Excerpt from The Naval Lieutenant, Vol. 2 of 3: A Nautical Romance Mr. Hawkins then joined our hero, Who already felt a great liking for the mate of the Fox. He was a strong, muscular-built man, with good expressive features, and extremely well-mannered, in fact, quite above his station as mate. I find this is not your first introduction to the Belle Poule, Mr. Chamberlain, said the mate. No, indeed; she attempted to capture the Cumberland Packet, in which I was sailing; we beat her off, but she had more than fifty men on board her at that time. What has become of them and besides, she must Since then have captured the Fox. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.