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Fishery — Singular stranding of a Shoal — Mackerel — Cod — Cod-pools 

 — Flat-fishes — Crab — Lobster — Shrimp — Prawn— The Crab and the 

 Baillie — Shelled Mollusca — Improperly called Fishes — Interesting 

 Variations of Structure — Cliffs of Orkney — Sea-bird Catching — Peril- 

 ous Enterprises — Gannets . . . . . .77 



III. THE ARCTIC SEAS. 



The Spirit of Geographical Discovery peculiar to Modern Times — 

 Commercial Enterprise — Whale Fishing — Majesty of Polar Seas — 

 Coast of Spitsbergen — Fine contrasts of Hue — Clearness of Atmosphere 

 — Deceptive Distance of Land — Architectural Regularity of Rocks — 

 The Three Crowns — Ice — Icebergs — Beauty — Vast Size — Varying 

 Forms — Overturning — Sudden Rupture — Process of Formation — Ice 

 Islands — Disruption of One — Marine Ice — Formation — Ice Fields — 

 Irresistible when in Motion — Perpendicular Ice-needles — Continual 

 daylight in Summer — Phenomena of Winter — Aurora — Mock Suns — 

 Fog Bow — Looming — Curious Results — Inversion — Ice-Blink — 

 Effects of Intense Cold — Frost Crystals — Their exceeding Beauty — 

 Snow Stars — Antiseptic Power of Frost — Ship tenanted by a Corpse 

 — Vegetation — Whale — Interesting Peculiarities in its Conformation 

 — Whalebone — Arterial Reservoir of Blood — Blowhole — Windpipe 

 — Eye — Blubber — Reflections on the Goodness of God — Whale Fish- 

 ery — Accidents — Rorqual — Structure of its Mouth — Enemies of the 

 Whales — Arctic Shark — Thresher — Sword-fish — Narwhal — Use of its 

 singular Horn — Torpidity of Mackerel — Sea-Blubber — Arctic Clio — 

 " Green- water" — Microscopic Animalcules — Dissecting Crab . . 115 



IV. THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. 



Form of the Atlantic — Its Bays and Inland Seas — Extent of Coast 

 — Sight of Land — Azores — Picturesque Appearance — Peak of Pico — 

 The Atlantis of the Ancients — Islands swallowed up in Modern Times 

 — Submarine Volcano — Stormy Petrels — A Shoal of Dolphins — Their 

 Gambols — Capture of One — Gulf-weed — Barnacles — Ocean Crabs — 

 Toad-fish — "Calm Latitudes" — Heat of the Sun — Gorgeous Sunsets 

 — Southern Constellations — The Cross — Tropic Fishes — Coryphene 

 — Pursuit of Flying-fish — White Shark — Bad Physiognomy — Fero- 

 city — Teeth — Structure of its Egg — Hammer-Shark — Saw- fish — Cap- 

 ture of One — Horned Ray — Contact of Ships at Sea — A Breeze — 

 The Pilot-fish — Rudder-fish — Sucking-fish — Possible use of its Disk 

 — West India Isles — Their varied Beauty — Mangrove Tree — Green 

 Hue of shallow Water — Deceptive Effect — Bottom of the Sea — Green 

 Turtle — Peculiar Structure of the Heart — Brilliance of the Fishes — 

 Yellow-fin— Market-fish— Hog-fish— Cat-fish— Cow- Whale . .169 



