Between Mersea and the Blackwater were several flat hol ms or islands, some under water at high-tides, others only just standing above it, and between these, the winding waterways formed a labyrinth which made pursuit difficult. The traffic was carried on with an audacity and openness unparalleled elsewhere. Al though there was a coastguard station at the month of the estuary, on Mersea 'Hard,' yet goods were run even in open day, under the very eyes of the revenue men. Each public-house on the island, and on the mainland near a creek, obtained its entire supply of wine and spirits from contraband vessels.
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BETWEEN the mouths of the Blackwater and the Colne, on the east coast of Essex, lies an extensive marshy tract veined and freckled in every part with water. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Red Hall, George De Witt, Elijah Rebow, Master Rebow, Charles Pettican, Abraham Dowsing, Phoebe Musset, Mistress Sharland, Leather Bottle, Burnt Hill, Rising Sun, Parson Tyll, Captain Macpherson, Farmer Goppin, Grim's Hoe, Isaac Mead, Mehalah Sharland, Mersea City, Mersea Isle, Union Jack, East Saxon, Queen Vashti, Timothy Spark, Tiptree Heath New!
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BETWEEN the mouths of the Blackwater and the Colne, on the east coast of Essex, lies an extensive marshy tract veined and freckled in every part with water. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
oak parlour Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Red Hall, George De Witt, Elijah Rebow, Master Rebow, Charles Pettican, Abraham Dowsing, Phoebe Musset, Mistress Sharland, Leather Bottle, Burnt Hill, Rising Sun, Parson Tyll, Captain Macpherson, Farmer Goppin, Grim's Hoe, Isaac Mead, Mehalah Sharland, Mersea City, Mersea Isle, Union Jack, East Saxon, Queen Vashti, Timothy Spark, Tiptree Heath New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Surprise Me!
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