_Gunboats._ Jefferson's sole naval dependence on, i. 187; ii. 213-214; nautical disqualifications of, 196, 291, 296; extravagant expense of, 260, 262; ii. 154; proclaim a merely defensive policy, 296; demoralizing effect upon officers and crews, ii. 154, 155; committed in war to officers not of regular navy, 154, 336-337; general uselessness in war, 154, 159, 160, 161, 163, 164, 179, 195, 198; gallant defence of the "Asp," 168, and of the Lake Borgne flotilla, 389-390.

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