The cargo is to be landed where I told you.

It will be high tide at twelve o'clock, and they are sure to choose that hour, so that the cutter can run close in.

I have sent off a man on horseback to Weymouth, for the revenue cutter to come round.

If she's in time, we shall catch that troublesome lugger, as well as her cargo.

She has been a thorn in our side for the last year.
This time, I do hope we shall have her." The speakers then moved on out of hearing, but James Walsham recognized the voice, as that of the revenue officer commanding the force at Sidmouth.
Smuggling was, at that time, carried on on a large scale along the coast, and there were frequent collisions between those engaged in it and the revenue officers.