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[Illustration]




A CORNISH SMUGGLER


[Illustration: LANDING THE CARGO.

_F. BRANGWYN._]




 THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
 OF
 A CORNISH SMUGGLER


 (CAPTAIN HARRY CARTER, OF PRUSSIA COVE)

 1749-1809

 _WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES_

 BY
 JOHN B. CORNISH

 SECOND EDITION.

 London:
 GIBBINGS & CO., LTD., 18 BURY STREET, W.C.
 J. POLLARD, TRURO, PENZANCE, & FALMOUTH.
 1900.

 WILLIAM BYLES AND SONS, PRINTERS,
 129 FLEET STREET, LONDON,
 AND BRADFORD.




INTRODUCTION.


The existence of the Autobiography which is published in the following
pages came to my knowledge in the course of a chance conversation with a
distant relative of the writer's family. The original manuscript has
been carefully preserved, and has been for many years in the possession
of Mr. G. H. Carter, of Helston. He received it from his