e among the sailors--Sent to cruise in consequence--A white squall and
waterspout--Capture of a Spanish cruiser--Return to Port Royal--H.M.S.
_Hermione_ seized by mutineers and carried to Porto Bello--Recaptured by
Captain Hamilton--An alarm caused by fireflies.

_pp. 100-113_

CHAPTER IX.

A MOCK COURT-MARTIAL.

Transhipped to H.M.S. _Queen_ (98)--Sailors' appreciation of books--The ship
runs aground and sinks: with difficulty raised--A mock court-martial on the
master--Author made lieutenant with a commission on a twenty-four-gun ship.

_pp. 114-125_

CHAPTER X.

MORE CRUISING.

Requested to act as first lieutenant, but refuses--Description of
officers--A fruitless search for a Spanish treasure ship--Run on a coral
reef, but float off again--A tropical thunderstorm--A futile attempt to cut
out three schooners off Matanzas--Author becomes first lieutenant--Return to
Port Royal--The incriminating papers of an American sloop found in a
shark--Seize a French ship in ballast off St. Domingo.

_pp. 126-138_

CHAPTER XI.

A JAMAICA PLANTATION.

Visit to a Jamaica plantation--Condition of the slaves--A growl against the
House of Commons and the Admiralty--Author attempting to cut out a Spanish
zebec, is taken prisoner--His pleasant experiences while in captivity--At
last released.

_pp. 139-155_

CHAPTER XII.

FIGHTING EPISODES.

Returns to his ship--Capture of a French schooner--An episode with two
American sloops of war--Return to Port Royal--Attacked a second time by
yellow fever--Seize and burn a Spanish gunboat--Return to Port Royal--Wetting
a midshipman's commission--Ordered home with a convoy--Pathetic farewells
with mulatto washerwomen.

_pp. 156-168_

CHAPTER XIII.

HOME AGAIN.

Ordered to the Black River--Meet the magistrate there, and "bow to his
bishop"--Sail with a convoy of thirty ships--Arrive at Deal