Legends apart, Lundy has been the scene of many thrilling adventures, and has had an eventful history.
The Island of Lundy was a favourite smuggling depôt in the eighteenth century.
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On the 2nd of August, 1877, for example, experiments were made at Lundy Island with the following results.
He regarded himself as King of Lundy, and ruled with a high hand.'
