Excerpt from Manual of the Law of Maritime Warfare, Embodying the Decisions of Lord Stowell and Other English Judges, and of the American Courts, and the Opinions of the Most Eminent Jurists The Compilers feel great pleasure in acknow ledging the valuable assistance which they have derived in the execution of their task from the de cisions of the American Courts, - now first collected in any English treatise, - from-the able writings of Mr. Chancellor Kent and Dr. Wheaton, and from the complete and lucid exposition of The Law te lating to Oficers of the Navy, by Mr. Prendergast of the Chancery Bar. 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.