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THROUGH UNKNOWN NIGERIA By JOHN R. RAPHAEL. 15s. net.
A WOMAN IN CHINA By MARY GAUNT. 15s. net.
LIFE IN AN INDIAN OUTPOST By Major CASSERLY. 12s. 6d. net.
CHINA REVOLUTIONISED By J. S. THOMPSON. 12s. 6d. net.
NEW ZEALAND By Dr MAX HERZ. 12s. 6d. net.
THE DIARY OF A SOLDIER OF FORTUNE By STANLEY PORTAL HYATT. 12s. 6d. net.
OFF THE MAIN TRACK By STANLEY PORTAL HYATT. 12s. 6d. net.
WITH THE LOST LEGION IN NEW ZEALAND By Colonel G. HAMILTON-BROWNE (“Maori Browne”). 12s. 6d. net.
A LOST LEGIONARY IN SOUTH AFRICA By Colonel G. HAMILTON-BROWNE (“Maori Browne”). 12s. 6d. net.
[Illustration: THE EAST INDIAMAN “THOMAS COUTTS,” AS SHE APPEARED IN THE YEAR 1826.
(By courtesy of Messrs. T. H. Parker Brothers)]
_Author of “Sailing-Ships and their Story,” “Down Channel in the ‘Vivette,’” “Through Holland in the ‘Vivette,’” “Ships and Ways of Other Days,” etc._
LONDON T. WERNER LAURIE LTD. 8 ESSEX STREET, STRAND
VI. CAPTAIN LANCASTER DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF 64
VII. THE BUILDING OF THE COMPANY’S SHIPS 77
XII. THE WAY THEY HAD IN THE COMPANY’S SERVICE 152
XXI. THE “WARREN HASTINGS” AND THE “PIÉMONTAISE” 305
XXIII. THE LAST OF THE OLD EAST INDIAMEN 329
The East Indiaman _Thomas Coutts_ _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE The East India House 4
The Hon. East India Co.’s Ship _General Goddard_ with H.M.S. _Sceptre_ and _Swallow_ capturing Dutch East Indiamen off St Helena 12
The _Essex_ East Indiaman at anchor in Bombay Harbour 24
The launch of the Hon. East India Co.’s Ship _Edinburgh_ 78
The Hon. East India Co.’s Ship _Bridgewater_ entering Madras Roads 96
A Barque Free-trader in the London Docks 130
Repulse of Admiral Linois by the China Fleet under Commodore Sir Nathaniel Dance 196
A view of the East India Docks in the early 19th Century 210
The _Windham_ East Indiaman sailing from St Helena 224
The _Jessie_ and _Eliza Jane_ in Table Bay, 1829 236