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twenty, but no more, unless he is a tobacco 

 merchant, or becomes one fro tern, by bring- 

 ing eighty pounds. If, however, you will 

 allow me to make a suggestion, strictly, of 

 course, sub rosa, I would advise you to go back to 

 the ship and bring some fellow-passenger, who 

 can claim, in my presence, say about ten pounds 

 of it ; he must take it away with him though, 

 and if he is not honest, he might stick to it, 

 as you could not say that it was not his.' 



* Oh, I can soon settle that,' said Acton. 

 ' I will be back in ten minutes and bring him 

 with me.' 



He went aboard again and found Green, who 

 had come over in charge of two hundred head 

 of cattle, and who, as soon as he found what' 

 was wanted, went with him to the Customs and 

 claimed ten pounds of the tobacco. Acton pre- 

 sented the Custom-house officer with a pound 

 of it, much to that individual's delight. 



. Meanwhile Reginald Miller was busy^getting 

 the horses boxed, no easy task, as some of them 

 objected strongly. Independent would not have 



