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 Contents Marquis of Westminster and Mr. Grigsons

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The active tug Alar Meet the Japan, which turns out to be the Confederate cruiser Georgia Ushant Island Break neutrality laws, and away to sea Hoist Confederate flag, but don't use it much Capture our first prize, the clipper Treatment of prisoners ship Dictator Cape Verde Islands Narrow escape from U.S.S. Mohican Crew of Dictator ship with us Chasing ships

White Haven

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CHAPTER XIV

— Water-spouts — Bahia — Meet the Alabama — — Corsairos — Brazilian — Midshipman Anderson makes a pillow out of Captain Semmes — U.S.S. Niagara and Mohican on our — " Does he want his pretty paint spoiled? " — Refused permission to depart after one shot as we pass out 4 P.M. — Brazilian battery .124

The Doldrums Changing

of the Confederate flag

ball

trail

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CHAPTER XV

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"Tempest in a teapot" Capture clipper ship George Griswold of New York Burn bark Good Hope of Boston Funeral at sea Bark Seaver goes to assistance of the Good Hope and is cap-

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— Transfer prisoners to the Seaver

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CHAPTER XVI

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— — — missionaries — Georgia, by mistake, into the Constitution — Capture of ship City of Bath — Despoiled $16,000 of our hard-earned wealth by skipper's wife — Learn of the death of "Stonewall" Jackson — The Cape of Good Hope

Barren island of Trinidad The natural monument Surf five hundred feet high Battle in the air between frigate bird and sailor lad Capture of splendid ship Constitution loaded with coal and fires

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CHAPTER XVII Simon's

Town

— The Alabama had just

sailed

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from the port Two and several

of the Georgia's engineers, the boatswain, gunner,

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seamen get "cold feet" and leave us Our first lieutenant, Mr. to Europe Visit the city of Cape Town Skippers of burned ships not friendly and disposed to start a rough-house H. M. troopship Himalaya "Dixie" Exciting experience with Malay fishermen Albatross and Cape

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Chapman, ordered

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pigeons

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the tea

fleet

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the U.S.S. Vanderbilt

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Myriads of fish follow the Georgia making the ocean at night appear to be in flames 147