The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 4

Lord Byron and the Hellespont—The Art of Swimming a Necessary Accomplishment—The Numbers Lost from Drowning—A Lamentable Accident—Captain Webb’s Advice to Beginners—Bold and Tim...

The Great Trans‐Continental Railway—New York to Chicago—Niagara in Winter—A Lady’s Impressions—A Pullman Dining Car—Omaha—“The Great Muddy”—Episodes of Railway Travel—Rough Road...

The Madrepores—Brain, Mushroom, and Plantain Coral—The Beautiful Sea‐anemones; their Organisation and Habits; their Insatiable Voracity—The Gorgons—Echinodermata—The Star‐fish—S...

The “Mighty Thames”—Poor Jack Home Again—Provident Sailors—The Belvedere Home and its Inmates—A Ship Ashore—Rival Castaways—Greenwich Pensioners—The Present System Compared with...

The First Channel Cable—Nowadays 50,000 Miles of Submarine Wire—A Noble New Englander—The First Idea of the Atlantic Cable—Its Practicability Admitted—Maury’s Notes on the Atlan...

The American Steamships—A Celestial Company—Leading Cargoes—Corpses and Coffins—Monotony of the Voyage—Emotions Caused by the Sea—Amusements on Board “Chalked”—Cricket at Sea—Ba...

Clarence’s Dream—Davy Jones’s Locker—Origin of the Term—Treasures of the Ocean—Pearl Fishing—Mother o’ Pearl—Formation of Pearls—Art and Nature Combined—The Fisheries—The Divers...

The “Grand Tour” of Former Days—The only Grand Tour left—Round the World in Eighty Days—Fresh‐water Sailors and Nautical Ladies—Modern Steamships and their Speed—The _Orient_—Ri...

Mark Twain on Whales—A New Version of an Old Story—Whale as Food—Whaling in 1670—The Great Mammal’s Enemy, the “Killer”—The Animal’s Home—The So‐called Fisheries—The Sperm Whale...

The Land’s End—Cornwall and her Contributions to the Navy—The Great Botallack Mine—Curious Sight Outwardly—Plugging Out the Atlantic Ocean—The Roar of the Sea Heard Inside—In a...

Poets’ Opinions on Early Navigation—Who was the First Female Navigator?—Noah’s Voyage—A Thrilling Tale—A Strained Vessel—A Furious Gale—A Birth at Sea—The Ship Doomed—Ladies and...

Eastbourne and its Quiet Charms—Hastings—Its Fishermen—The Battle of Hastings—Loss of the _Grosser Kurfürst_—The Collision—The Catastrophe—Dover—The Castle—Shakespeare’s Cliff—“...

The Hawaiian Islands—King and Parliament—Pleasant Honolulu—A Government Hotel—Honeysuckle‐covered Theatre—Productions of the Islands—Grand Volcanoes—Ravages of Lava Streams and...

The _Clupedæ_—The Herring—Its Cabalistic Marks—A Warning to Royalty—The “Great Fishery”—Modes of Fishing—A Night with the Wick Fishermen—Suicidal Fish—The Value of Deep‐sea Fish...

Harwich; its fine Harbour—Thorpeness and its Hero—Beautiful Situation of Lowestoft—Yarmouth; its Antiquity—Quays, Bridges—The Roadstead—Herring and Mackerel Fishing—Curing Red H...

Perfection in Nature’s Smallest Works—A Word on Scientific Classification—Protozoa—Blind Life—Rhizopoda—Foraminifera—A Robbery Traced by Science—Microscopic Workers—Paris Chalk—...

Fishes and their Swimming Apparatus—The Bladder—Scientific Classification—Cartilaginous Fish—The Torpedo—A Living Galvanic Battery—The Shark—His Love for Man in a Gastronomic Se...

The Univalves—A Higher Scale of Animal—The Gasteropoda—Limpets—Used for Basins in the Straits of Magellan—Spiral and Turret Shells—The Cowries—The Mitre Shells—The Purpuras—Tyri...

Southampton: its Antiquity—Extensive Commerce—Great Port for Leading Steamship Lines—Vagaries of a Runaway Steamer—The Isle of Wight—Terrible Loss of the _Eurydice_—Finding of t...

Scientific Diving—General Principles—William Phipps and the Treasure Ship—Founder of the House of Mulgrave—Halley’s Wooden Diving‐bell and Air Barrels—Smeaton’s Improvements—Spa...

The Poet of the Sea still Wanting—Biblical Allusions—The Classical Writers—Want of True Sympathy with the Subject—Virgil’s “Æneid”—His Stage Storms—The Immortal Bard—His Intimat...

Stewart, Captain A.: search for Franklin, iii. 207 Stirling, J. D. Morriss, on the sea‐serpent, iv. 187, 189 Storms: the great gale of 1703; Defoe’s account, ii. 199–209; other...

A Submerged Forest—Grandeur of Devonshire Cliffs—Castellated Walls—A Natural Palace—Collection of Sea‐weeds—The Title a Miserable Misnomer—The Bladder Wrack—Practical Uses—The H...

his ill‐treatment of Munk, 151 Christian, Fletcher: the mutiny of the _Bounty_, i. 239–247; shot by an Otaheitan, 249 Christian, Thursday October, son of Fletcher Christian, dis...

English Appreciation of the Sea‐side—Its Variety and Interest—Heavy Weather—The Green Waves—On the Cliffs—The Sea from there—Madame de Gasparin’s Reveries—Description of a Tempe...

The Crustaceans, a Crusty Set—Young Crabs and their Peculiarities—Shells and no Shells—Powers of Renewal—The Biter Bit—Cocoa‐nut eating Crabs—Do Crabs like Boiling?—The Land Cra...

The Saltness of the Sea—Its Composition—Tons of Silver in the Ocean—Currents and their Causes—The Great Gulf Stream—Its Characteristics—A Triumph of Science—The Tides—The Highes...

Wilkie Collins’s Experiences as a Pedestrian—Taken for “Mapper,” “Trodger,” and Hawker—An Exciting Wreck at Penzance—The Life‐line sent out—An Obstinate Captain—A Brave Coastgua...

North‐west passage found, 212; portrait, 213 Macquarie, Governor: on the population of Australia, i. 153 McQuhæ, Capt., his account of the sea‐serpent, iv. 186 Madagascar, Engli...

Africa: diamond fields, i. 210 African Company: slave trade, ii. 33 African Naval Station, i. 202 Agalma rubra, iv. 118, 120 _ Agamemnon_, i. 16; laying the first submarine Atla...

St. Juan de Ulloa, Sir John Hawkins’s action at, i. 299, 301 “St. Lawrence,” i. 20 St. Lucia, i. 187 St. Paul’s travels; his shipwreck at Malta, i. 103, 104 “St. Valentine,” tre...

_ Herald_ sent in search of Franklin, iii. 207, 211 Hermit crab, iv. 154, 156 Hero of the Humber, John Ellerthorpe, iv. 267 “Héros,” i. 7 Herrings and the Herring Fishery, iv. 1...

WHAT POETS HAVE SUNG OF THE SEA, THE SAILOR, AND THE SHIP. The Poet of the Sea still Wanting—Biblical Allusions—The 290 Classical Writers—Want of True Sympathy with the Subject—...

Life saved from shipwrecks; statistics, ii. 320; iv. 262, 267 Lifeboat, The, ii. 209–235; its origin and history, 210; Lionel Lukin, _ib._; Wouldhave and Greathead, _ib._; Georg...

Restoration Island named by Lieutenant Bligh: mutiny of the _Bounty_, i. 244 Reticulosa, iv. 111 Reynaud, M.: Héhaux lighthouse, Brittany, ii. 178–181 Rhizopoda, iv. 111 Rhodosp...

Columbus, 284; Vasco da Gama, 298 Portuguese man‐of‐war, iv. 119 Portuguez the pirate, iii. 13; his escape, 13, 14 Possession Island, Australia, i. 152; iii. 280 Prahus of the M...

Pindar, his reference to the sea, i. 2 Pinto, Fernando Mendez, shipwrecked in Japan, i. 129 Pinzon, Vincente Yanez, his voyage to America, iii. 303 _ Pioneer_, the search for Fr...

La Cosa, Juan de: his expeditions to America, iii. 303, 304, 307, 308, 309, 310; his character and death, 309, 310, 311 Lacquer‐work in Japan, iv. 40 “Lady Franklin”: the search...

Ramsay, David, patents for steam‐ships, ii. 79 Ramsgate: iv. 241; wrecks on the Goodwin Sands, ii. 212–235; map of Ramsgate and the Goodwin Sands at low water, 252 Ramsgate Life...

THE OCEAN AND ITS LIVING WONDERS (_continued_). The Madrepores—Brain, Mushroom, and Plantain Coral—The Beautiful 122 Sea‐anemones; their Organisation and Habits; their Insatiabl...

OCEAN TO OCEAN—THE CONNECTING LINK. The Great Trans‐Continental Railway—New York to Chicago—Niagara 14 in Winter—A Lady’s Impressions—A Pullman Dining Car—Omaha—“The Great Muddy...

THE ART OF SWIMMING—FEATS IN NATATION—LIFE SAVERS. Lord Byron and the Hellespont—The Art of Swimming a Necessary 257 Accomplishment—The Numbers Lost from Drowning—A Lamentable A...

SKETCHES OF OUR COASTS—CORNWALL. The Land’s End—Cornwall and her Contributions to the Navy—The 207 Great Botallack Mine—Curious Sight Outwardly—Plugging Out the Atlantic Ocean—T...

Stamp Act in America, ii. 66 Star‐fish from the Atlantic; voyage of the _Challenger_, i. 31; iv. 125, 128 Stations, Naval: American, i. 102; Pacific, 156; Australian, 119, 131,...

DAVY JONES’S LOCKER—SUBMARINE CABLES. The First Channel Cable—Now‐a‐days 50,000 Miles of Submarine 98 Wire—A Noble New Englander—The First Idea of the Atlantic Cable—Its Practic...

OCEAN LIFE—THE HARVEST OF THE SEA. Fishes and their Swimming Apparatus—The Bladder—Scientific 159 Classification—Cartilaginous Fish—The Torpedo—A Living Galvanic Battery—The Sha...

WOMAN AT SEA. Poets’ Opinions on Early Navigation—Who was the First Female 56 Navigator?—Noah’s Voyage—A Thrilling Tale—A Strained Vessel—A Furious Gale—A Birth at Sea—The Ship...

THE PACIFIC FERRY—ANOTHER ROUTE. The Hawaiian Islands—King and Parliament—Pleasant Honolulu—A 45 Government Hotel—Honeysuckle‐covered Theatre—Productions of the Islands—Grand Vo...

search for a miraculous fountain, 315; Tortugas discovered by him, _ib._ Pontoppidan, Bishop: the sea‐serpent, iv. 184 _ Porcupine_, Scientific cruise of the, i. 30 Port Elizabe...

OCEAN LIFE—THE HARVEST OF THE SEA (_concluded_). The _Clupedæ_—The Herring—Its Cabalistic Marks—A Warning to 168 Royalty—The “Great Fishery”—Modes of Fishing—A Night with the Wi...

BY THE SEA‐SHORE (_continued_). A Submerged Forest—Grandeur of Devonshire Cliffs—Castellated 199 Walls—A Natural Palace—Collection of Sea‐weeds—The Title a Miserable Misnomer—Th...

SKETCHES OF OUR EAST COASTS:—NORFOLK—YORKSHIRE. Harwich; its fine Harbour—Thorpeness and its Hero—Beautiful 217 Situation of Lowestoft—Yarmouth; its Antiquity—Quays, Bridges—The...

THE GREAT ATLANTIC FERRY. PAGE The “Grand Tour” of Former Days—The only Grand Tour left—Round 1 the World in Eighty Days—Fresh‐water Sailors and Nautical Ladies—Modern Steamship...

THE OCEAN AND ITS LIVING WONDERS (_continued_). The Univalves—A Higher Scale of Animal—The 139 Gasteropoda—Limpets—Used for Basins in the Straits of Magellan—Spiral and Turret S...

THE OCEAN AND ITS LIVING WONDERS. Perfection in Nature’s smallest Works—A Word on Scientific 111 Classification—Protozoa—Blind Life—Rhizopoda—Foraminifera—A Robbery Traced by Sc...

THE OCEAN AND ITS LIVING WONDERS (_continued_). The Crustaceans, a Crusty Set—Young Crabs and their 150 Peculiarities—Shells and no Shells—Powers of Renewal—The Biter Bit—Cocoa‐...

DAVY JONES’S LOCKER AND ITS TREASURES. Clarence’s Dream—Davy Jones’s Locker—Origin of the Term—Treasures 66 of the Ocean—Pearl Fishing—Mother o’ Pearl—Formation of Pearls—Art an...

DAVY JONES’S LOCKER AND THOSE WHO DIVE INTO IT. Scientific Diving—General Principles—William Phipps and the 79 Treasure Ship—Founder of the House of Mulgrave—Halley’s Wooden Div...

THE HAVEN AT LAST—HOME IN THE THAMES. The “Mighty Thames”—Poor Jack Home Again—Provident Sailors—The 272 Belvedere Home and its Inmates—A Ship Ashore—Rival Castaways—Greenwich P...

MONSTERS OF THE DEEP. Mark Twain on Whales—A New Version of an Old Story—Whale as 178 Food—Whaling in 1670—The Great Mammal’s Enemy the “Killer”—The Animal’s Home—The so‐called...

SKETCHES OF OUR SOUTH COASTS—SOUTHAMPTON. Southampton: its Antiquity—Extensive Commerce—Great Port for 225 Leading Steamship Lines—Vagaries of a Runaway Steamer—The Isle of Wigh...

THE PACIFIC FERRY—SAN FRANCISCO TO JAPAN AND CHINA. The American Steamships—A Celestial Company—Leading 31 Cargoes—Corpses and Coffins—Monotony of the Voyage—Emotions Caused by...

BY THE SEA‐SHORE. English Appreciation of the Sea‐side—Its Variety and 190 Interest—Heavy Weather—The Green Waves—On the Cliffs—The Sea from there—Madame de Gasparin’s Reveries—...

THE OCEAN AND SOME OF ITS PHENOMENA. The Saltness of the Sea—Its Composition—Tons of Silver in the 90 Ocean—Currents and their Causes—The Great Gulf Stream—Its Characteristics—A...

SKETCHES OF OUR COASTS—CORNWALL (_continued_). Wilkie Collins’s Experiences as a Pedestrian—Taken for “Mapper,” 218 “Trodger,” and Hawker—An Exciting Wreck at Penzance—The Life‐...

SKETCHES OF OUR SOUTH COASTS (_concluded_). Eastbourne and its Quiet Charms—Hastings—Its Fishermen—The Battle 235 of Hastings—Loss of the _Grosser Kurfürst_—The Collision—The Ca...

Rendel, J. R., C.E.: his co‐operation in the Suez Canal, i. 110; Portland breakwater, ii. 194 Rennie, James: his advocacy of steam war‐vessels, ii. 98 Rennie, John: the Bell Roc...