CHAPTER XI

. THE PRIVATEERS OF 1812 233

Property Afloat as a Pledge of Peace--Foreign Aggression had Taught the Americans how to Build and Sail swift Cruisers--Odd Names--The First Prizes--Commodore Joshua Barney and the _Rossie_--A Famous Cruise--Some Rich Prizes were Captured, but only a Few of the Privateers made Money--Beat off a War-ship that Threw Six Times her Weight of Metal--A Battle in Sight of La Guayra.

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