# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

**Source image:** `20260219_140220.jpg`  
**Transcribed:** 2026-02-25 19:26  
**Method:** Automated (Claude Batch API — claude-opus-4-6)

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Morning a Wherry bound for Rush, which
sailed the day before, was Chased back
by a Barge in the Service of the Customs
at Strangford, in Ireland the Captains
Name is Wheeler, they were very near
together, and both run aground, at the
End of the Pier, but the Manx Boats
going to the Assistance of the Smugler, they
took their Goods a Shore, The Barge soon
after went to Derby Haven near Castle—
Town to which place I followed her, being
told she has taken in some Goods at Douglas
and Stayed till the 8^th in the afternoon, here
I saw both Bottles and Casks of Brandy
goon board, about Ninety Gallons & about
fifty Pounds of Tea, she went to Ramsay
and there was told, she did the same;
My Landlord at Castle Town, and some
others who Assisted him, Assured me, the
Hornet Cutter, had taken on board the
1^st of September One hundred and fifty Pounds
Value of Goods at Derby Haven.
[margin:] September 10^th Went to Ramsay here I was told by
David Angus and many others, that the
ranger