THE AMERICAN SHIP AND THE AMERICAN SAILOR–NEW ENGLAND"S LEAD ON THE OCEAN–THE EARLIEST AMERICAN SHIP-BUILDING–HOW THE SHIPYARDS MULTIPLIED–LAWLESS TIMES ON THE HIGH SEAS–SHIP-BUILDING IN THE FORESTS AND ON THE FARM–SOME EARLY TYPES–THE COURSE OF MARITIME TRADE–THE FIRST SCHOONER AND THE FIRST FULL-RIGGED SHIP–JEALOUSY AND ANTAGONISM OF ENGLAND–THE PEST OF PRIVATEERING–ENCOURAGEMENT FROM CONGRESS–THE GOLDEN DAYS OF OUR MERCHANT MARINE–FIGHTING CAPTAINS AND TRADING CAPTAINS–GROUND BETWEEN FRANCE AND ENGLAND–CHECKED BY THE WARS–SEALING AND WHALING–INTO THE PACIFIC–HOW YANKEE BOYS MOUNTED THE QUARTER-DECK–SOME STORIES OF EARLY SEAMEN–THE PACKETS AND THEIR EXPLOITS.