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قراءة كتاب With Porter in the Essex A Story of his Famous Cruise in the Southern Waters during the War of 1812
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With Porter in the Essex A Story of his Famous Cruise in the Southern Waters during the War of 1812
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IT WAS ONLY NECESSARY THAT THE CREW SHOULD REACH OUT
AND PULL US ON BOARD.
WITH PORTER IN THE
ESSEX
A Story of his Famous Cruise in Southern
Waters during the War of 1812
BY
JAMES OTIS
ILLUSTRATED BY
WILLIAM F. STECHER
BOSTON AND CHICAGO
W. A. WILDE COMPANY
Copyright, 1901,
By W. A. Wilde Company.
All rights reserved.
WITH PORTER IN THE ESSEX.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Introducing Myself | 17 |
| II. | The Coast of Chili | 34 |
| III. | Oliver Benson's Scheme | 57 |
| IV. | Among the Whalers | 80 |
| V. | The New Fleet | 103 |
| VI. | A Call for Volunteers | 126 |
| VII. | An Island Port | 149 |
| VIII. | Nukuheva | 172 |
| IX. | An Old Enemy | 195 |
| X. | Among the Typees | 218 |
| XI. | A Naval Station | 241 |
| XII. | At Valparaiso | 264 |
| XIII. | The Britishers | 287 |
| XIV. | The Battle | 311 |
| XV. | On Parole | 334 |
ILLUSTRATIONS.
| PAGE | |
| "It was only necessary that the crew should reach out and pull us on board" | Frontispiece 28 |
| "He forced the iron rods from their sockets in short order" | 77 |
| "Soon we were out of reach of the grape, and then we ran across the ship's bow" | 158 |
| "The party came in, waving green palm-leaves" | 244 |
| "Nearer and nearer came the Phœbe" | 295 |
PROLOGUE.
The manuscript of this story was written by Ezra McKnight, a cousin of that Stephen Decatur McKnight of Hartford, Connecticut, who was captured after the action between the Essex and the Phœbe and Cherub, and with a companion named James Lyman went to Rio de Janeiro as exchanged prisoners of war. From that port, according