--------- "We passed the tropics, as near as we could guess, just where the famous Sir William Phips fished up the silver from the Spanish Plate wreck."--DEFOE ("Colonel Jack"). --------- To those OFFICERS OF THE ROYAL NAVY WITH WHOM I HAVE, FOR SOME YEARS, SPENT MANY PLEASANT WEEKS ANNUALLY DURING THE NAVAL MAN[OE]UVRES, WHILE ACTING AS SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF _THE STANDARD_, I VENTURE TO INSCRIBE, WITH GREAT CORDIALITY, THIS STORY-- PARTLY TRUE AND PARTLY FICTITIOUS--OF Captain, Sir William Phips, R.N., And of Lieutenants Nicholas and Reginald Crafer, R.N.…
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