Hitherto I have only considered the question of evading a superior force outside, and of being prepared to run and not to fight unless necessary. A fleet, if going to sea, ought to go by day and fight its way out. A squadron of cruisers, on the other hand, may find it advisable to slip out night by night and meet at a given distant rendezvous, at the same time being prepared to act on their own individual account if necessary; _i.e._ if they find that the chance of the original plan cannot be carried out. Ships of the line of battle cannot do this. They must in all probability fight together or fail, as their not being able to come out without fighting shows that there is a fleet of battle ships outside. If equal powers are inside and out, I do not think that any blockade can be made effective; the chances of breaking a modern blockade compared with those which existed in the sixties are much the same, provided the runner has the proper tools to work with, in the shape of speedy and seaworthy steamers commanded and manned by determined and cautious men. INDEX Abaco lighthouse, 83 _Alabama_, the, 7, 8, 78 American Civil War, outbreak of, 1 Arab horse, an, 97, 98, 99 _Astoria_, the, 30 Avery, Mrs., 159 Azores, gale off the, 20 Bahamas, the, 24, 27, 39, 48, 82, 169 _Banshee_, the, 33, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 47, 48, 51, 59, 64, 67, 68, 69, 70, 73, 84, 93, 114, 115 breakdown of, 71 capture of, 85 crew of, 34 defects of, 35 engines of, 47 fire on, 76, 77 open house on, 65 precautions on, 50 total loss of, 85 _Banshee_ No. 2, the, 85, 98, 99, 100, 101, 124, 137, 139, 141, 143, 148, 150, 151, 157, 160, 161, 163, 164 Baton Rouge, 159 Bayley, Mrs., 88 Bermuda, 24, 39, 115, 117, 129, 169 Big Hill, the, 53 Blockade, declaration, 3 experts, 28 lessons of the, 167 Blockaders and blockade-runners, 167 Blockade-running, excitement of, 49 profits of, 10, 69, 85 risks of, 10 Blockades of the future, 169 Blockading fleet, the, 6 Bragg, General, 163 Branchville, 137 British Government, attitude of, 9, 39 British merchants, Southern sympathies of, 38 Burgoyne, Captain Hugh, V.C., 59, 89, 91 Burroughs, Pilot, 43, 51, 52, 53, 75, 117 Butler, General, 133 Cape Fear, 49 Cape Fear Club, 63 Cape Fear river, 44, 47, 58 Cape Hatteras, 4, 85 Capper, Captain, 101, 102, 108, 109 _Captain_, H.M.S., 59, 89, 91 Captures, 12 Charleston, 24, 25, 28, 38, 117, 137, 163 ships blockading, 6 trade of, 25 Chase, a weary, 81 City Point, 58 Clawson, Mr. T. W., 61 Collie and Co., Alexander, 26 Commerce destroyers, 7 Confederate fleet, the, 6, 7, 8 ports, 11 states, trade of, 18 _Congress_, the, 7 Craig's Landing, 60, 62 Crawford, Mr., 146 Cuba, 145, 162 _Cumberland_, the, 7 Curtis, General, 57, 61, 62, 63 Danville, 135, 140 Davis, Mr. Jefferson, 97 Deserter, execution of a, 159