PART II.--WONDERS OF THE SEA.

Chap. I. Parley tells about the Frozen Ocean 144 Icebergs 146 Parley's dangerous situation on an Iceberg 150

Chap. II. The story of a long journey over the ice with some Esquimaux 152

Chap. III. The journey over the ice, continued 167

Chap. IV. The Whale 178 The mode of catching Whales 183 Character of the Whale 187

Chap. V. A voyage on a Tropical Sea 190 Trade Winds and Monsoons 191

Chap. VI. The Waterspout 194 How Parley supposes Waterspouts to be caused 199

Chap. VII. Coral Reefs and Islands 203 Various kinds of Coral 204 The Coral-Making Polypes 206 Forms of the Coral Reefs 211 Parley's first sight of one 213

Chap. VIII. Luminous appearance of the sea 221 Animals by which it is occasioned, and the Acalepha in particular 223

Chap. IX. The Cuttle Fish 231 The Octopus 235

Chap. X. The Paper Nautilus, or Argonaut 239 How Parley saw one sailing on the sea 241 The Pearly Nautilus 245 The Nautilus Spirula 248