Gauger in a pit : An account of a gauger's travels betwixt Edinburgh and Gilmerton, after smuggled whisky. His meeting with a party of colliers, who conveyed him to the bottom of a coal pit; the awful dream he had while in the pit: with the curious trial, and sentence given by the colliers.
Maidment, James,1793-1879,former owner.StEdNL.
[Edinburgh] : Printed for Robert Martin,
[1832-1851?]
Dated from the Scottish Book Trade Index.
A gauger was the customs official who was responsible for measuring the liquor capacity of imported barrels so that the tax could be worked out correctly.
Provenance: Bound in a volume carrying the inscription 'This collection is understood to have been formed by the late James Maidment and it has been added to by me. John A. Fairley' on first fly-leaf.
Customs administration
Smuggling