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| New England early Took the Lead in Building Ships | [Frontispiece] |
| The Shallop | [2] |
| The Ketch | [5] |
| "The Broad Arrow Was Put on all White Pines 24 Inches in Diameter" | [7] |
| "The Farmer-Builder Took his Place at the Helm" | [8] |
| Schooner-Rigged Sharpie | [11] |
| After a British Lieutenant Had Picked the Best of her Crew | [18] |
| Early Type of Smack | [21] |
| The Snow, an Obsolete Type | [29] |
| The Bug-Eye | [34] |
| A "Pink" | [38] |
| "Instantly the Gun was Run Out and Discharged" | [42] |
| "The Water Front of a Great Seaport like New York" | [55] |
| An Armed Cutter | [57] |
| "The Loud Laugh often Rose at my Expense" | [65] |
| "The Dreadnaught"—New York and Liverpool Packet | [69] |
| There are Building in American Yards | facing [82] |
| "A Favorite Trick of the Fleeing Slaver was to Throw over Slaves" | [95] |
| Dealers who Came on Board were Themselves Kidnapped | facing [98] |
| "The Rope was Put Around his Neck" | [103] |
| "Bound them to the Chain Cable" | [114] |
| "Sending Boat and Men Flying into the Air" | [128] |
| "Suddenly the Mate Gave a Howl—'Starn All!" | facing [132] |
| "Rot at Mouldering Wharves" | [140] |
| "There she Blows!" | [144] |
| "Taking it in his Jaws" | [146] |
| Nearly every Man on the Quarterdeck of the "Argo" was Killed or Wounded | [162] |
| The Prison Ship "Jersey" | [163] |
| If they Retreated farther He would Blow Up the Ship | facing [176] |
| "I Think she is a Heavy Ship" | [179] |
| "Striving to Reach her Decks at every Point" | [186] |
| "They Fell Down and Died as they Walked" | [199] |
| "The Treacherous Kayak" | [203] |
| The Ship was Caught in the Ice Pack | facing [204] |
| Adrift on an Ice Floe | [206] |
| DeLong's Men Dragging their Boats over the Ice | [210] |
| An Arctic House | [224] |
| An Esquimau | [227] |
| The Wooden Bateaux of the Fur Traders | facing [236] |
| "The Red-Men Set upon them and Slew them all" | [241] |
| One of the first Lake Sailors | [243] |
| "Two Boat-Loads of Redcoats Boarded us and Took us Prisoners" | [245] |
| A Vanishing Type on the Lakes | [249] |
| "The Whaleback" | [253] |
| Flatboats Manned with Riflemen | facing [266] |
| "The Evening would Pass in Rude and Harmless Jollity" | [271] |
| The Mississippi Pilot | [286] |
| A Deck Load of Cotton | [290] |
| Feeding the Furnace | [293] |
| On the Banks | [314] |
| "The Boys Marked their Fish by Cutting off their Tails" | [322] |
| Fishing from the Rail | [328] |
| Trawling from a Dory | [333] |
| Strikes a Schooner and Shears through her Like a Knife | facing [334] |
| Minot's Ledge Light | [345] |
| Whistling Buoy | [354] |
| Revenue Cutter | [360] |
| Launching a Lifeboat through the Surf | [364] |
| The Exciting Moment in the Pilot's Trade | facing [366] |