re
to enter Charleston.--The "Lump."--A Narrow Escape.--The
Scotch Lithographers and their work.--Crossing the
Bar.--Transfer of the Giraffe to the Confederate
Government.--She becomes the "R. E. Lee."--The Major fulfills
his promise, but fails in his object. 117

CHAPTER VIII.

Dyer and the Sailing Captain.--First Voyage to Nassau.--Major
Ficklen and the Two Young Lieutenants.--Our Old Skipper
"Captain Dick."--Bermuda.--The Races there and
elsewhere.--Description of Bermuda.--Moore, the Poet, and his
Rival Mr. Tucker.--Tame Fish.--The Naval Station.--Col. B.'s
Accident. 136

CHAPTER IX.

We sail for Wilmington.--Thick Weather on the Coast.--Anchored
among the Blockading Fleet.--The "Mound."--Running the Blockade
by Moonlight.--A Device to mislead the Enemy.--The man Hester. 149

CHAPTER X.

The Confederate States Steamer "Florida."--Short Supply of
Coal.--The "Florida's" Decks.--Tea and Costly China.--Narrow
Escape from Capture.--Miss Lucy G.--Arrival at Bermuda.--Our
uneventful Trip inward.--The Johnson's Island Expedition.--Another
Narrow Escape.--"Pretty Shooting."--Arrival at Halifax, N.S. 159

CHAPTER XI.

The Lee Captured at Last.--Sandy Keith alias Thomassen.--Recruiting
in the British Provinces for the United States Army.--Failure
of the Expedition.--Return to Bermuda. 173

CHAPTER XII.

Take Command of the "Whisper."--High Rates of
Freight.--Confederate Money and Sterling Exchange.--An
Investment in Cotton.--The Ill-fated Ironclad.--The Point
Lookout Expedition and its Failure.--A Faithful Servant and a
Narrow Escape.--Futile Projects.--Wilmington during the
War.--Light Houses reestablished.--Gloomy Prospects of
the South. 189

CHAPTER XIII.

Cruise of the Chickamauga.--Mr. Mallory's inefficiency.--Troubles
in Bermuda.--The Three Wrecks.--End of the cruise. 209

CHAPTER XIV.

Last Summons to Richmond.--Demoralization.--The
Chameleon.--More trouble in Bermuda.--Another Narrow
Escape.--Fall of Fort Fisher.--Maffitt's Escape, and Captain
S.'s Capture.--Another Hard Chase.--Failure to enter
Charleston.--Return to Nassau. 225

CHAPTER XV.

Sad News via New York.--Consternation among Speculators in
Nassau.--Departure from Nassau via Bermuda.--Arrival at
L