# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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**Transcribed:** 2026-02-25 19:26  
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into, out of the large Casks, but knows not the Name of the
Cutter or the Master. – Saith, that he saw the
Master on Shore upon the Island, that he is a
Slender Young Man, but does not believe he should
know him again, if he was to see him; – Saith,
that upon the 10^th, a Cutter in the Service of the
Customs, as he was informed, Arrived at Douglas,
and took on board about One hundred and fifty
Gallons of Brandy, or Rum, and stood off to Sea
immediately; – Saith, that on or about the 12^th of
July, he was informed from David Angus a Pilot
and Innkeeper at Ramsay, and at whose house
he lodged, that a Cutter in the Service of the Government
(but the name or Master he does not know) about
four days before, took on board about One thousand
Gallons of Brandy, which practice is made use of
(as he is informed) by all the Cutters in the Government
Service; – Saith that on the 23^d. of August, he Sailed
again for the Isle of Man, and Arrived there on
the 25^th; and was informed, that during his absence
there had been imported into the Island Ninety th[ree?]
Thousand, Seven hundred Ninety four Gallons of
Rum by different Vessels; And that he received this
Information from Brideson, and the Port Guager; –
Saith that on the 1^st of September he was informed b[y]
one