Excerpt from Naval Chronology, or an Historical Summary of Naval and Maritime Events, From the Time of the Romans, to the Treaty of Peace, 1802, Vol. 1 of 5: With an Appendix By extending the work to two more volumes, I have alfo been able to introduce many ufeful fiate papers, together with the Opinion and judgment of Sir William Scott in many interef'ti'ng prize caufes in the Court of Admiralty, particularly that on the right of fearch of neutrals by the belligerent powers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.