Transcriber's Note: Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible. The Cornish dialect written by Captain Carter includes inconsistencies in spelling and capitalisation. Some changes have been made. They are listed at the end of the text. Blank spaces, representing missing words in the original MS., have been replaced by "[...]". Italic text has been marked with _underscores_. Text marked ^{thus} was superscripted. [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 father, the G. Carter mentioned on page 1, who was a nephew of Harry Carter himself. The memoir of the writer, which will be found in the "Wesleyan Methodist Magazine" for October, 1831, was based upon information supplied by G. Carter, partly from the manuscript and partly from his own knowledge. It is now printed from the manuscript which was kindly lent to me for the purpose by Mr. G. H. Carter.