propensities may be obtained by the fact that in 1733
the combined counties of Kent , Sussex and Suffolk confiscated 54 , 000 pounds
of tea and 123 , 000 gallons of brandy , seized from smugglers 74 SMUGGLERS
...
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123 , 000 gallons of brandy , seized from smugglers , and yet five cargoes were
safely landed to one taken . So difficult was it to stop even a portion of the
smuggling that the most drastic and severe , as well as unjust , laws were hastily
passed ...
123 , 000 gallons of brandy , seized from smugglers , and yet five cargoes were
safely landed to one taken . So difficult was it to stop even a portion of the
smuggling that the most drastic and severe , as well as unjust , laws were hastily
passed ...
Page 76
To unload and carry a lugger cargo of eighty casks of brandy , required forty
husky Yokels , each carrying two four gallon casks , slung one on back , the other
on chest , like a " sandwich man ' s " signs , by ropes over the shoulders , and
forty ...
To unload and carry a lugger cargo of eighty casks of brandy , required forty
husky Yokels , each carrying two four gallon casks , slung one on back , the other
on chest , like a " sandwich man ' s " signs , by ropes over the shoulders , and
forty ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Smugglers and Smuggling |
| Author | Alpheus Hyatt Verrill |
| Publisher | Duffield, 1924 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 26 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 327 pages |
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