in the boat before the company was there, as he had then no other alternative but to seize her. Jemmy in turn d- d the officer, and said, "If you be a man, act like one." In the meantime the principal owner had arrived at the spot, having left the company just behind the full (the ridge of shingle thrown up by the sea at high water). A bargain was soon struck, by which the officer was to have ten tubs on condition of letting the others go free.
The company was soon brought to the boat, and the first five pairs of tubs ordered by the owner to be placed on the beach, and the men who brought them told to go and get another load. The boat was soon emptied, and the smugglers and officer parted with a hearty " good-night " on both sides . After the smugglers were well away, Mr. Custom-house officer fired his pistol as a signal for assistance to help him away with the "goods he had seized."
I may as well mention here that the smugglers had a curious way of naming different parts of the coast, thus :- ' Jinns's Stool " was a large rock near Galley hill ; " The Slide," a place near the Rock a Nore ; "The Whippings," the high cliff near Ecclesbourne ; "Robin Whiting's Hole," just beyond Ecclesbourne ; "Broken Shins," and " The Gringer," farther to the east ; and " The Marrow-bone Gap," near Fairlight Signal Station. t. The " Royal Victoria Hotel," at St. Leonards-on--
