"Pigot." -- French Naval Exploits.

CHAPTER XIII.

Last Years of the War. -- Disastrous Expedition to the
Penobscot. -- Wholesale Captures on the Newfoundland Banks.
-- French Ships in American Waters. -- Taking of Charleston.
-- The "Trumbull's" Victory and Defeat. -- Capt. Barry and
the "Alliance." -- Close of the War.

CHAPTER XIV.

Work of the Privateers. -- The "Gen. Hancock" and the
"Levant." -- Exploits of the "Pickering" -- the "Revenge."
-- the "Holkar." -- The "Congress" and the "Savage." -- The
"Hyder Ali" and the "Gen. Monk." -- The Whale-Boat
Hostilities. -- The "Old Jersey" Prison-Ship.

CHAPTER XV.

The Navy Disbanded. -- Aggressions of Barbary Corsairs. -- A
Disgraceful Tribute. -- Bainbridge and the Dey. -- Gen.
Eaton at Tunis. -- A Squadron sent to the Mediterranean. --
Decatur and the Spaniards. -- The "Enterprise" and the
"Tripoli." -- American Slaves in Algiers.

CHAPTER XVI.

More Vigorous Policy. -- Commodore Morris sent to the
Mediterranean. -- Porter's Cutting-Out Expedition. --
Commodore Preble sent to the Mediterranean. -- His Encounter
with a British Man-of-War. -- The Loss of the
"Philadelphia." -- Decatur's Daring Adventure.

CHAPTER XVII.

A Stirring Year. -- The Bombardment of Tripoli. -- Decatur's
Hand-to-Hand Fight. -- Lieut. Trippe's Bravery. -- Lieut.
Spence's Bold Deed. -- Somers's Narrow Escape. -- The
Floating Mine. -- The Fatal Explosion. -- Close of the War.
-- The End.

_PART II._

BLUE JACKETS OF 1812.

CHAPTER I.

The Gathering of the War-Cloud. -- The Revolution ended, but
the War for Independence yet unfought. -- Outrages upon
American Sailors. -- The Right of Search. -- Impressment. --
Boyhood of Commodore Porter. -- Early Days of Commodores
Perry and Barney. -- Burning a Privateer. -- The Embargo. --
War Inevitable

CHAPTER II.

War with France. -- The Building of a Navy. -- First Success
for the Americans. -- Cutting out the "Sandwich." -- The
"Constellation" and "L'Insurgente." -- The "Constellation"
and "La Vengeance"

CHAPTER III.

Proposed Reduction of the Navy. -- Renewal of British
Outrages. -- The Affair of the "Baltimore." -- Attack on the
"Leander." -- Encounter between the "Chesapeake" and
"Leopard." -- The "President" and "Little