264 CAPTAIN ZACHARY G. LAMSON 



among them about two hundred men. The 

 pirates were in sight at the time of recap- 

 ture. The mate of the English brig made 

 a narrow escape, having actually a halter 

 round his neck and just suspended at the 

 moment of deliverance. The pirates were 

 pursued. The cunning dogs whenever the 

 ' Jane ' was near them, and out of sight of 

 her aids, would draw up in line of battle, 

 but would not wait for the broadside. Cap- 

 tain Stockton was at one moment so near 

 as to receive fifteen or twenty shots from 

 their long 12-pounder, but unfortunately 

 the shallowness of the water prevented his 

 coming into closer contact. In his eager- 

 ness to pursue, the 'Jane' was once run 

 on shore, and he could only give a prompt 

 return from his 6 -pounder, at which the 

 rogues laughed! Notwithstanding their 

 lightness and knowledge of the coast the 

 result of this chase was the capture of one 

 of their schooners with a full cargo taken 

 from the English brig, the burning of an- 

 other and the running on shore of a third. 



