SMUGGLING EXTRAORDINARY.

General Anstruther, having made himself unpopular, was obliged, on his

return to Scotland, to pass in disguise to his own estate; and crossing a

frith, he said to the waterman, "This is a pretty boat, I fancy you

sometimes smuggle with it." The fellow replied, "I never smuggled a

Brigadier before."

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