Chapter 17

A Stirring Year. -- The Bombardment of Tripoli. -- Decatur's Hand-to-Hand Fight. -- Lieut. Trippe's Bravery. -- Lieut. Spence's Bold Deed. -- Somers's Narrow Escape. -- The Floating Mine. -- The Fatal Explosion. -- Close of the War. -- The End.

_PART II._

BLUE JACKETS OF 1812.