--A cruise on
horseback on a baker's nag, which conscientiously goes the bread round--The
author's brother comes on board, but he fails to recognise him--Paid off at
Deptford.

_pp. 169-181_

CHAPTER XIV.

A HOLIDAY ASHORE.

On shore--Tired of inactivity--Apply for a ship--Appointed to H.M.S.
_Minotaur_ (74)--Prisoners sent on board as part of crew--Go to
Plymouth--Scarcity of seamen--Ruse to impress an Irish farm labourer--Ordered
to join the Channel fleet off Ushant--Capture French thirty-six-gun ship--In
danger off Ushant--Capture two small French ships and one Dutch one: Author
sent to Plymouth in charge of the latter--Placed in quarantine.

_pp. 182-198_

CHAPTER XV.

A LINE-OF-BATTLE SHIP.

The ship arrives--Captain's attempt to form a band--Sail again--Attacked by
rheumatic fever and invalided ashore--Ordered to join H.M.S.
_Tonnant_--Proceed to Mediterranean--At Oran: experiences ashore.

_pp. 199-209_

CHAPTER XVI.

BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR.

Join Lord Nelson's squadron--Battle of Trafalgar--Author's
experiences--Occurrences during action--Severity of operations before the
use of anaesthetics--The _Tonnant's_ casualty list--Proceed to Gibraltar--A
truce with Spain during horse races on neutral ground there.

_pp. 210-221_

CHAPTER XVII.

OFF BREST.

Return under jury-masts to England--Arrive at Spithead--The admiral, the
middy, and the dirk--Join H.M.S. _Diamond_ as first lieutenant--Attached to
Lord St. Vincent's fleet off Brest--A change of captains--Weary waiting for
an enemy who never came.

_pp. 222-233_

CHAPTER XVIII.

"ORDERED FOREIGN."

Ordered on foreign service--Visit Madeira, Cape de Verde, and
Goree--Experiences on shore--Sail for Cape Coast Castle--Difficulty of
landing--The captain's black lady--Author appointed captain of H.M.S.
_Favourite_--Proceed to Accrah--Sacred alligators.