A SMUGGLER’S CAVE
In "Observation” Mr. C. F. H. Cole describes a wonderful smugglers’ eave near the Lizard (England). He states: The cave will probably appear to you very ordinary at first, and of little use to smugglers "What did they do if anyone got in. or where did they keep the contraband goods?" The first to get in there were the revenue cutters’ gang, led by the fishermen who had seen the fox. When they entered the smugglers were all ready for them up near the entrance of the cave; and they were all captured in the end after a fierce struggle. But where were the brandy and gold? And so you may think now. Well, go to the land side of the cave and lie down flat about 25 yards from the entrance, or rather the end of the little passage. At this place the wall curves outwards sharply near the bottom. Now crawl under this as best you can. The clearance is only about Ijft. in the tightest place. You craw] along in this manner foi eight yards or so, and it is very rocky and still pitch dark, since it is very difficult to manipulate your torch in this position. Then you are clear of the boulder and out on the other side, where you find yourself in the strongroom or safe as it may be. termed. This was not discovered until some years after the capture of the smugglers. It was in here that they found the kegs of brandy and the sacks of gold—the exact amount of which I do not know. Still more important, they found some papers concerning Lord Falmouth’s estate which were very valuable, and which had' been missing for some time. The wall in this tittle room is chipped out into nooks and shelves. The floor in here is much sincether. To return, we must go under the wall again and so back into the l.ig eave. It is supposed that this cave runs back inland, for some four miles, iiruj joins with the one which emerges at Cury Cross, on the Holston and London road. The central portion of the cave has fallen in now, so that communication between the two ends is no longer possible.
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Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 166, 10 April 1926, Page 22
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377A SMUGGLER’S CAVE Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 166, 10 April 1926, Page 22
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