Chapter 2, Section 3 from a 1900 History of the Isle of Man covering the social and economic history of smuggling post-Revestment (1765–1866). Details the immediate chaos following the Mischief Act of 1765, the resumption of smuggling, the 1767 Act, and the eventual suppression of illicit trade through enforcement measures and the Act of 1798. Includes eyewitness accounts and Commissioners' recommendations.