If I had the making of the laws, I would put a high duty on bad tobacco, and a low duty on a good article; that would encourage the importation of good wholesome stuff.
"I suppose you have heard no rumours of any suspicious looking craft being heard of, off the coast ?" "No, I think that they carry on their business a good deal farther to the west now.

My post is becoming quite a sinecure.

The Henriette came into Poole this morning, but we never trouble about her.

She is a fair trader, and is well known at every port between Portsmouth and Plymouth as such.

She always comes in at daylight, and lays her foresail aback till we board her, and send a couple of men with her into Poole or Wareham.