CHAPTER VI.

_The Adventures of Edward Teach, or Blackbeard._

Seizure of the Protestant Cæsar.--The Piratic Squadron.--Villany of the Buccaneers.--The Atrocities of Blackbeard.--Illustrative Anecdotes.--Carousals on Shore.--Alleged Complicity with the Governor.--Hiding-place near Ocracoke Inlet.--Arrangements for his Capture.--Boats sent from two Men-of-War.--Bloody Battle.--The Death of the Pirate.--His Desperate and Demoniac Character. 110