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The history of smuggling in Polperro is told through extracts from the letter-books of Zephaniah Job, who played a major role in the contraband trade carried on there at the end of the 18th century. It features the exploits of the local families involved, and the voyages of the "Swallow".

This text reveals the true story of Zephaniah Job, the Cornishman who masterminded the flourishing contraband trade in Polperro during the Napoleonic wars, as well as the privateers whose adventures led to the capture of handsome prizes.

Jonathan Couch (1789-1870), surgeon apothecary of Polperro, was one of the pioneering natural historians of his day, paving the way for others such as Darwin and Huxley to follow. This account of his life and work tells the story of a man who, born in humble circumstances, rose to become one of the leading natural scientists of the 19th century.

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