CHAPTER II

. THE OUTLOOK WAS, AT FIRST, NOT PLEASING 20

The Silly Cry of “On to Canada!”--The Naval Forces of the United States Compared with Those of Great Britain--The Foresight and Quick Work of Captain Rodgers in Getting a Squadron to Sea--But he Missed the Jamaica Fleet he was After, and when he Fell in with a British Frigate, the Results of the Affair were Lamentable.

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