pointed : Jack, of course, habited so as to be able to swim easily with his clothes on. They proceed quietly in a certain direction, till about the right time they fall in with the lugger with the goods ; the lugger gets in as near as she can approach with safety in a dark night. The tubs of spirits, being already slung in pairs, are rove on to a long line and are quietly put overboard, and Jack, with two of the crew, proceed quietly in the boat towards the shore, towing the tubs behind them.
Getting in about the roadstead, they see another boat coming towards them, and thinking it is a coast guard boat, they begin to think it is all U P, up. However, it turns out to be the crew of a Deal lugger, which is lying in the roadstead ; they don't want twice telling what's the game afloat. Deal boatmen know nothing about such doings ! They row in slowly to the back of the Pier Rocks, and notice as they go in lights from vessels unloading in the fishmarket . Jack now slips overboard with one end of the line round his body, and cautioning his companions to give him " slack enough," he cautiously swims in westward of the Pier Rocks, while the others in the boat, getting clear of the line, proceed towards the shore, eastward of the Pier Rocks, to deceive (if necessary), the coast-guardsman, should one be stationed at that particular spot, and draw his attention from Jack and his transactions. Jack quietly swimming in, -
