In seven weeks she took seventeen merchantmen, paying for herself several times over.

Once she fought a lively battle with a British transport carrying four hundred men, but prudently drew off.

True, the Government was paying a bonus of twenty-five dollars a head for prisoners; but cargoes were more valuable.
Few of the privateers troubled to send in their prisoners, if they could parole and release them.

In all, the "Mammoth" captured twenty-one vessels, and released on parole three hundred prisoners.
Of all the foregoing vessels, the "Prince de Neufchatel" was the most famous.

She was an hermaphrodite brig of 310 tons, mounting 17 guns.