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by G. A. Henty


  ILLUSTRATIONS

  TERENCE FINDS THAT THE _SEA-HORSE_ HAS BEEN BADLY MAULED BETWEEN-DECKS

  TWO FRENCH PRIVATEERS BEAR DOWN UPON THE _SEA-HORSE_

  "I SHOULD NOT HAVE MINDED BEING HIT, FATHER, IF YOU HAD ESCAPED"

  "I AM TOLD THAT YOU WISH TO SPEAK TO ME, GENERAL"

  "WHAT DO YOU MEAN, TERENCE?... WE WOULD HAVE THRASHED THEM OUT OF THEIRBOOTS IN NO TIME"

  "POOR OLD JACK! HE HAS CARRIED ME WELL EVER SINCE I GOT HIM AT TORRESVEDRAS"

  TERENCE RECEIVES A PRESENT OF A HORSE FROM SIR JOHN CRADOCK

  "IN THE NAME OF THE JUNTA I DEMAND THAT AMMUNITION," SAID CORTINGOS

  "THE FRENCH CAVALRY RODE UP TOWARDS THE SQUARES, BUT WERE MET WITH HEAVYVOLLEYS"

  "MACWITTY WAS STANDING COVERING THE TWO BOATMEN WITH HIS PISTOLS"

  TERENCE BIDS GOOD-BYE TO HIS COUSIN, MARY O'CONNOR

  "WHO ARE YOU, SIR, AND WHAT TROOPS ARE THESE?" SIR ARTHUR ASKED, SHARPLY

  Sketch Map of NORTHERN PORTUGAL.]

 

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