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300 The peak in the background known as La Sorciére is used as a landmark by
the smugglers sailing from Martinique , twenty miles distant . . . 184 j : . 280
INTRODUCTION When one day my publisher said to me : ILLUSTRATIONS.
300 The peak in the background known as La Sorciére is used as a landmark by
the smugglers sailing from Martinique , twenty miles distant . . . 184 j : . 280
INTRODUCTION When one day my publisher said to me : ILLUSTRATIONS.
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... stolen cargoes at bargain prices and left it to the purchasers to smuggle the
goods in . So extensive had this business become that a regular market or center
had been established at the island of Grande Terre , a narrow sandy strip six
miles ...
... stolen cargoes at bargain prices and left it to the purchasers to smuggle the
goods in . So extensive had this business become that a regular market or center
had been established at the island of Grande Terre , a narrow sandy strip six
miles ...
Page 18
In fact they practically ruled the coast between the Mississippi Delta and Bayou
La Fourche , - a distance of fully fifty miles ; and controlled the local trade . In a
way , too , they had much in common with the old buccaneers of Jamaica and ...
In fact they practically ruled the coast between the Mississippi Delta and Bayou
La Fourche , - a distance of fully fifty miles ; and controlled the local trade . In a
way , too , they had much in common with the old buccaneers of Jamaica and ...
Page 46
There , in circumscribed waters with only a few miles of sea separating two
countries , the smugglers could act as their own cargo carriers even in
comparatively small craft . But , with the exception of those localities adjoining
Canada or ...
There , in circumscribed waters with only a few miles of sea separating two
countries , the smugglers could act as their own cargo carriers even in
comparatively small craft . But , with the exception of those localities adjoining
Canada or ...
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Not only did they ship the locally grown wool but , finding the market could
consume more than they could supply , they sent members of their organization
inland and bought wool over twenty miles from the coast . As a result of this , the ...
Not only did they ship the locally grown wool but , finding the market could
consume more than they could supply , they sent members of their organization
inland and bought wool over twenty miles from the coast . As a result of this , the ...
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Page 71 - ... restores him to health; on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice; on the brass nails of the coffin and the ribands of the bride; at bed or board; couchant or levant we must pay.
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Page 141 - A little tea, one leaf I did not steal. For guiltless bloodshed I to God appeal ; Put tea in one scale, human blood in t'other And think what 'tis to slay a harmless brother.
Page 142 - I am not dead, but sleepeth here, And when the Trumpet Sound I will appear. Four balls thro' me Pearced there way. Hard it was. I'd no time to pray. This stone that here you Do see My Comerades erected for the sake of me.
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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