Book excerpt: Excerpt from Naval History of Great Britain, Vol. 7 of 8: Including the History and Lives of the British Admirals Captain Arbuthnot was next removed into the Tri ton, a frigate of the same force as the Surprise; in which, in January 1748, ire captured the Tiger, a stout French privateer, ofsixteen guns, and one hun dred anu forty-six rr'ren, belonging to Bayonne. This was a very satisfactory instance of' success, the Tiger hating committed considerable depredations on the English trade She had made three prizes in the early part of the cruise on which she was taken. 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.