[Illustration: John Paul Jones
Tels hommes rarement se peuvent présenter,
Et quand le Ciel les donne, il faut en profiter.]
THE LOGS
OF THE
SERAPIS--ALLIANCE--ARIEL
UNDER THE COMMAND OF
JOHN PAUL JONES
1779-1780
WITH EXTRACTS FROM PUBLIC DOCUMENTS,
UNPUBLISHED LETTERS, AND NARRATIVES, AND ILLUSTRATED
WITH REPRODUCTIONS OF SCARCE PRINTS
EDITED BY
JOHN S. BARNES
LATE LIEUTENANT COMMANDER, U. S. N.
NEW YORK
PRINTED FOR THE NAVAL HISTORY SOCIETY
BY THE DE VINNE PRESS
MDCCCCXI
Copyright, 1911, by
THE NAVAL HISTORY SOCIETY