LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

The East Indiaman Thomas Coutts[Frontispiece]
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The East India House[4]
The Hon. East India Co.’s Ship General Goddard with H.M.S. Sceptre and Swallow capturing Dutch East Indiamen off St Helena[12]
The Essex East Indiaman at anchor in Bombay Harbour[24]
The East Indiaman Kent[42]
Dutch East Indiamen[54]
The launch of the Hon. East India Co.’s Ship Edinburgh[78]
India House, the Sale Room[88]
The Hon. East India Co.’s Ship Bridgewater entering Madras Roads[96]
The Halsewell East Indiaman[104]
The Seringapatam East Indiaman[120]
A Barque Free-trader in the London Docks[130]
The Press-Gang at Work[140]
The East Indiaman Swallow[182]
Commodore Sir Nathaniel Dance[190]
Repulse of Admiral Linois by the China Fleet under Commodore Sir Nathaniel Dance[196]
A view of the East India Docks in the early 19th Century[210]
The Thames East Indiaman[218]
The Windham East Indiaman sailing from St Helena[224]
The Jessie and Eliza Jane in Table Bay, 1829[236]
The Alfred East Indiaman[242]
The East Indiaman Cruiser Panther in Suez Harbour[250]
The East Indiaman Triton, rough sketch of stern[256]
The East Indiaman Earl Balcarres[262]
Deck scene of the East Indiaman Triton[266]
The West Indiaman Thetis[272]
The Kent East Indiaman on fire in the Bay of Biscay[276]
The Cambria brig receiving the last boat-load from the Kent[282]
The Vernon East Indiaman[294]
The Sibella East Indiaman[306]
The East Indiaman Queen[318]
The East Indiaman Malabar, built of wood in 1860[330]
The Blenheim East Indiaman[340]