Waiting at Tampico for orders--Seized with small-pox--My old friend the Yankee captain--Startling news--Death of Lincoln--Surrender of General Lee--General surmises as to the situation--I leave for Havana--Find on arrival there a United States fleet entering the harbour--A demand on the Spanish Government by the United States--Critical state of affairs--Total collapse of the Confederacy--End of blockade running

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

(1) A BLOCKADE-RUNNING SCHOONER LOADED WITH COTTON ... _Frontispiece_

(2) SCHOONER "ROB ROY"

(3) A UNITED STATES GUNBOAT

(4) VERY NEARLY CAPTURED IN A CALM

(5) MIDNIGHT IN A HURRICANE

(6) CROSSING THE BAR AT TAMPICO IN A GALE

THE ADVENTURES OF A BLOCKADE RUNNER.