[Illustration] LIFE ABOARD A BRITISH PRIVATEER. [Illustration] [Illustration: _Running past Minehead with a fine gale at S.E._] LIFE ABOARD A BRITISH PRIVATEER IN THE TIME OF QUEEN ANNE. BEING THE JOURNAL OF CAPTAIN WOODES ROGERS, MASTER MARINER. WITH NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY ROBERT C. LESLIE. [Illustration] LONDON: CHAPMAN AND HALL, LIMITED, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 1889. CHISWICK PRESS:--C. WHITTINGHAM AND CO., TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE. [Illustration] CONTENTS. PAGE INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER I. FROM KING ROAD, BRISTOL, TO CORK IN IRELAND 5 CHAPTER II. AMONGST THE CANARY ISLANDS 21 CHAPTER III. FROM GRANDE TOWARDS JUAN FERNANDEZ 41 CHAPTER IV. FROM LOBOS TOWARDS GUIAQUIL IN PERU 67 CHAPTER V. AMONG THE GALLAPAGOS ISLANDS AND AT GORGONA ROAD IN PERU 90 CHAPTER VI. SAILING TOWARD THE ISLANDS OF GUAM AND BOUTON, THENCE TO BATAVIA, AND ROUND THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, HOME 110 APPENDIX 131 [Illustration] LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE Running past Mine Head _Frontispiece_ Section of Eighteenth Century Frigate 9 Captain Rogers' Carriage Stops the Way 15 Crossing the Tropick 24 Figure of the Quadrant and Manner of Observation 26 Figure of the Cross-staff and Manner of Observation 27 The Figure of the Nocturnal 28 Captain Rogers gives the "Duke" a Great List 36 The Bird "Alcatros" 41 The "Dutchess" in Difficulties 47 Juan Fernandez 50 Mr. Selkirk joins the "Duke" Frigate 52 Captains Rogers and Dover under the Piemento Trees 61 Pinnaces under Sail 63