iii. 189, 193

_ 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. 168–171; supposed cabalistic markings of the herring, 168; mode of curing, 169; fisheries of Yarmouth, Wick, and Holland, _ib._; inexhaustible supplies, 170, 171, 250 Hickley, Captain, of the _Iron Duke_: loss of the _Vanguard_, i. 63 Hiero’s floating palace, i. 260 Hirst, Robert: his escape from the _Captain_, i. 55, 57 Hispaniola discovered by Columbus, iii. 291 History of the sea, i. 1 Hoboken, New York, i. 195 Hobson, Captain W. R.: “Fox” expedition in search of Franklin, iii. 216, 226; his discovery of a record of the expedition, 226, 229, 230 Hodder, Edwin, “Heroes of Britain in Peace and War,” iv. 267 Hogg, James, the Ettrick shepherd; growth, changes, and migration of the salmon, iv. 165, 166 Holothuria: trepang fisheries, iv. 127, 128 Holyhead Breakwater, ii. 197 Holystoning a ship’s deck, i. 49 Home for Disabled and Worn‐out Merchant Seamen, Belvedere, Kent, iv. 273 Honduras discovered by Columbus, iii. 296 Hong Kong, i. 119. (_See_ Victoria.) Honolulu, View and account of, iv. 33, 45, 46 Hood, Admiral Lord, i. 4, 6 Hood, Captain: Arctic exploration, iii. 189, 193 Hood, Thomas: his poem, “The Demon Ship,” iv. 303 Horace: on the Sea, iv. 290, 291 Hore’s voyage of discovery encouraged by Henry VIII., iii. 120 Horses, Wild, at Tortuga, iii. 7 Hotham, Admiral, i. 7 Hovellers: at the Goodwin Sands, ii. 199; hovelling _v._ wrecking, 245; services of hovellers, _ib._; hovellers associated with wreckers, 247; dangers of the hoveller’s life, 249; wreck of the “Woolpacket,” 251 Howard of Effingham, Lord: defeat of the Spanish Armada, i. 284 Howe, Admiral Lord: mutiny at Spithead, i. 250, 251 “Huascar” and “Shah”: action between them, i. 26 Hubner, Baron: the passage from San Francisco to Japan, iv. 35–37; Yokohama, 40 Hudson, Henry: his Polar voyages, iii. 144, 146; mutiny, cast adrift and lost, 147, 148; Hudson River, Bay and Strait, iii. 144, 146 Hudson River, i. 195; iii. 144; its discovery, 146 Hudson’s Bay Company and the Californian currency, i. 165, 167; iii. 151, 154; the search for Franklin, 207 Huer, or watcher, in pilchard fishing, iv. 173 Hull, E. W.: his device for saving life at the wreck of the “Killarney,” ii. 315 Hummocks in the Polar Seas, iii. 97, 137, 181 Hunt, Mr. Ward: on the loss of the _Vanguard_, i. 67 Hurricanes, iv. 95 Hydrozoa, iv. 115 Hyères, naval fight off, i. 7

Ice in the Polar Seas, iii. 99–114, 125, 133; formation of “young ice,” 172; old and young ice, 172, 182, 200, 260; “the edge of the pack,” 180; cutting ice docks, 208; ice mountains, 209; hummocks, 181; Back’s account of the growth of ice, 200 Ice and snow on American railways, iv. 21, 28 Ice. (_See_ Antarctic ice.) Icebergs, i. 35; iii. 149, 155, 162, 166, 170, 197, 201, 218, 264, 265, 277; an iceberg breaking up, iii. 129, 133; narrow escape of Dr. Kane in the “Advance,” iii. 234 Icelandic explorers of the Arctic regions, iii. 16 Ice Point and Ice Haven, Nova Zembla, iii. 139, 142 “Impératrice:” chest of gold recovered by divers, iv. 86 Inaccessible Island: rescue of two voluntary Crusoes, i. 39 Ince, Henry: the sea serpent, iv. 185 Inchcape Rock: bell signal, ii. 173; lighthouse, 173–176 Indiana, iv. 14 _ Inflexible_, turret ship: its cost, i. 231; ii. 144 Infusoria: their propagation, iv. 113 Ingram: his escape from the _Royal George_, i. 61 Inman line of steam‐ships, ii. 111 “Inverness,” plundered by wreckers, ii. 241, 244 _ Investigator_: search for Franklin, iii. 211–213; the ship abandoned, 214 Ipswich, iv. 247 Irish moss or Carrageen, iv. 202 Iron and wooden ships, i. 9, 13, 84, 138–146 Ironclad war ships, i. 13, 14, 18, 19, 26, 27, 54; their cost, 59, 66, 83, 231; ii. 148; _ Iron Duke_ and _Vanguard_, i. 63–66; circular ironclads, ii. 148; rams, 155; turret ships. (_See_ Monitors.) Iron steamers introduced, ii. 99, 102 _ Iron Duke_: loss of the _Vanguard_, i. 63–66 Irons’s “Settler’s Guide to the Cape of Good Hope,” i. 210 Isabella of Spain: Gibraltar surrendered to, i. 92. (_See_ Ferdinand and Isabella.) Island of Desolation, iii. 279 Islands of the Pacific: Map, i. 245 Isle of Wight, iv. 227 Ismaïlia, on the line of the Suez Canal, i. 110, 114 Isthmus of Panama, Drake at the, i. 303 Ivigtut: visit of the “Pandora,” iii. 95 Ivory, fossil, iii. 162

Jamaica: views in, i. 180, 181; Kingston town and harbour, 183; sugar plantations, 183; Blue Mountain Peak, _ib._; treasure taken by the pirate Morgan sent there, iii. 50; the island discovered by Columbus, 94 James II.’s Navy, i. 232; ii. 22 James, Sir Henry: on the loss of the _Vanguard_, i. 67 James Town, St. Helena, i. 212 Japan: i. 127–131; customs and costumes, 130; election and revenue of the Tycoon, _ib._; Fusiyama Mountain, 129, 131; a tea mart, 133; Yokohama, iv. 40; a Japanese dinner, 42 Java, i. 144 Jelly‐fish, iv. 116, 147 Jennings, Captain Henry: a bucanier, iii. 3 Jersey City, New York, i. 195 Jervis, Sir John: battle of St. Vincent, i. 7, 9 Jessop, Josias: Smeaton’s assistant at the Eddystone Lighthouse, ii. 165, 166 “Jesus:” Sir John Hawkins’ ship; the slave trade, i. 299 Jiddah, i. 117; view from the sea, _ib._ John, King: his fleet, i. 271 John, King of Portugal: his patronage of Bartholomew Diaz, iii. 281 Johns, Rev. C. A.: “The Loss of the Amazon,” ii. 278, 288; smuggling on the Cornish coast, iv. 210; search for treasure trove, 222 Johnson, Dr.: on the perils of the sea, i. 42 Jones, Lance‐corporal: his diving exploits, iv. 88 Jones, Paul, the privateer, iii. 71–78; portrait, 77 Juan Fernandez: Robinson Crusoe’s island, i. 33, 36; ii. 50 “Judith,” Sir John Hawkins’s ship, i. 299, 302 Junks, Chinese, i. 147–149

Kalosh Indians in Alaska, i. 169, 170 Kalutunah, an Esquimaux, iii. 242; portrait, 245 Kamchatka, Kamtschatka: i. 131, 135, 137; orthography of the word, iii. 160; Russian expedition to, 160, 162 Kanakas, as sailors, i. 43 Kane, Dr.: his expedition in search of Franklin, iii. 230–254; portrait, 236 Kangaroos, i. 151 “Keels” on the Tyne, i. 263 Kellett, Captain: search for Franklin in the _Herald_, iii. 207, 211; “Fox” expedition in search of Franklin, iii. 216 Kempenfelt, Admiral: lost in the _Royal George_, i. 60 “Kent,” East Indiaman, burning of the, i. 64–74 Kentish Knock Light‐ship, ii. 273, 274 Kerguelen’s discoveries in the Southern hemisphere, iii. 277 Kerguelen’s Land, i. 34 Kidd, Captain Robert, the pirate, iii. 56–59; his trial and execution, 58, 59 “Killarney,” Wreck of the, ii. 304–317; rescue of survivors, 316 King, Governor: his description of Australia, i. 153 King crabs, iv. 152 Kingman, Captain: phosphorescence of the sea, iv. 97 Kingsley, Charles: on sailors; Amyas Leigh, i. 43; Trinidad, Jamaica, Havana, 180, 182, 185, 186; his “Three Fishers,” iv. 299 Kingston Harbour, Jamaica, i. 181, 183; the Palisades; Port Royal; town of Kingston, i. 183 Kitchiner, Dr., on oysters, iv. 133 Knight, John: attempt to discover the north‐west passage, iii. 143; remnants of his expedition, 145, 153 Knights of St. John of Malta, i. 98, 99, 101, 103 Knights Templars, i. 101 Knock Sands, ii. 254 Knowles, Captain, lost in the “Northfleet”: his bravery, ii. 263–267 Knysna, Cape of Good Hope, i. 208, 209 Koldewey, Captain: Arctic expeditions; the “Germania” and “Hansa,”