impossible to explain these things, which so frequently crop up in the
reports of battles, both by land and sea. A whole company or a ship's
crew comes almost unscathed out of a "hail of lead and iron." Well,
either the "hail" was not quite as thick as was imagined in the heat of
action or the balls found every gap between the men. The _Catherine_
would not, of course, have more than about five-and-thirty hands, if as
many, and they would be scattered about at the guns until the Frenchmen
endeavoured to board. Mr. Robertson's graphic and circumstantial story
is quite worthy of credence, and he was certainly an able second in
command.

Another spirited incident of a similar description is the defence of the
_Fortune_, armed ship, Captain Hodgson, against a French privateer, on
April 13th, 1811. The odds were, as usual on such occasions, very
greatly in favour of the privateer, which was a brig, carrying 16 guns
and about 120 men; while the _Fortune_, which was not intended for
aggression, had 8 small guns and 2 swivels, and 19 persons on board, all
told.

The action took place in the Atlantic some distance west of Ireland, and
lasted for an hour and twenty minutes. The Frenchman, as usual, hoisted
English colours at first, and, getting within hail, desired Captain
Hodgson to send his boat on board. This was too stale a trick to meet
with any success: "If you have any business with me, send your boat
here," was the reply.

Failing in his ruse, the privateer captain immediately hoisted French
colours and fired, first a single shot between the _Fortune's_ masts and
then a broadside, which was promptly returned with 100 per cent.
interest. Then the enemy, very naturally, sought to bring matters to a
conclusion by boarding; but, in spite of their numbers, they could not
obtain any footing on the _Fortune's_ deck. Eight of them managed to get
into the jolly-boat, which hung from the stern--a very convenient method
of boarding, provided that no one happens to be handy with a sharp
knife. Unluckily for the eight Frenchmen, an English seaman with a cool
head and a keen knife happened to be close by--possibly he was
steering--and in a moment the jolly-boat's tackles were cut, and she
disappeared with her freight. On the forecastle, however, a considerable
number had got on board at one moment, but Hodgson, nothing daunted,
ordered a volley and led a charge with such impetuosity that the enemy
was driven from the deck--mostly overboard.

The _Fortune's_ colours were shot away twice, and, after the second
time, were nailed to the gaff by a young lad, who, of course,
immediately became a mark for the enemy's small-arms; but it is said
that he very coolly completed his operations, encouraging the Frenchmen
to "fire away." This is very probably true; it is just the kind of thing
an English boy delights in doing--more readily, perhaps, than one of
more experience.

The _Fortune_, however, in spite of the sustained and courageous
resistance of her company, was soon in a bad way: her sails riddled, her
rigging cut to pieces, and too large a proportion of her crew wounded or
killed, it seemed inevitable that she must surrender; but a lucky
shot--or rather, let us say, a skilful shot, and give the gunner the
credit, instead of "luck"--brought down the privateer's foretopmast. The
"Fortunes" raised a hearty cheer, and the enemy, hampered by the wreck,
sheered off, receiving a parting kick in the shape of a broadside.
Hodgson and his men hurried up to repair damages, expecting a renewal of
the attack; but the privateers had had what is known in sporting circles
as a "bellyful," and did not come up to the scratch again. Out of her
small ship's company, the _Fortune_ had four killed and six
wounded--which only leaves nine to fight!

THE "THREE SISTERS"

Captain George Thompson, of the merchant ship _Three Sisters_, addressed
the following letter to his owners on September 18th, 1811, being then
off the Isle of Wight:

"I have to acquaint you with a desperate engagement I have had with a
French privateer, Le Fevre, mounting 10 guns--six long sixes, and four
12-pound carronades--with swivels and small arms, manned with 58 men,
out from Brest fourteen days, in which time she captured the _Friends_
schooner, from Lisbon, belonging to Plymouth, and a large sloop from
Scilly, with codfish and sundries, for Falmouth. On the 11th, at nine
p.m., we observed her on the larboard bow; we were then steering N.N.E.
about ten leagues from Scilly, and nearly calm.

"I immediately set my royals, fore steering-sails, and made all clear
for action. At two a.m., when all my endeavours to escape were useless,
she being within musket-shot, I addressed my crew, and represented the
hardships they would undergo as prisoners, and the honour and happiness
of being with their wives and families. This had the desired effect, and
I immediately ordered the action to commence, and endeavoured to keep a
good offing; but which he prevented by running alongside, and
immediately attempted to board, with a machine I never before observed,
which was three long ladders, with points at the end, that served to
grapple us to them. They made three desperate attempts, with about
twelve men at each ladder, but were received with such a determination
that they were all driven back with great slaughter, and formed a heap
for the others to ascend with greater facility.

"Finding us so desperate, they immediately, on their last charge
failing, knocked off their ladders, one of which they were unable to
unhook from our side, and left it with me, and sheered off; but, I am
sorry to say, without my being able to injure them, as they had shot
away part of my rudder before they boarded me, and I am sorry to say
wounded several of my masts and yards, for it seemed to be their aim to
carry away some of my masts, but which, happily, they did not effect.
The most painful part of my narrative is the loss of two men and a boy
killed, and four wounded; but the wounded are doing well. Our whole crew
amounted, officers and men, to twenty-six men and four boys, and deserve
the highest applause that can be bestowed upon them. I arrived off here
this afternoon, and, as it is fine weather, I have no doubt of reaching
London in safety, as I have but little damage in my hull."

CONCLUSION

With this brilliant little incident this account must come to a close.

Are there to be any privateering actions in future naval warfare? The
Declaration of Paris, in 1856, at the close of the Crimean War, lays
down that "Privateering is and remains abolished"; but will this dictum
be accounted as holding good, if it should suit any naval power to
resort to the practice?

It cannot be expected that this will be so. The days of the raking,
fast-sailing brig or schooner are, indeed, over; but there remain the
swift ocean "greyhounds," admirably adapted, if armed with a few
long-ranged, quick-firing guns, for running down and capturing merchant
vessels, and showing a clean pair of heels on the appearance of a
cruiser. Can it be doubted that some of them will be utilised for the
purpose?

At the recent International Conference it was distinctly suggested that
fast merchant vessels may be converted into men-of-war, on the high
seas; and though the British delegates refused to recognise the
principle, it was not negatived, and remains open.

If a merchant skipper has instructions, upon learning of the declaration
of war, to hoist up the guns from his hold and act as a cruiser against
the enemy's commerce, the margin between this and privateering is an
exceedingly narrow one: moreover, we have had numerous instances lately
of the treatment of international treaties and declarations as so much
piecrust; so we must not be surprised if the Declaration of Paris shares
the same fate. We may, in fact, in this twentieth century, hark back to
the dictum of that shrewd old Admiralty judge, Sir Leoline Jenkins,
previously quoted: privateers will probably remain, as "a sort of people
that will always be found fault with, but still made use of."

[Footnote 22: That is, a little south of the island of Majorca.]

INDEX

  _Achilles_, 305, 306

  Actions (in order of relation):
    _Lion_ (Andrew Barton) and _Jenny Pirwin_ and two English ships, 22-24;
    _Amity_ and two Spaniards, 29-32;
    _Duke_ (Captain Rogers) and Panama ship, 63;
    _Duke_ and _Duchess_ and Manila ship, 71;
    _Speedwell_ and Spanish ship, 85-87;
    _Alexander_ and _Solebay_, 95, 96;
    _Antigallican_ and _Duc de Penthièvre_, 99, 100;
    _Terrible_ and _Vengeance_, 106-111;
    _Mentor_ and _Carnatic_, 113, 114;
    _Fame_ (Capt. Moor) and five French ships, 115-117;
    _Ellen_ and _Santa Anna Gratia_, 118-120;
    _St. George_ (Capt. Wright) and French privateer, 137-139;
    _Duke_ (Capt. Morecock) and _Prince Frederick_ and three French
     ships, 150;
    _Mars_ (Capt. Walker) and _Boscawen_ and French man-of-war, 157;
    _Mars_ and French men-of-war, 158-160;
    _Mars_ and _Sheerness_ and eight French ships, 165-169;
    French ship and boats of George Walker's squadron, 177, 178;
    George Walker's squadron and Spanish treasure-ship, 179-185;
    _Anglesea_ and _Apollon_, 191-195;
    _Lion_ (Capt. Brett) and _Elizabeth_, 195, 196;
    _Palme_ (French) and _Neptune_ (Dutch), 202, 203;
    _Dauphin_ and _Sherdam_ (Dutch), 204;
    _Trinité_ (French) and _Concorde_ (Dutch) 210;
    _Diligente_ and six English men-of-war, 214-216;
    _François_ and two English ships, 220, 221;
    _St. Jacques_ and four consorts (French) and three Dutch ships,
     224, 225;
    _Jason_ (French) and English squadron, 226-228;
    _St. William_ (French) and Dutch ship, 232, 233;
    Cassard's squadron and two English ships, 235-238;
    _Centurion_ and _Diomede_ (English) and French Squadron, 246;
    _Cartier_ (French) and _Triton_, 251-255;
    _Confiance_ and _Kent_, 258-260;
    _Argo_ (American) and _King George_, 275, 276;
    _Argo_ and _Dragon_, 277, 278;
    _Argo_ and _Saratoga_ and _Dublin_, 278-280;
    _Pomona_ (American) and _Rosebud_, 283-285;
    _Hyder Ali_ (American) and _General Monk_, 299-303;
    _General Pickering_ (American) and _Golden Eagle_, 304, 305;
    _General Pickering_ and _Achilles_, 305, 306;
    _Comet_ (American) and four English ships convoyed by Portuguese
     war-ship, 309-311;
    _Chasseur_ (American) and _St. Lawrence_, 312-316;
    _General Armstrong_ (American) and _Carnation_, 317-324;
    _Princess Royal_ packet and _Aventurier_, 330-333;
    _Chance_ (colonial privateer) and Spanish ship, 334, 335;
    _Chance_ and Spanish war-ship, 335, 336;
    _Rover_ (colonial privateer) and five French ships, 337, 338;
    _Rover_ and three Spanish ships, 338-340;
    _Bonaparte_ and _Hippomenes_, 341, 342;
    _Bonaparte_ and three English ships, 342-353;
    _Windsor Castle_ packet and _Jeune Richard_, 354-357;
    _Catherine_ and French privateer, 357-360;
    _Fortune_ and French privateer, 360, 362;
    _Three Sisters_ and French privateer, 362-364

  Admiralty, High Court of, 11

  _Adventure_, 214, 215, 228

  Aigle, Captain de l', 235

  Albatross, The, 80, 81

  Albemarle, Lord, Admiral, 200

  _Alexander_, 95

  _Alexandre le Grande_, 106

  Algiers, 117

  America Cup, The, 325

  American War of Secession, 112

  _Amiable Maria_, 335, 336

  _Amity_ and the Spaniards, 28-32

  "Ancient Mariner, The," 81

  _Anglesea_, 192

  Anne, Queen, 48

  Anson, Admiral Lord, 98

  _Antelope_, 147

  _Antigallican_, 97-99, 103, 104

  Antigallicans, Society of, 96-99, 103, 105

  Antigua, 239

  _Apollon_, 192, 195

  _Ardent_, 286, 289, 290 _n._

  _Arethusa_, 264

  _Argo_, 275-277, 280

  Arica, 83

  Aristocrats, French Naval; their hatred of privateersmen, 205, 224

  Armed merchant vessels, Distinction of, 12

  Articles of War, 193, 198

  _Augusta_, 192

  _Auguste_, 226

  _Aurora_, 241, 242, 244

  Austrian Succession, War of the, 47

  _Aventurier_, 332

  Azores, The, 149, 171, 172, 317

  Backwoodsmen as Marines, 301, 302

  Bahamas, The, 72

  Baker, Mr. Peter, 111-115

  Balasore Roads, 251

  Ballet, John, 44

  Barbadoes, Island of, 155, 342, 343, 349, 354

  Barbary, 142

  Barkley, Lieutenant, 237, 238

  Barney, Joshua;
    captured in a trader, 282;
    first officer of _Pomona_, 282;
    sails for Bordeaux, 282;
    fights English privateer, 283;
    a marvellous 3-pounder, 284;
    reaches Bordeaux, 285;
    captures an English privateer, 285;
    is a prisoner of war, 285;
    kindly treated by Admiral Byron, 286;
    accused of incendiarism, 286, 287;
    sent to England in _Yarmouth_, 287;
    alleged cruel treatment, 287-289;
    sent to Mill Prison, 289;
    his ruse to escape, 293, 294;
    his escape, 294, 295;
    gets off in a fishing smack, 296;
    brought back to England, 296;
    escapes to Plymouth, 297, 298;
    gets away to Holland, 298;
    arrives in America, commands _Hyder Ali_, 299;
    his action with _General Monk_, 299-303;
    conflicting accounts of action, 303;
    commands _General Washington_ (late _General Monk_), 304;
    revisits Plymouth, 304;
    other reference, 325

  Barney, Mary (probably daughter of Joshua), 290, 291, 292

  Bart, Jean, famous French privateer captain, romantic stories about,
  196, 206;
    his origin, 197;
    boy on board a smuggler, 197;
    mate on board _Cochon Gras_, 197;
    wanton brutality of captain, 197;
    witnesses application of the
    Judgments of Oléron, 198-200;
    pilots French nobles to Harwich, 200;
    joins the Dutch navy, 201;
    returns to France and commands a small privateer, 201;
    captures a States-General war-ship, 201;
    is admonished for ransoming prizes, 202;
    captures eight armed ships, 202;
    his desperate fight with a Dutchman, 202, 203;
    receives a gold chain from the king, 203;
    his continued success, 204;
    takes another Dutch ship after a bloody encounter, 204, 205;
    gallantry of the Dutch captain, 205;
    he is badly wounded, and his ship destroyed, 205;
    returns to Dunkirk after peace is declared, 205;
    accepts a commission in the Navy, 205;
    is snubbed by the aristocrats, 205;
    the cask of gunpowder fable, 206, 207;
    chiefly remembered as a privateer, 207

  Barton, Andrew;
    a leader of men, 20;
    suppresses Flemish pirates, 21;
    sends their heads to the king, 21;
    his exploits under letter of marque, 21;
    accused of piracy, 21;
    two ships sent to take him, 22;
    his fight with Howard, 23;
    his gallantry and death, 23;
    surrender of the _Lion_, 24;
    the crew imprisoned, 24;
    released on certain conditions, 25;
    redress for his death refused by Henry VIII., 25;
    "Ballad of Sir," 25, 26, 27;
    the incident a true one, 27;
    not a knight, 27;
    no proof of his piracy, 28;
    other reference, 203

  Barton, John, father of Andrew, 19

  Barton, Robert, brother of Andrew, 20

  _Batchelor_, 72

  Bath, William, 53

  Bayonne, 6

  _Beginning_, 61

  Bengal, Bay of, 250, 251, 258, 261

  Bentham, Com. George, 318

  Bergen, 206

  Bermuda, 314

  Betagh, William, 76, 77, 78, 80, 82, 86, 87, 92

  Betsy, 280

  _Bienfaisant_, 195

  _Bienvenue_, 243

  Bizerta, 233

  Blaize, Mlle. Marie, who marries Robert Surcouf, 255, 261

  Blanco, Cape (South America), 338

  _Bloodhound_, 308

  Blundell, Captain (of Liverpool Regiment), 118

  _Bonaparte_, 342-353

  Bordeaux, 264, 282, 285, 286, 333

  Borrowdale, Captain James, 117-120

  _Boscawen_, 157, 158, 160, 164, 166, 167, 176

  Boston, 220

  Boulogne, 266

  Bousfield, Captain Daniel, 350

  Boyle, Captain Thomas, commands the _Comet_, 308;
    runs blockade of Chesapeake, 308;
    encounter with Portuguese war-ship and four English ships, 308-311;
    captures one, 311;
    his success in _Comet_, 312;
    commands _Chasseur_, 312;
    successful action with English man-of-war schooner _St. Lawrence_,
    312-16;
    discrepancies in accounts of action, 314, 315;
    posts "Proclamation of Blockade" at Lloyd's, 316;
    other reference, 325

  Brazil, 52, 80

  Brehat, Island of, 212, 219

  Brest, 158, 162, 231

  Bridgetown (Barbadoes), 343

  _Brilliant_, 86

  Bristol, 41, 43, 150, 169, 177, 298

  Bristol Channel, 213

  Brittany, Sir John of, 6

  Bromedge, Captain Hugh, 177

  Brook, John, 82, 83

  Bruce, Sophia, 74

  Bucaille, Baron, 262

  Buccaneers, 14, 36, 39, 65, 73

  Buchanan, George, Scotch historian, 24, 25, 27

  Bulls, The Pope's traffic in, 29

  Burnaby, Captain Sir William, 140

  Byron, Vice-Admiral the Hon. John, 286;
    wild chronology with regard to, 289, 290

  Cadiz, 100, 101, 102, 180, 241

  Caen, 209

  Cagliari, 141

  Calais, 200

  Caldwell, Captain, 290

  Campo Florida, Prince of, 132

  Canary Islands, 76, 77

  Cancer, Tropic of, 48

  Candis, Mrs. (who married Alexander Selkirk), 74

  Cape May (Delaware), 300

  Cape May Roads, 300

  Cape Verde Islands, 50, 239

  Caper, 4

  _Captain_, 161

  Caramania, 129

  Cardigan, 271

  _Carnatic_, 114

  _Carnation_, 318, 319, 322

  Carolina, North, 155

  Carolina, South, 154

  Caroline, Queen (of George II.), 195

  Carronade, 9-pounder, 299, 303

  Carroway, Captain, 307

  Carthagena (South America), 229, 230, 231

  _Cartier_, 251, 252, 255

  Cassard, Jacques, French privateersman, his origin, 229;
    joins expedition against Carthagena, 229;
    gallantry and resource in attack, 230;
    his suppression of pillage, etc., 230, 231;
    appointed naval lieutenant, 231;
    but goes privateering, 231;
    desperate and successful action with a Dutchman, 232, 233;
    admonished for ransoming prizes, 233;
    convoys grain-ships to Marseilles, 234;
    is cheated by the merchants, 234;
    convoys more grain-ships, 235;
    his desperate fight with two English war-ships, 236-238;
    he captures both, 238;
    supervises military works at Toulon, 238;
    commands a squadron and makes various conquests, 239;
    jealousy of aristocrats and his own imprudence land him in prison,
    where he dies, 239

  _Catharina_, 169

  _Catherine_, 357-360

  Causand Bay (Devon), 296

  _Centaur_, 348

  _Centurion_, 246

  _Ceres_, 342, 343, 344, 347, 349, 350, 352

  _Chance_, 334-336

  Charles, Archduke of Austria, 47

  Charles II., King, 8, 11

  Charles VI., Emperor, 75

  Charnley, Captain John, 342, 346, 347, 350, 351, 352

  _Charon_, 195

  _Chasseur_, 312-316

  _Chatham_, 226

  Chesapeake Bay, 308

  Chesapeake River, 282

  Chiloe, 81

  _Cicero_, 298

  _Cinque Ports_, 37, 38, 39, 59, 61

  Civil War (American), 13

  _Clarisse_, 255, 256, 257

  Clipperton, John, commands _Success_, with _Speedy_ as consort
  (Captain Shelvocke), 76;
    ill-will between them, 76;
    separates from Shelvocke, 77;
    leaves record at Juan Fernandez, 87;
    has trouble with his crew, 88;
    takes some prizes, 88;
    one of them recaptured, 88, 89;
    captures rich prize, 89;
    she is recaptured by Spanish war-ships, 89;
    takes to drink, 89;
    some of his crew desert, 90;
    encounters Shelvocke, 90;
    they disagree and part, 91;
    sails for China, 91;
    returns home in an Indiaman, 91;
    his death, 91;
    other reference, 38

  Clowes, Sir W. Laird, naval historian, 12 _n._, 313, 314

  _Cochon Gras_, 197

  Cochrane, Rear-Admiral the Hon. Alexander, 356

  _Coëtquen_, 212

  Coggleshall, George, American seaman and writer, 270, 314, 325

  Colbert, French Minister of State, 204

  Coldsea, Mr., 85

  Coleridge, Samuel T., the poet, 81

  _Comet_, 308, 310, 311, 312

  _Comte d'Artois_, 195

  Concepcion (Chili), 81

  _Concepcion_, 91

  _Concorde_, 210

  Confederate States of America, 13

  _Confiance_, 257, 258-260

  Connelly, Mr., 66

  Constable, Captain Charles, 235, 236, 237

  Cooke, Edward, 51, 61

  _Cora_, 308

  Cork, 42, 43, 45

  Corunna, 99, 104

  Cosby, Captain, 281

  _Courier_, 246

  Courtney, Captain Stephen, 45, 60, 61

  Courts-Martial:
    Captain Charles Constable, of the _Falcon_, 238
    Captain William Dampier, of the _Roebuck_, 36
    Lieutenant James E. Gordon, of the _St. Lawrence_, 314, 315
    Captain Thomas Griffin, of the _Captain_, 161
    Captain Savage Mostyn, of the _Hampton Court_, 162
    Lieutenant Baker Phillips, of the _Anglesea_, 193, 194
    Captain Edward Rumsey, of the _Pembroke_, 238
    Captain Matthew Smith, of the _Diomede_, 246
    Surviving officers of the _Nonsuch_, 221

  _Creole_, 247

  Crow, Captain Hugh, 12, 13

  Curaçao, 239, 340

  Curtis, Vice-Admiral Sir Roger, 334

  _Cybèle_, 246, 247

  Cyclones of the Indian Ocean, 242

  Dampier, William, circumnavigator and privateer, served in the Navy, 35;
    a buccaneer, 36;
    commands a man-of-war, 36;
    is tried by Court-Martial and dismissed, 36;
    commands _St. George_, privateer, with _Cinque Ports_ as consort, 37;
    South Sea voyage a failure, 37;
    discontent, mutiny, and desertions, 37;
    futile action with French ships, 37;
    captures a large Spanish provision ship, 37;
    parts from _Cinque Ports_, 38;
    men desert with mate and steward, 38;
    takes a brigantine and sails for East Indies, 38;
    imprisoned in Dutch factory, 38;
    arrives in England, 38;
    controversy as to account of voyage, 38;
    other references, 41, 44, 55, 58, 59, 64, 65, 73, 75

  Dana, Richard, 83

  Danes, The, 5

  Daniel, Captain James, 82

  _Danycan_, 211, 212

  Dartmoor Prison, 281

  Dartmouth, 157

  _Dartmouth_, 185

  _Dash_, 307

  _Dauphin_, 204, 205

  Dawson, Captain John, 112, 113, 114

  Death, Captain, of the _Terrible_, 106, 109, 110, 111

  _Defiance_, 98

  Defoe, Daniel, 40, 57

  Delaware Bay, 300

  Delaware River, 300

  _Delft_, 224, 225

  Demerara, 341

  Denham, Captain Robert, 177

  _Dentelle_, 195, 196

  De Pointis, 229, 231

  De Ruyter, Dutch Admiral, 200

  _Deux Frères_, 116

  _Diana_, 251, 252, 254

  Digby, Admiral, 296

  Dinan, 240, 241

  Dighton, Mass., 274

  _Diligente_, 214, 215

  _Diomede_, 246

  Dominica, Island of, 350

  D'Ongressill, Bernard, 6, 7, 8, 179

  _Doris_, 323

  Dottin, Captain Edward, 177, 183, 184, 185

  Dover, Thomas, 43, 44, 55, 56, 58, 62, 65, 66, 71, 72

  _Dragon_ man-of-war, 214, 215

  _Dragon_ privateer, 277

  _Dreadnought_, 161, 162

  Dublin, 115

  _Dublin_, 278-280

  Du Cange, French archæologist, 7 _n._

  Du Casse, Governor of St. Domingo, 229, 230

  _Duc de Penthièvre_, 99, 100, 102-104

  _Duchess_, 42, 44, 46, 53, 54, 60, 62, 65, 71

  Du Haies, Captain, 235

  _Duke_ (Rogers's ship), 42, 44, 46, 53, 59, 60, 61, 62, 65

  _Duke_ (Jas. Talbot's ship), 149, 150, 177, 179, 183, 185

  _Duke of Bedford_, 171

  _Duke William_, 154, 155

  Duncan, Captain, 285

  Dunkirk, 197, 201, 203, 204, 205, 207

  _Éclatant_, 233

  Edward the Confessor, King, 5

  Edward I., King, 6

  _Elizabeth_, 195

  Elizabeth, Queen, 25

  _Ellen_, 117-119

  Elton, Captain Jacob, 192, 193

  _Emilie_, 249-251

  _Endymion_, 324

  _Esperance_, 201

  _Eurydice_, 149

  Exeter, 298

  _Fair American_, 300

  _Falcon_, armed ship, captured by Du Guay Trouin, 220, 221

  _Falcon_, man-of-war, captured by Jacques Cassard, 235, 236

  _Faluère_, 225

  _Fame_ (Captain Moor), 115-117

  _Fame_ (Captain Wright), 128-131, 135, 142

  Faussett, Lieutenant Robert, 322

  Fayal, Azores, 317, 318, 322

  Fenn, Captain, 357, 358

  Ferrol, 180, 186

  Feuquières, M. de, 234, 236, 237

  Fisher, Lieutenant, 36

  _Flamborough_, 97

  _Fleuron_, 158-160, 162, 163, 234

  Fleury, Cardinal, 239

  Flodden Field, Battle of, 19

  Florence, 125

  Fly-boat, 30

  Forteventura, Island of, 47

  _Fortune_, 360-362

  Foster, Captain William, 97, 98, 101, 104

  Fourmentin, Denis, 262, 263

  _François_, 219, 221

  Frio, Cape, 77, 92

  Funnell, William, 38

  Gabriel, John, 68

  Galapagos Islands, 68, 69, 73, 89

  _General Armstrong_, 319-324

  _General Monk_, 299-303;
    conflicting accounts of action, 303

  _General Pickering_, 304-306

  _General Washington_ (Silas Talbot's ship), 280

  _General Washington_ (afterwards _General Monk_, then recaptured), 299

  Genoa, Gulf of, 234

  _George_, 169

  George II., King, 132

  George III., King, 55, 246 _n._

  Gibraltar, 100, 102, 104, 154, 357

  Gibraltar, Strait of, 29

  _Glorioso_, 181, 182

  Godfrey, Captain, 337, 340

  Godwin, Earl, 5

  _Golden Eagle_, 304-306

  Goldsworthy, Mr., Consul at Cadiz, 101

  Good Hope, Cape of, 334

  Gordon, Lieutenant James Edward, 314, 315

  Grain-ships, French, 233-238

  Green, Mr. John, 178

  _Grenedan_, 211

  Griffin, Captain Thomas, 161

  Guadaloupe, Island of, 350

  Guam, 70

  Guano, 83

  Guayaquil, 61, 63, 64, 69, 73, 88, 335, 336

  Hall, Edward, Chronicler, 24, 25, 27

  _Hampton Court_, 161, 162

  Hampton Roads (America), 307

  Haraden, Captain Jonathan, of Salem;
    his skill and coolness under fire, 304, 306;
    captures _Golden Eagle_ by an almost incredible ruse, 304, 305;
    captures _Achilles_, 305, 306;
    doubtful story of capture of an English packet, 306;
    other reference, 325

  Harrison, John, maker of first chronometer, 55

  Harwich, 200

  Hatley, Simon, 69, 76, 78-81

  _Havre de Grace_, 69

  Hazard, Captain, 276

  Henry III., King, 5, 8

  Henry VIII., King, 9, 21, 24, 25, 27

  _Hercule_, 213

  _Heron_, 241

  _Hippomenes_, 341

  _Hirondelle_, 234

  Hodgson, Captain, 360-362

  Hood, Commodore, 349

  Hope, Captain Henry, 324

  Hopkins, Samuel, 44

  Horn, Cape, 35, 37, 53, 80

  Hotham, Captain Henry, 264

  Howard, Lord Charles, 26

  Howard, Lord Edward, 22, 24

  Howard, Thomas, Earl of Surrey, 22

  Howard, Lord Thomas, 22, 23, 26

  Hull, 9

  _Hussar_, 111

  Hutchinson, William, 128, 134, 145-148

  _Hyder Ali_, 299-303;
    conflicting accounts of action, 303

  _Immortalité_ (British), 263, 264

  _Invention_, 263-266

  Iquique (South America), 83

  _Isis_, 140

  Isle Grande (Brazil), 52, 53

  Isle de Rhé, 95 _n._, 96

  Isle of Wight, 149

  Jamaica, 13, 97, 118, 120

  James II., King, 212

  James III., of Scotland, 19, 20

  James IV., of Scotland, 19, 20, 25

  _Jane_, 257

  _Jason_, 226, 228

  _Jean Bart_, 246

  Jenkins, Sir Leoline, 11, 365

  _Jenny Pirwin_, 22, 24, 27

  _Jersey_, 140

  _Jersey_, prison ship at New York, 281

  _Jesu Maria_, 90

  _Jeune Richard_, 354-357

  "John Crow" bird, 62

  Jones, Paul, 13

  Jonquière, M. de la, 80

  Juan Fernandez, Island of, 37, 39, 40, 54, 55, 60, 66, 74, 82, 83,
  87, 88, 89, 90

  Katharine of Aragon, Queen, 27

  _Kent_, 258-260

  _King David_, 201

  _King George_, 177, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 185, 186

  _King George_ (of Rhode Island), 275, 276, 277

  King's Road, Bristol, 169

  Kinsale, 37, 150, 192

  Knights of St. John, 129

  Ladrone Islands, 71

  Lagos (Portugal), 6, 179

  Lambert, Captain de, 235

  Lanoix, a Huguenot seaman, 198-200

  _Lansdowne_, 257

  _Lark_, 140

  La Rochelle, 261

  Laughton, Sir John, 181

  _Le Fevre_, 362-364

  Leghorn, 127, 133, 134, 135, 137, 139, 140, 141

  Le Mair, Strait of (South America), 80

  _Lenore_, 224

  Leslie, Bishop John, Scottish historian, 20, 22, 24, 27

  Leslie, R.C., 72

  Letters of marque;
    abuse of term, 4;
    instance in 1295, 6;
    may be issued in time of peace, 8

  Lima, 61, 62, 76, 83, 335

  _Limeno_, 336

  Limerick, 211

  _Lion_ (Andrew Barton's ship), 22, 23, 27

  _Lion_, British man-of-war, 195, 196

  Lisbon, 6, 7, 98, 100, 178, 186, 311

  Liverpool, 12, 111, 112, 124

  Liverpool (Nova Scotia), 336, 337, 340

  _Liverpool_, 146

  Lloyd, Captain Robert, 318, 320, 321

  Lobos, Island of, 61, 89

  L'Orient, 104, 243

  _Louis Erasmé_, 150

  Louis XIV., King of France, 47

  Louis XVI., King of France, 246

  _Lowestoft_, 134

  Lucca, 125, 127

  Lundy Island, 213

  Lutwidge, Captain Skeffington, 289;
    his log and letter about American prisoners, etc., 295, 296

  Maclay, Mr. E.S., American naval writer, 270, 271, 272, 280, 284, 286,
  287, 290, 292, 293, 297, 299, 305, 313, 314, 321, 322

  Madagascar, 103

  Madeira, 99, 171, 337

  Madison, John, President of United States, 325

  Madrid, 102, 105

  Magee, W., 87

  Magellan, Strait of, 87

  Mahon (Corsica), 238

  Majorca, Island of, 357 _n._

  Malaga, 208, 209

  Malartic, General, Governor of Mauritius, 258

  _Malartic_, 258

  Malo, M. Henri, 207, 262

  Malta, 129, 130, 136, 140, 142, 143, 233, 357

  Mann, Sir Horace, 125, 127, 138, 141

  _Manship_, 257

  Marcare, meaning of, 7 _n._

  _Maria Theresa_, 99

  _Marquis_, 69

  _Marquis d'Antin_, 150

  Marryat, Captain Frederick (the novelist), 262

  _Mars_, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 164, 165

  _Mars_ (French), 205

  Marseilles, 115, 130, 132, 137, 138, 233

  Martens, Von, 11

  Mason, Captain, 300

  Mauritius, Island of, 242, 243, 245, 246, 247, 249, 251, 255

  Maxey, Lieutenant, 307

  Maximilian, Emperor, 19

  McBride, Captain, 195

  McKenzie, Captain Kenneth, 341, 342

  _Mentor_, 111-115

  _Mercury_, 81, 86

  Mersey, River, 114

  Messina, 129

  Midshipman Easy, 185, 198

  Miller, Captain, 140

  Mill Prison, Plymouth, 289;
    diet, etc., of American prisoners in, 293

  Mill Prison, Barney's escape from, 293-295;
    a very slack prison, 296, 298

  _Monk_, 215, 216

  Montserrat (West Indies), 239

  Moor, Captain Edward, 115-117

  Morecock, Captain, 149

  Morocco, 177

  Mostyn, Captain Savage, 161, 162

  Mount-Edgecumbe, Lord, 297, 304

  Mozambique, 242

  Munroe, Captain, 278, 279

  _Nancy_, 116

  Nantes, 229, 239

  Nantucket, 324

  Naples, 132

  _Naval Chronicle, The_, 265

  _Navigator_, 243

  Navy Board, The, 265

  Nelson, Lord, 12, 51

  _Neptune_, 159

  _Neptune_ (Dutch), 202-204

  Newcastle, 9

  Newfoundland, Banks of, 115, 149

  New York, 274, 281, 285, 286, 289, 290 _n._, 307

  Nicolas, Sir Harris, 7 _n._

  _Nonsuch_ (alias _Sanspareil_), 220-224, 226

  Norman, Mr. C.B., 200, 217, 233 _n._, 235, 238

  _Notre Dame de Deliverance_, 150

  Nova Scotia, 336

  Oléron, Judgments of, 198, 199, 200

  Onslow, Captain, 290

  Oppenheim, Mr. M., 29

  Oran, 142

  Orissa (India), 252

  Orotava (Teneriffe), 47

  Osborn, Captain, 246

  Ostend, 75, 76

  Oughton, Captain (in Marryatt's novel), 262

  Packets, description of, 329

  Page, Mr., 51, 52

  Painpeny, French captain, 352

  _Palme_, 202, 204

  Panama, 62, 63

  Panama, Gulf of, 35

  _Parfait_, 235, 236

  Paris, Declaration of, 364

  Parker, Admiral Sir Hyde, 51

  Parker, John, 44

  Parnell, Captain, 165

  Payta, 84

  _Pembroke_, 235-238

  _Penelope_, 342, 343, 344, 347, 348, 349, 350, 352

  _Peregrine_, 86

  Pernambuco, 308

  Peru, 61, 68, 69, 89, 334

  Philadelphia, 299

  Phillips, Lieutenant Baker, 193;
    his tragic end, 194, 195

  Phillips, Captain, 95, 96

  _Phoenix_, 235, 236

  Pickering, Captain, 37

  Piece of Eight, The value of, 67

  Pirates, 1;
    confused with privateers, 1, 14, 72;
    Flemish, 20, 21;
    Mediterranean, 153

  Pitt, Mr. William, Minister, 103, 105

  _Plantagenet_, 318, 321, 323

  Plymouth, 76, 106, 216, 264, 296, 297

  _Pomona_, 282-284;
    inaccurate accounts of her capture, 285, 286, 287, 290

  Pondicherry, 242

  Port Louis, Mauritius, 256

  Port Royal, Jamaica, 120

  Portsmouth, 99, 195

  Portugal, King of, 6, 7 _n._, 8

  Portuguese mate; his hatred of Surcouf, 244, 245

  "Pretty shop-girl," Du Guay Trouin's friend, 216-219

  Powell, Commodore, 74

  _Prince de Neufchatel_, 324

  _Prince Edward_, 178, 179

  _Prince Eugene_, 75

  _Prince Frederick_, 149, 177, 179, 180, 183, 184, 185

  _Prince George_ (Jas. Talbot's ship), 149

  _Prince George_ (Geo. Walker's tender), 178, 179

  _Prince of Orange_, 214, 217

  _Princess Amelia_, 177, 178, 179

  _Princess Royal_ (Admiral Byron's flagship), 290 _n._

  _Princess Royal_ packet, 330-333

  Prisoners of war, alleged cruel treatment of American, 271, 287-289

  Privateering, origin of, 4, 5;
    only applicable to a state of war, 6;
    value of, 9;
    when fully recognised, 9;
    success in 16th century, 9;
    drawbacks of, 10, 11, 12;
    against Spanish treasure-ships in South Seas, 35;
    French men-of-war lent for, 192;
    future of, 364, 365

  Privateers, number employed in French and American wars, 10;
    Scotch, 11;
    some fine men among commanders, 12;
    diversity of opinion about, 11, 12, 269, 270, 271, 273;
    exaggerated accounts of actions by, 271;
    an American, and Welsh prize, 271, 272;
    humanity of American, 272, 273;
    exploits of two colonial, 333-340

  Private vessels employed as men-of-war, 5

  _Profound_, 213

  _Prudente_, 246

  Puna, Island of (South America), 63, 64, 66, 68, 335

  Quakers, 41, 43

  Quebec, 300

  Querangal, Lieutenant François de, 103

  Quibo, Island of, 90

  Ranc, Captain (Dutch), 204

  Rangoon, 250

  Ransoming prizes forbidden, 202, 233

  Reid, Captain Samuel C., 317, 318, 319, 321, 322

  Rennes, 209

  _Revenant_ (the _Ghost_), Surcouf's last ship, 261

  Rhode Island, 275, 281

  Richardson, Captain, 349

  Riddle, Mr., 178

  Rio Janeiro, 52, 256

  Robertson, Mr., 357, 360

  Robinson Crusoe, 40, 57

  Robinson, Captain Isaiah, 282-286

  _Robuste_, 281

  Rochefort, 219

  Rodney, Admiral Lord, 287

  _Roebuck_, 36, 37

  Rogers, John, 45, 63

  Rogers, Com. Josias, 299, 300, 301, 303

  Rogers, Acting Captain W. (of _Windsor Castle_ packet), 354-357

  Rogers, Woodes;
    wrongly alluded to as a pirate, 14, 72;
    his birth and parentage, 41;
    proposes expedition to South Seas, 41;
    some Quakers among his owners, 41;
    his lucid account of his voyage, 42;
    sails in _Duke_ with _Duchess_, 42;
    puts into Cork, 42;
    constitution of council, 43;
    staff of the two ships, 43, 44;
    Dampier sailing master, 44;
    mixed crews, 45;
    "continually marrying," 45, 46;
    condition of the ships, 46;
    sails for Madeira, 46;
    refuses demand of crew, who mutiny, 46;
    "breaking unlawful friendships," 47;
    captures Spanish vessel off Teneriffe, 47;
    his amenities with his prisoners, 47;
    dispute about his prize, 48;
    crossing the Tropic, 48, 49;
    his rules about plunder, 49;
    loses his linguist at St. Vincent, 50;
    frequent exchange of visits at sea, 50, 51;
    more mutiny; his firmness, 51, 52;
    he has prayers read daily, 52;
    refits ships at Isle Grande, 52, 53;
    "logs" Mr. Carleton Vanbrugh, and sends him to _Duchess_, 53;
    celebrates New Year's Day, 53;
    a mishap to _Duchess_, 54;
    goes far South, and doubles Cape Horn, 54;
    arrives off Juan Fernandez, 55;
    finds Alexander Selkirk and makes him a mate, 56-59;
    leaves Juan Fernandez, 60;
    Vanbrugh received on board again, 60;
    more rules about plunder, 60, 61;
    converts two small prizes to his own uses, 61, 62;
    Vanbrugh again in trouble, 62;
    captures two prizes; his brother killed in action, 63;
    arrives in Gulf of Guayaquil, 63;
    captures Governor of Puna, 63;
    disquieting news, 64;
    sends boats to attack Guayaquil, 64;
    finds people alert, 65;
    cautious counsels, 65;
    lands and attacks successfully, 66;
    disappointed of treasure, 66;
    the "modesty" of his crew, 67;
    agrees upon ransom, 67;
    returns on board, 68;
    leaves Guayaquil, 68;
    sickness and lack of water, 69;
    trouble over plunder, 69, 70;
    trials of a privateer captain, 70;
    captures a rich Manila ship, and loses another, 71;
    is severely wounded, 71;
    dispute about Dr. Dover, 72;
    returns home by way of the East Indies, 72;
    is made Governor of the Bahamas, 72;
    his death, 72;
    other references, 75, 76, 77, 80, 88

  Roosevelt, Mr. Theodore (late President United States), 270

  _Rosario_, 88, 89

  _Rosebud_, 285

  _Rota_, 318, 321

  _Rover_, 336, 337

  _Royale_, 201, 202

  "Royal Family" privateers, 177, 178, 185

  Rumsey, Captain Edward, 235-238

  _Russell_, 183, 185, 186

  Russo-Japanese War, 28

  Safia, 177

  Sailing ships, American and British, 325

  _Saint Aaron_, 212

  St. Antonio (Cape Verde Islands), 50

  St. Catherine, Island of (Brazil), 80

  St. Denis (Isle of Bourbon), 247

  St. Domingo (West Indies), 229

  St. Eustatia (West Indies), 239

  _St. Fermin_, 82

  _St. Francisco_, 28-32

  _St. George_ (Dampier's ship), 37, 83

  _St. George_ (Wright's ship), 135, 136, 138, 141

  St. Iago (Cape Verde Islands), 239

  St. Ives, 176

  _St. Jacques des Victoires_, 224, 225

  St. Malo, 106, 150, 210, 211, 212, 219, 224, 231, 239, 255, 261

  St. Martin's Road (Isle de Rhé), 95

  _St. Mary_, 6

  St. Mary, Island of (Madagascar), 103

  St. Paul's Bay (Isle of Bourbon), 247

  St. Pol, M. de (French mate), 242

  _St. Peter_, 28-32

  St. Vincent, Cape, 182

  _St. William_, 231, 232

  Sandy Hook, 278, 281

  _Sanspareil_ (_alias Nonsuch_), 220-224, 226

  _Santa Anna Gratia_, 119

  _Santa Familia_, 91, 92

  _Santa Rita_, 339

  _Saratoga_ (American man-of-war), 290

  _Saratoga_ (American privateer), ridiculous story about, 278, 279

  Sardinia, 141

  Sauret, Antoine, 197, 198, 199, 201

  Scarborough, 9

  Schomberg, Captain (Naval chronicler), 237

  Scilly Isles, 214, 228

  Scottish Rebellion of '45, 151

  Selcraig (original name of Selkirk), 74

  Selim, a young Turk, 142-144

  Selkirk, Alexander;
    sailing master in _Cinque Ports_, 38;
    been with buccaneers, 39;
    his hatred of Captain Stradling, 39;
    determines to desert at Juan Fernandez, 39;
    he is landed there, 39;
    the prototype of Robinson Crusoe, 40;
    is rescued by Woodes Rogers, 56;
    describes his adventures, 57, 58;
    is reluctant to sail with Dampier, 58, 59;
    made a mate on board _Duke_, 59;
    returns to Scotland, but laments his island, 73;
    elopes with Sophia Bruce, 74;
    marries Mrs. Candis, 74;
    dies in the Royal Navy, 74;
    other references, 62, 66

  Semmes, Captain Raphael (of the _Alabama_), 13

  _Serieux_, 233, 235-237

  Seychelles Islands, 249, 250

  Shannon, River, 211

  _Sheerness_, 165-167

  Shelvocke, George;
    commands two privateers under a foreign commission, 75;
    goes to Ostend, 75;
    commissions altered to English, 76;
    commands _Speedwell_ under Clipperton in _Success_, 76;
    his hatred of Clipperton, 76;
    sails from Plymouth, 76;
    they separate in a gale, 77;
    he robs a Portuguese ship, 77-80;
    alleged mutiny, 80;
    runs far south, 80;
    his officer shoots an albatross, 81;
    Coleridge's albatross, 81;
    rounds Cape Horn and sights Chili, 81;
    lingers on the coast, 81;
    captures two small prizes, 81;
    his men are ambushed, 82;
    burns a prize, 82;
    sails for Juan Fernandez, 82;
    finds there record of Clipperton, 82;
    his disingenuousness, 83;
    takes two guano ships, 83;
    fires the town of Payta, 84;
    action with a large Spanish ship, 84-86;
    his officer's account of the action, 86, 87;
    is wrecked on Juan Fernandez, 89;
    builds a small ship, captures and exchanges into a prize, 90;
    unpleasant meeting with Clipperton, 90;
    they part on bad terms, 91;
    exchanges into another prize, 91;
    Spanish Governor announces peace, and demands return of prize, 91;
    he disregards, and quits, 91;
    in difficulties, contemplates surrender, but eventually sails for
    China in another prize, 91;
    his suspicious conduct at Whampoa, 92;
    returns home in an Indiaman, and is arrested for piracy, 92;
    proofs failing, is imprisoned for fraud, 92;
    escapes and leaves England, 92;
    writes an account of his voyage, 92;
    his officer writes a very different one, 92

  _Sherdam_, 204

  _Sibylle_ (British frigate), 256

  Skinner, Captain John, 330-332

  Slave Trade, English, 12, 13

  Slave Trade, French, 242, 243, 247, 248

  Smith, Captain Matthew, 246

  Smith, William, 97

  Smollett, Tobias, historian, 124

  Smyrna, 234

  _Solebay_, 95, 96

  Somerville, Captain Philip, 318

  Sonson (Sumatra), 256

  Spanish Succession, War of, 47

  Spanish treasure-ships, 35

  _Speedwell_, 75, 76, 81, 84-87, 90

  _Staremberg_, 75

  _Stendard_, 234

  Stradling, Captain, 37, 39, 40, 61

  Stretton, Mr., 72

  Stuart, Charles Edward (the young Pretender), 195

  _Success_, 75, 78, 82, 88

  Sumatra, 250, 256

  _Sunderland_, 161

  Surcouf, Nicholas (brother of Robert), 255

  Surcouf, Robert, famous French privateer captain;
    his origin, 240;
    destined for the Church, 240;
    sent to a seminary, 240;
    resents chastisement, and runs away, 241;
    ships on a brig, 241;
    volunteer on _Aurora_, 241;
    behaves well in a storm, 242;
    wreck of the slave ship, 242;
    his zeal and courage afterwards, 243;
    returns home, 243;
    back to Indian seas, 243;
    mate in a trading vessel, 243;
    enmity of the chief officer, 244;
    nearly dies in a fit, 244;
    episode at death-bed of chief officer, 245;
    joins a colonial war-ship, 245;
    in an action with English war-ships, 246;
    is commended, 247;
    commands a slave brig, 247;
    episode with the Health Committee, 247-249;
    offered command of a privateer, 249;
    commission refused, 249;
    sails as an armed trader, 249;
    narrowly escapes capture, 250;
    determines to act as a privateer, 250;
    captures several ships, and exchanges into one, 250, 251;
    captures the _Triton_ Indiaman, 252-254;
    his brig is captured, 255;
    arrives at Mauritius and finds his actions condemned, 255;
    he appeals home successfully, and pockets his unlawful gains, 255;
    becomes engaged to Marie Blaize, 255;
    goes to sea again, makes a prize, and arrives at Mauritius, 256;
    narrow escape from an English frigate, 256;
    captures an American ship, 257;
    the Governor prevents him from fighting a duel, 258;
    his capture of the _Kent_ East Indiaman, 258-260;
    returns home and is married, 261;
    his last ship, the _Ghost_, 261;
    complaint of merchants and East India company, 261;
    settles down at St. Malo;
    his death, 261;
    other references, 207, 262

  Surcouf, Robert (great-nephew and biographer of the privateersman),
  248, 251, 252, 256, 258

  Syracuse, 234, 235

  Talbot, Captain James, 149, 150, 151

  Talbot, Captain (or Colonel) Silas; his birth, 274;
    ships as cabin-boy, 274;
    captain in U.S. army, 274;
    commands a fireship, 274;
    captures an English vessel at Rhode Island, 275;
    commands the _Argo_, a small privateer, 275;
    captures a Rhode Island privateer, 276;
    action with the _Dragon_ and marvellous escapes, 277;
    in company with _Saratoga_ captures a Dublin privateer, 278;
    ridiculous story, 278, 279;
    encounters an honest Scotchman, and takes his ship, 280;
    commands _General Washington_, but is soon captured, 280;
    his alleged ungenerous treatment by a "Scotch lord," 281;
    imprisoned at New York, 281;
    sent to England and imprisoned at Dartmoor, 281;
    vainly attempts to escape, is eventually liberated and returns to
    America, 281;
    his death, 281

  Taylor, Captain, 165

  Tea, recipe for making at sea, 148

  _Teméraire_, 234

  Teneriffe, 47

  _Terrible_, 106-111

  _Thetis_, 342, 343, 344, 347, 348, 350, 351, 352

  Thibaut, Captain, 264, 265

  _Three Sisters_, 362-364

  Thurot, Émile, successful French privateer captain, 262

  _Times, The_, strong comment on American successes by, 324

  _Topaze_, 74

  Torrington, Mr. (an "Antigallican"), 97

  Toulon, 238

  Toulouse, 234, 235

  Trinidad, Island of (off Brazil coast), 52

  _Trinity_, 88

  _Triton_, 251-255, 256, 257

  Trouin, Luc (father of René Du Guay), 208, 209

  Trouin, René, uncle of René Du Guay, 208, 209

  Trouin, René Du Guay, famous French privateer captain;
    his origin, 208;
    destined for the Church, 209;
    sent to a seminary, 209;
    elects to study law, 209;
    but learns nothing except fencing, 209;
    dissipating in Paris, encounters the head of the family, 209;
    his family sends him to sea in a privateer, 209;
    distinguishes himself in action, 210;
    takes part in capture of convoy, 211;
    takes command of a privateer at eighteen, 211;
    pillages in Ireland, 211;
    gets a better ship, 212;
    with a consort captures a convoy and two English sloops-of-war, 212;
    escapes at great risk from an English squadron, 212;
    his skilful navigation, 212, 213;
    narrow escape in Bristol Channel, 213;
    has some bad luck, 213;
    sickness, short food, and mutiny, 213;
    his dream comes true, 214;
    sails round the _Prince of Orange_, 214;
    fires at her under English colours, 214;
    chased by six men-of-war, 214;
    his desperate scheme, 215;
    holds out, though surrounded, 216;
    his crew shirk and fire breaks out, 216;
    brings his men up with grenades, 216;
    is badly wounded and surrenders, 216;
    kindness of the English captain, 216;
    on parole at Plymouth, 216;
    his "pretty shop-girl," 217;
    is recognised by captain of _Prince of Orange_, who denounces him
    as a pirate, 218;
    imprisoned pending decision, 218;
    allowed to receive friends, pretty shop-girl included, 218;
    plans escape with her assistance, 218, 219;
    a love-sick young Frenchman, 219;
    buys a boat from a Swede and is completely successful, 219;
    returns to France, and finds a ship ready for him, 219;
    captures two large English ships, 220, 221;
    his king presents him with a sword of honour, 221;
    with a consort captures three Indiamen, cargoes valued at one million
    sterling, 222;
    commands one of his prizes, and captures two Dutch ships off Vigo, 222;
    falls in with English fleet, 222;
    his bold and successful ruse, 222, 223;
    his ill-treatment by a French naval aristocrat, 224;
    with four consorts engages three Dutch war-ships with convoy, 224;
    desperate action with Dutch commodore's ship, 224, 225;
    gallantry of the commodore, 225;
    he captures all three, with heavy loss on both sides, 225;
    an anxious night, 225;
    he brings in his prizes, 226;
    is made a commander in the navy, 226;
    his marvellous escape from an English squadron, 226-228;
    his death, 228;
    other references, 229, 239, 240

  Tuckerman, H.T. (biographer of Silas Talbot), 281

  Turkey Company, The, 132, 133

  Twiss, Sir Travers, 15

  Underwood, George, 44

  _Univers_, 116

  Valbué, Jerome, 197, 198, 199

  Vanbrugh, Mr. Carleton, 48, 53, 62, 70

  _Vengeance_, 106, 109, 111

  Vernon, Admiral, 11

  _Vestale_, 234

  Vigo, 222

  Vigor, John, 44

  Villeneuve, M.E. de, 103

  _Virginia_, 290

  Walker, George, a great English privateer captain;
    eulogised by naval historian, 152;
    enthusiasm of his biographer, 152, 153;
    his modesty, 153;
    served in Dutch navy, 153;
    commands _Duke William_, 154;
    frightens a Spanish privateer by a ruse, 154;
    clears Carolina coast of Spanish privateers, 155;
    sails for England with three traders, 155;
    in peril in storm, 155;
    intervenes from sick bed to save ship, 155, 156;
    his ruse to obtain assistance, 156;
    arrives in England to find that he is ruined, 156;
    trades to the Baltic, 156;
    again escapes capture by a ruse, 156;
    sails in _Mars_ with _Boscawen_, 157;
    fights a French war-ship, 157;
    "prudence" of _Boscawen's_ captain, 157;
    falls in with two French treasure-ships, 157;
    _Boscawen_ runs away, 158;
    surrenders _Mars_ to two French ships, 159;
    French and English politeness, 159;
    unusual projectiles, 160;
    four English war-ships give chase, 160;
    _Mars_ recaptured, 161;
    incapacity of English captains, 161, 162;
    arrives at Brest and is liberated on parole, 162, 163;
    _Fleuron_ is blown up, 163;
    his tact and courage, 164;
    arrives in England, 164;
    commands _Boscawen_ with _Mars_ in company, 164;
    _Boscawen_ a "slopped" ship, 165;
    outwits an Exeter privateer captain, 165;
    sails and meets _Sheerness_, 166;
    sights eight armed French ships, 166;
    his admirable speech to his officers, 166;
    sinks one and captures six, 167;
    his device for protection of his men, 168;
    rigs out an old lady prisoner, 168;
    her tragic account of the action, 168, 169;
    acknowledgment of his services by Admiralty, 169;
    captures and buys a vessel as tender, 169;
    his dealings with mutineers, 169, 170;
    a foolish joke, 171;
    his perilous voyage home and heroic conduct, 173-176;
    wrecked in St. Ives, crew saved, 176;
    his owner's eulogy, 176;
    commands the "Royal Family" privateers, 177;
    loses one ship, 177;
    chased by French, escapes; one ship parts, 177;
    cuts out a French ship at Safia, 177;
    his dealings with his officers, 178;
    makes a tender of his prize, 178;
    puts into Lisbon with much gain and no loss of men, 178;
    buys a ship at Lisbon, 178;
    but loses her by an extraordinary accident, 179;
    chases and engages a 74-gun Spanish ship alone, 180;
    an extraordinary engagement, 180-182;
    Spaniards' poor gunnery, 182;
    his courage and self-possession, 182;
    Spaniard desists and retires, 183;
    _Russell_ joins in chase, 183;
    _Dartmouth_ joins and is blown up, 184, 185;
    Lieut. O'Brien's apology, 185;
    Spaniard captured, but treasure already landed, 186;
    ungenerous conduct of his owners, 186;
    deprived of his ship, 186;
    goes home in packet, 186;
    saves her from a pirate, 187;
    is imprisoned for debt, 187;
    his integrity, 187;
    his death, 187;
    other references, 96, 116, 117, 194, 280

  Waller, Edmund, the poet, 153

  Walpole, Horace, 125

  Wapping, 46

  Warren, Captain, 216

  Warren, Sir Peter, 98

  _Warwick_, 98

  Wassenaer, Baron de, 225

  Welbe, George, 38

  Welch, an Irish captain of a French privateer, 212

  Wentworth, Sir John (Governor of Nova Scotia), 337

  Weymouth, 164

  _Weymouth_, 74

  Whampoa, 91

  White, Captain William, 334, 336

  _Whiting_, 307

  Whittaker, Admiral Sir Edward, 238

  Whyte, Captain Thomas, 28-32

  Williamson, Secretary, 11

  Wilson, Captain William, 323

  Winchester, Bishop of, 24, 25

  _Windsor Castle_ packet, 354-357

  _Worcester_, 226, 228

  Wordsworth, William, the poet, 81

  Wright, Fortunatus, a great English privateer captain;
    his father, 123;
    his epitaph, 124;
    allusion by Smollett, 124;
    settles in Liverpool, 125;
    retires and lives abroad, 125;
    his adventures at Lucca, 125-127;
    settles at Leghorn, 127;
    war with France, 127;
    depredations of French privateers, 127;
    commands the _Fame_ privateer, 127, 128;
    his plan of cruising, 128, 129;
    captures a large French privateer, 129;
    his success causes bitter feeling against him at Malta, 129, 130;
    a vessel specially fitted out to take him, 130;
    captures and brings her into Malta, 131;
    his sense of humour, 131;
    captures a ship under safe-conduct from George II., 132;
    submits to the Admiral's judgment and restores her, 132;
    seizes two French ships with Turkish cargoes, 133;
    action of the Turkey Company, 133;
    refuses to refund prize-money, 133;
    imprisoned in Italy, 133, 134;
    gives bail to answer the charge, 134;
    emerges triumphant--his dignified reply, 134;
    engages in commerce with William Hutchinson, 134;
    war being imminent, builds a vessel at Leghorn, 135;
    vigilance of Italian authorities, 135, 136;
    his plan to outwit them, 136;
    rewards offered for his capture, 137;
    fights a large French privateer sent out to waylay him, 137-139;
    disables her and returns with convoy to Leghorn, 139;
    is detained there by force, 139;
    liberated by two English war-ships, 140;
    his unfair treatment at Malta, 140;
    sails round a big French privateer, 140;
    refused admission to Leghorn, 141;
    unaccountably disappears, 141;
    suggestion of political intrigue, 141;
    the romantic story of Selim and Zaida, 142-144;
    "unhappily exiled" from England, 144;
    other references, 117, 152

  _Yarmouth_, 281;
    treatment of American prisoners on board, 287-289

  York, Bishop of, 24

  Zaida, a Moorish maiden, 142-144

  _Zephyr_, 116

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