ead 81

CHAPTER IX
THE LAST NAVAL BATTLE OF THE REVOLUTION.
The Heroic Captain Barney in the "Hyder Ali"
Captures the "General Monk" 90

CHAPTER X
THE MOORISH PIRATES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN.
OUR NAVY TEACHES THEM A LESSON IN HONOR 99

CHAPTER XI
THE YOUNG DECATUR AND HIS BRILLIANT DEEDS AT TRIPOLI.
How Our Navy Began and Ended a Foreign War 108

CHAPTER XII
THE GALLANT OLD "IRONSIDES" AND HOW SHE CAPTURED THE
"GUERRIERE."
A Famous Incident of the War of 1812 126

CHAPTER XIII
A FAMOUS VESSEL SAVED BY A POEM.
"Old Ironsides" Wins New Glory 140

CHAPTER XIV
THE FIGHT OF CAPTAIN JACOB JONES.
The Lively Little "Wasp" and How She Stung the
"Frolic" 155

CHAPTER XV
CAPTAIN LAWRENCE DIES FOR THE FLAG.
His Words, "Do not give up the ship," Become the
Famous Motto of the American Navy 166

CHAPTER XVI
COMMODORE PERRY WHIPS THE BRITISH ON LAKE ERIE.
"We have met the enemy and they are ours" 176

CHAPTER XVII
COMMODORE PORTER GAINS GLORY IN THE PACIFIC.
The Gallant Fight of the "Essex" Against Great Odds 189

CHAPTER XVIII
COMMODORE MACDONOUGH'S VICTORY ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN.
How General Prevost and the British Ran Away 201

CHAPTER XIX
FOUR NAVAL HEROES IN ONE CHAPTER.
Fights with the Pirates of the Gulf and the Corsairs
of the Mediterranean 210

CHAPTER XX
COMMODORE PERRY OPENS JAPAN TO THE WORLD.
A Heroic Deed Without Bloodshed 220

CHAPTER XXI
CAPTAIN INGRAHAM TEACHES AUSTRIA A LESSON.
Our Navy Upholds the Rights of an American in a
Foreign Land 231

CHAPTER XXII
THE "MONITOR" AND THE "MERRIMAC."
A Fight which Changed all Naval Warfare 239

CHAPTER XXIII
COMMODORE FARRAGUT WINS RENOWN.
The Hero of Mobile Bay Lashes Himself to the Mast 252

CHAPTER XXIV
A RIVER FLEET IN A HAIL OF FIRE.
Admiral Porter Runs by the Forts in a Novel Way 268

CHAPTER XXV
THE SINKING OF THE "ALBEMARLE."
Lieutenant Cushing Performs the most Gallant Deed of
the Civil War 278

CHAPTER XXVI
HOW THE "GLOUCESTER" REVENGED T