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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._; George IV., _ib._; Duke of Northumberland, 211; Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, _ib._; National Life‐boat Institution, _ib._; Sir William Hillary, 212; saving life on the “St. George,” 213; “self‐righting,” 214; “Aid,” steam‐tug, Ramsgate, 215–234; “Ann,” loss of a lifeboat, 212, 216; “Samaritano” wrecked; saving of life, 217–223; loss of a Portuguese brig, 225–228; lifeboat and carriage, 217; group of lifeboat men, 229; “Providentia,” 230–236; at Penzance, iv. 219; at Padstow, 221; Deal, 242 Lighthouse, The, and its history, ii. 156; Pharos of Alexandria, 158; Roman Pharos, Dover, _ib._; Tower of Cordouan, 157; the Eddystone, its history and construction, 156, 159–171; lighthouses of the British Channel, 171; the “Bell Rock” lighthouse on the Inchcape Rock, 173; lighthouse on the Skerryvore Rocks, 175–178; lighthouse of Héhaux, Brittany, 178–181; lighthouses on land; Maplin Sands light, 182; Port Fleetwood, _ib._; iron lighthouses, _ib._; the lanterns, 183, 187; tallow candles, _ib._; coal fires, _ib._; Argand burner, 184; reflectors, _ib._; electric light at sea, 185; flashing, revolving, and coloured lights, 184, 186; lanterns obscured by moths, bees, and birds, 187; St. Anthony’s Point, Falmouth, iv. 222; Bishop Rock Lighthouse, ii. 269, 270; Lizard light, iv. 208; Wolf lighthouse, 210 Light vessel on the Goodwin Sands, iv. 244 _ Lightning_, Scientific cruise of the, i. 30 Lima, i. 172; Sir F. Drake at, 310 Limpets, iv. 40 Lindsay, W. S., his “History of Merchant Shipping,” i. 3, 266; ii. 11, 14, 99, 117, 119; iv. 10 Lisbon, view in the 16th century, iii. 281 Liverpool: statistics of shipping, ii. 198; “Liverpool,” tugboat at the wreck of the “Deutschland,” ii. 273, 274 Livingston, Robert R.: his association with Fulton; early steam vessels, ii. 90–93; “Clermont,” 93 Living wonders of the ocean, iv. 160 Lizard Rock and Lizard Light, iv. 208, 223; shipwreck, 224 Lloyd’s: classification of ships, ii. 123; interior and exterior of Lloyd’s, 124, 125; history of Lloyd’s, 125, 126; Underwriter’s room, 128 Lobsters, iv. 151, 154, 157 Lobster fishing, iv. 156 Lobster, blind, from the Atlantic, i. 31, 32 “Locker,” the word; “Davy Jones’s Locker and its Treasures;” pearls, corals, sponges, diving, iv. 66–90 Loggan Stone, iv. 208 Lolonois, Francis, the Pirate, iii. 16–28 London: statistics of shipping, ii. 198; Great Storm of 1703, 207 “London,” swamped at sea, ii. 289–297 Longfellow’s “Wreck of the Hesperus,” iv. 299, 300 Longitude, first taken by observation of heavenly bodies, iii. 149 Longwood, St. Helena, residence of Napoleon, i. 213 Looe, Cornwall, iv. 212; Looe Island, 214 Lord, Major, on lobsters, iv. 151, 155 _ Lord Warden_, i. 59 Lost at Sea: ships never heard of, iv. 283 Low, Captain Edward, a ferocious pirate, iii. 71 Lucas, Captain of the _Redoubtable_ at Trafalgar, i. 10, 11 Lunar halo, iii. 221 Lyon, Capt.: Arctic exploration, iii. 175, 176; extreme danger of the _Griper_, his prayers for preservation, 177

Macao, i. 121 Macartney, Lord: suppression of mutiny at the Cape, i. 256 MacClean, Mr., C. E., his co‐operation in the Suez Canal, i. 110 McClintock, Sir F. Leopold: the “Fox” expedition in search of Franklin, iii. 216; relics of Franklin obtained from Esquimaux, 227; portrait, 224 MacGahan, J. A., of the _New York Herald_: his account of the cruise of the “Pandora,” iii. 92 MacGregor, Lt.‐General Sir Duncan, K.C.B., burning of the “Kent,” i. 68, 69, 71 Mackay’s “Popular Delusions”: the South Sea Bubble, ii. 43 Mackerel and Mackerel Fishing, iv. 176 Maclure, Capt.: Search for Sir John Franklin in the _Investigator_,