tice of
destroying prizes 222

Successes of the privateers "Scourge" and "Rattlesnake"
in the North Sea 223

The "Leo" and "Lion" off coast of Portugal 224

British army in southern France incommoded by cruisers off
Cape Finisterre 224

American cruises based on French ports 225

The privateer "Yankee" on the gold-coast of Africa 226

Action between the American privateer "Globe" and two British
packets, off Madeira 227

Captures in the same neighborhood by privateers "Governor
Tompkins" and "America" 228

The West Indies as a field for warfare on commerce 229

Activity there of American cruisers 230

Stringency of the Convoy Act in the West Indies. Papers captured
there by the "Constitution" 230

Indirect effects of the warfare on commerce 231

Cruise in the West Indies of the naval brigs "Rattlesnake" and
"Enterprise" 232

Combat between the privateer "Decatur" and British war schooner
"Dominica" 233

The "Comet" and the British ship "Hibernia" 234

The "Saucy Jack" and the British ship "Pelham" 235

The "Saucy Jack" with the bomb-ship "Volcano" and transport
"Golden Fleece" 236

Remarkable seizure by the privateer "Kemp" 237

The cruises of the privateer "Chasseur" 237

Combat between the "Chasseur" and the British war schooner "St.
Lawrence" 238

Contrasted motives of the ship of war and the privateer 241

Relative success of American naval vessels and privateers in
the war upon commerce 242

Cruise of the frigate "Essex" 244

Arrival in Valparaiso of the "Essex," and of the British ships,
"Phoebe" and "Cherub" 247

Action between the "Essex" a