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  PART II

  OTHER TALES OF ADVENTURE

  THE YARN OF THE "ESSEX," WHALER . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

  SOME FAMOUS AMERICAN DUELS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

  I. A TRAGEDY OF OLD NEW YORK . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 II. ANDREW JACKSON AS A DUELLIST . . . . . . . . . . . 248 III. THE KILLING OF STEPHEN DECATUR . . . . . . . . . . 251 IV. AN EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF JAMES BOWIE . . . . . . . 252 V. A FAMOUS CONGRESSIONAL DUEL . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 VI. THE LAST NOTABLE DUEL IN AMERICA . . . . . . . . . 256

  THE CRUISE OF THE "TONQUIN" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

  JOHN PAUL JONES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

  I. THE BIRTH OF THE AMERICAN NAVY . . . . . . . . . . 283 II. JONES FIRST HOISTS THE STARS AND STRIPES . . . . . 284 III. THE BATTLE WITH THE "SERAPIS" . . . . . . . . . . . 285 IV. A HERO'S FAMOUS SAYINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 V. WHAT JONES DID FOR HIS COUNTRY . . . . . . . . . . 288 VI. WHY DID HE TAKE THE NAME OF JONES . . . . . . . . . 289 VII. A SEARCH FOR HISTORICAL EVIDENCE . . . . . . . . . 292 VIII. THE JONESES OF NORTH CAROLINA . . . . . . . . . . . 296 IX. PAUL JONES NEVER A MAN OF WEALTH . . . . . . . . . 297

  IN THE CAVERNS OF THE PITT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

  BEING A BOY OUT WEST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315