THE SMUGGLERS 



Jill 



And nearer home again there was the long extent of 

 the Hurtwood and its adjoining wastes — forest land of oak 

 and birch and Scotch fir, with undergrowth of heath and 



One of the Pilgrims' Yews 



bracken, where the remembrance of the smuyolers is still 



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bright in the memories of the working folk. 



The windmill on Ewhurst Hill, still standing, was near 

 the middle of the smii2fo-lers' tracks. One of the men of 

 the place said his mother remembered a man riding back 

 down the hill above the ' Windmill ' Inn, to look for a 

 keg of brandy that had got loose from his pack-load ; 



