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           THE LIVES AND ADVENTURES
                   OF SUNDRY
               NOTORIOUS PIRATES

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                   PIRATES


 _With a _Foreword_ and sundry _Decorations_ by_

                C. Lovat Fraser


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                  _NEW YORK:_
         ROBERT M. McBRIDE AND COMPANY
                     1922




_First American Edition_

_Printed in the United States of America_

_Printed in Great Britain by Billing and Sons, Ltd., Guildford and
Esher._




[Illustration: CAPTAIN AVERY]




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CONTENTS


                                                        PAGE
    Foreword                                             vii

    The Life of Captain Avery                              1

    Captain John Rackham, and his Crew                    17

    Captain Spriggs, and