THE SHALLOP 2 THE KETCH 5 "THE BROAD ARROW WAS PUT ON ALL WHITE PINES 24 INCHES IN DIAMETER" 7 "THE FARMER-BUILDER TOOK HIS PLACE AT THE HELM" 8 SCHOONER-RIGGED SHARPIE 11 AFTER A BRITISH LIEUTENANT HAD PICKED THE BEST OF HER CREW 18 EARLY TYPE OF SMACK 21 THE SNOW, AN OBSOLETE TYPE 29 THE BUG-EYE 34 A "PINK" 38 "INSTANTLY THE GUN WAS RUN OUT AND DISCHARGED" 42 "THE WATER FRONT OF A GREAT SEAPORT LIKE NEW YORK" 55 AN ARMED CUTTER 57 "THE LOUD LAUGH OFTEN ROSE AT MY EXPENSE" 65 "THE DREADNAUGHT"--NEW YORK AND LIVERPOOL PACKET 69 THERE ARE BUILDING IN AMERICAN YARDS _facing_ 82 "A FAVORITE TRICK OF THE FLEEING SLAVER WAS TO THROW OVER SLAVES" 95 DEALERS WHO CAME ON BOARD WERE THEMSELVES KIDNAPPED _facing_ 98 "THE ROPE WAS PUT AROUND HIS NECK" 103 "BOUND THEM TO THE CHAIN CABLE" 114 "SENDING BOAT AND MEN FLYING INTO THE AIR" 128 "SUDDENLY THE MATE GAVE A HOWL--'STARN ALL!" _facing_ 132 "ROT AT MOLDERING WHARVES" 140 "THERE SHE BLOWS!" 144 "TAKING IT IN HIS JAWS" 146 NEARLY EVERY MAN ON THE QUARTERDECK OF THE "ARGO" WAS KILLED OR WOUNDED 162 THE PRISON SHIP "JERSEY" 163 IF THEY RETREATED FARTHER HE WOULD BLOW UP THE SHIP _facing_ 176 "I THINK SHE IS A HEAVY SHIP" 179 "STRIVING TO REACH HER DECKS AT EVERY POINT" 186 "THEY FELL DOWN AND DIED AS THEY WALKED" 199 "THE TREACHEROUS KAYAK" 203 THE SHIP WAS CAUGHT IN THE ICE PACK _facing_ 204 ADRIFT ON AN ICE FLOE 206 DE LONG'S MEN DRAGGING THEIR BOATS OVER THE ICE 210 AN ARCTIC HOUSE 224 AN ESQUIMAU 227 THE WOODEN BATEAUX OF THE FUR TRADERS _facing_ 236 "THE RED-MEN SET UPON THEM AND SLEW THEM ALL" 241 ONE OF THE FIRST LAKE SAILORS 243