LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| The East Indiaman Thomas Coutts | [Frontispiece] |
| FACING PAGE | |
| 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] |
PREFACE
The author desires to acknowledge the courtesy of Messrs T. H. Parker Brothers of Whitcomb Street, W.C., for allowing him to reproduce the illustrations mentioned on many of the pages of this book; as also the P. & O. Steam Navigation Company for permission to reproduce the old painting of the Swallow.
Owing to the fact that the author is now away at sea serving under the White Ensign, it is hoped that this may be deemed a sufficient apology for any errata which may have been allowed to creep into the text.