CHAPTER IX

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The Remarkable Battle between the Yankee _Hornet_ and the British _Peacock_--The British Ship was so Pretty she was Known as “The Yacht,” but her Gunners could not Hit the Broadside of the _Hornet_ when the Ships were in Contact--As her Flag came Down a Signal of Distress went Up, for she was Sinking--The Efforts of two Crews could not Save her--“A Vessel Moored for the Purpose of Experiment could not have been sunk Sooner”--Infamous Treatment of American Seamen Repaid by the Golden Rule--Captain Greene, of the _Bonne Citoyenne_, did not dare Meet the _Hornet_.

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