From an original in the library of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

[ Capt. George Lowther at Port Mayo] 138

From an engraving in Johnson’s “General History of the Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Pyrates,” etc., London, 1734, in the Harry Elkins Widener Collection, Harvard College Library.

[ The Idle Apprentice sent to Sea] 142

From an engraving by William Hogarth in the “Industry and Idleness” series, published in 1747. The young reprobate is being rowed past Cuckold’s Point on the Thames where may be seen a pirate hanging from a gibbet.

[ A barque in the West Indies about 1720] 146

From an engraving in Lobat’s “Nouveau Voyage,” Vol. II, Paris, 1722, in the library of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

[ A brigantine in the West Indies about 1720] 146

From an engraving in Lobat’s “Nouveau Voyage,” Vol. II, Paris, 1722, in the library of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

[ Capt. Edward Low in a hurricane] 152