DAVID PORTER. 95 "IT WAS TWILIGHT BEFORE HE CAME UP WITH HER." 99 THOMAS TRUXTUN,--FROM MEDAL VOTED BY CONGRESS. 102 "CROWDING ON THE RAIL WITH THEIR SCIMITARS." 109 COMMODORE EDWARD PREBLE. 114 "HE CUT AWAY THE ANCHORS, ... BUT STILL THE SHIP HUNG FAST." 117 "THE LIGHTS COULD BE SEEN GLITTERING IN THE HOUSES." 127 "THE 'PHILADELPHIA' LIGHTS THEM ON THEIR WAY." 131 STEPHEN DECATUR. 135 "AMONG THESE WAS ONE SIXTY-FOUR, THE 'AFRICA.'" 161 "A SQUALL OF WIND AND RAIN PASSED OVER US." 167 CAPTAIN ISAAC HULL. 171 "SHE LAY A HELPLESS WRECK IN THE TROUGH OF THE SEA." 173 "JACK LANG, A BRAVE AMERICAN BLUE-JACKET, LEAPED FIRST." 179 "THE SHIPS WERE STEERING TO THE EASTWARD ON PARALLEL COURSES." 189 JAMES LAWRENCE. 197 "ALONG THE SHORE, UPON EVERY HILL-TOP AND HEADLAND, PEOPLE HAD GATHERED." 203 "WHEN THE 'ESSEX' ARRIVED OFF THE ISLAND SHE LAY TO." 213 APPROACHING THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. 222 "'WE SURRENDER,' AND DOWN CAME THE FLAG." 225 "MOSTLY CARRONADES." 239 "A SQUALL STRUCK HER AND CARRIED AWAY HER MAIN-TOPMAST." 241 OLIVER HAZARD PERRY. 247 "A SINGLE GUN BOOMED FROM BARCLAY'S SHIP." 255 "CALLING AWAY HIS BOAT, HE ROWED UNDER THE ENEMY'S FIRE." 259 "THE 'PELICAN' WAS GUIDED TO HER BY THE SMOKE OF THE BURNING MERCHANTMEN." 265 CAPTAIN LEWIS WARRINGTON. 270 "ONE ROUND SHOT ENTERED HER AFTERMOST PORT." 277 "ON THE STOCKS, AND NEARLY FINISHED, THE FINE FRIGATE 'CONFIANCE.'" 283 CAPTAIN CHARLES STEWART. 296 "ACCOMPANIED BY ABDALLAH THE DRAGOMAN, I LEFT THE CANAL." 313 THE BOYS OF 1812, AND OTHER NAVAL HEROES. CHAPTER I. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE NAVY.