A BUCCANEER. 



CHAPTER XXXVII. 



PIRACY ORIGIN OF THE BUCCANEERS THEIR MANNER OF LIFE DRESS OCCU- 

 PATION THE ISLAND OF TORTUGA THEIR HEAD-QUARTERS THEIR RELIGIOUS 



SCRUPLES— MANNER OF DIVIDING SPOILS THE EXTERMINATOR THE OBSERV- 

 ANCE OF THE SABBATH EXPLOITS OF HENRY MORGAN IMPOTENCE OF THE 



SPANIARDS CAREER OF WILLIAM DAMPIER HIS FIRST PIRATICAL CRUISE 



ADVENTURES BY LAND AND SEA DESCRIPTION OF THE PLANTAIN-TREE — 



LINGERING DEATHS BY POISON REPROACHES OF CONSCIENCE THE NEW- 

 HOLLANDERS DAMPIER'S DANGEROUS VOYAGE IN AN OPEN BOAT PIRACY 



UPON THE AMERICAN COAST WILLIAM KIDD SENT AGAINST THE PIRATES — ' 



HE TURNS PIRATE HIMSELF — HIS EXPLOITS, DETECTION, AND EXECUTION — 

 HIS BURIED TREASURES WRECK OF THE WHIDAH PIRATE-SHIP. 



It is necessary to pause at this period in our review of the 



grand maritime expeditions which successively left the various 



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