The Naval History of the United States

Abbot's fighting history of the American navy — privateers and frigates, the Bon Homme Richard and the Constitution, told battle by battle with the smoke still in the rigging.

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Chapter XIV

ON THE OCEAN. -THE WORK OF THE SLOOPS-OF-WAR. - LOSS OF THE "FROLIC." - FRUITLESS CRUISE OF THE "ADAMS." - THE "PEACOCK" TAKES THE "EPERVIER." - THE CRUISE OF THE "WASP." - SHE CAPTURES THE "REINDEER." - SINKS THE "AVON." - MYSTERIOUS END OF THE "WASP".

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