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| Brig, head on | [Titlepage] |
| "The cutlass breaks at the hilt." | [Frontispiece] |
| "Bold and hardy men who had followed the sea since they |
| were boys." | [16] |
| "He sent Colonel Glover and Mr. Palfrey in hot haste to |
| raise the minute-men." | [21] |
| Nicholas Biddle. | [30] |
| He touched at a small town in Ireland for supplies. | [40] |
| The "Drake" surrenders to the "Ranger." | [47] |
| "The sloop was swallowed up in the seething waters." | [73] |
| Heaving the lead on board the frigate. | [81] |
| "Everywhere the ship-yards were busy." | [91] |
| David Porter. | [95] |
| "It was twilight before he came up with her." | [99] |
| Thomas Truxtun,—from medal voted by Congress. | [102] |
| "Crowding on the rail with their scimitars." | [109] |
| Commodore Edward Preble. | [114] |
| "He cut away the anchors, ... but still the ship hung fast." | [117] |
| "The lights could be seen glittering in the houses." | [127] |
| "The 'Philadelphia' lights them on their way." | [131] |
| Stephen Decatur. | [135] |
| "Among these was one sixty-four, the 'Africa.'" | [161] |
| "A squall of wind and rain passed over us." | [167] |
| Captain Isaac Hull. | [171] |
| "She lay a helpless wreck in the trough of the sea." | [173] |
| "Jack Lang, a brave American blue-jacket, leaped first." | [179] |
| "The ships were steering to the eastward on parallel courses." | [189] |
| James Lawrence. | [197] |
| "Along the shore, upon every hill-top and headland, people |
| had gathered." | [203] |
| "When the 'Essex' arrived off the island she lay to." | [213] |
| Approaching the Galapagos Islands. | [222] |
| "'We surrender,' and down came the flag." | [225] |
| "Mostly carronades." | [239] |
| "A squall struck her and carried away her main-topmast." | [241] |
| Oliver Hazard Perry. | [247] |
| "A single gun boomed from Barclay's ship." | [255] |
| "Calling away his boat, he rowed under the enemy's fire." | [259] |
| "The 'Pelican' was guided to her by the smoke of the burning |
| merchantmen." | [265] |
| Captain Lewis Warrington. | [270] |
| "One round shot entered her aftermost port." | [277] |
| "On the stocks, and nearly finished, the fine frigate 'Confiance.'" | [283] |
| Captain Charles Stewart. | [296] |
| "Accompanied by Abdallah the dragoman, I left the canal." | [313] |