EXTRACTS FROM THE LOG OF A PRIVATEER'S-MAN. CHAPTER I. We cruise off Hispaniola― Capture of a French Ship Continue our Cruise- Make a Nocturnal Attack upon a Rich Planter's Dwelling-Are repulsed with Loss. To Mistress RESPECTED MADAM, In compliance with your request I shall now transcribe from the journal of my younger days some portions of my adventurous life. When I wrote, I painted the feelings of my heart without reserve, and I shall not alter one word, as I know you wish to learn what |