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INDEX. 



of its colour accounted for, i. 177— 

 Immense number of Medusa dis- 

 covered in, i. 179 — Its transparen- 

 cy, i. 181 — Specilic gravity, i. 

 181 — Saline contents, i. 182 — 

 Table of specific gravity, ib — Tem- 

 perature of, at great depths, i. ISl 

 — Table of temperature, &c. i. 187 

 — Depth, i. 188 — Suggestions for 

 obtaining soundings in deep seas, i, 

 190 — Pressure at great depths, sin- 

 gular effects of, i. 191, 203, and ii. 

 249 — Experiments on the impreg- 

 nation of wood with sea-water by 

 pressure, i. 193 — Tables of effects 

 produced, i. 195, 200 — Currents in, 

 i. 204' — Difficulties of detei-mining, 

 i. 20.5— Some effects of, i. 207— 

 Illustrations of currents, i. 212 — Its 

 waves, 1. 217 — Its colour useful to 

 whale-fishers, ii. 336 



Sea-horse, description of, i. 502 — Fish- 

 ery for, i. 505 — Practised in the 9th 

 century, ii. 7 



Seals, account of, i. 508 — Uses of, i. 

 510 — ^Fishery for, i. 512 — Dangers 

 of the seal fishery, i. 513 — Dreadful 

 catastro^ihe, i. 514 



Seamen belonging whale-ships protect- 

 ed from the impress, ii. 85 



Sepia, food of narwals, i. 544 



Serpula, notice of, i. 551 



Shark, Greenland, description of, i. 538 

 — Singular appendage to the eye of, 

 i. 539 



Shetland, bank to the westward of, dis- 

 covered, ii. 372 — Lighthouses to be 

 erected on, ii. 373 — Dangerous tides 

 near, ii. 374 



Ships, destruction among, in the seal- 

 fishery, i. 514 — ^Thirty-three lost in 

 a storm near Spitzbergen, ii. 73 



— — Greenland or whale, best size for 

 the fishery, ii. 187 and 506 — Man- 

 ner of strengthening or fortifying, 

 ii. 190 and 508 — Peculiarities of 

 equipment, ii. 196, 203 — Crew re- 

 quired for, ii. 199 — Proceedings of 

 in the outward passage, ii. 1 99, 205 

 — Of navigating homewards, ii. 369 

 — Expences of equipment, ii. 393— 

 Profits of one, ii. 395 — Manner of 

 measuring and Mustering, ii. 512 



Shipwrecks, fatal, in Davis' Strait, ii. 

 394— Thirty. three in one year, ii. 73 



— Of first whale-ships at Spitzber- 

 gen, ii. 21 



Shrimps, account of, i. 541, 542 



Sir Dudley Diggs', Cape, discovered 

 by Baffin, i. 87 



Sir James Lancaster's Sound discover- 

 ed by Baffin, i. 88 



Sir Thomas Smith's Sound discovered 

 by Baffin, ; 'sSS 



SkiEelingers, the aborigines of Winland, 

 i. 65 



Smeerenberg, Spitzbergen, founded by 

 the Dutch, ii. 52 



Snow, remarks on, i. 425 — ^Variety of 

 form, ib, — Red snow, i, 426 — Va- 

 rious modifications of snow, i. 4-77 



— Lamellar crystals, ib Nucleus 



with spines, i. 429 — Spiculae, ib. — 

 Hexagonal pyramids, i. 430 — Spi- 

 culae with lamellar crystals at the 

 ends, ib — State of the atmosphere 

 when difllerent forms occur, i. 433 



Snow-bird, account of, i. 535 



Snow-bunting, notice of, i. 537 



Society of Arts, premiums given bj', 

 for shooting whales, ii. 228 



Soundings, hints for obtaining in deep 

 seas, i. 190 — Near Shetland, a guide 

 to the navigator, in determining his 

 position, ii. 371 



South Pole, closest approximation of, 

 i. 317 



South Sea whale-fishery, account of, 

 ii. 529 



South Sea Company, whale-fishery 

 commenced by, ii. 69 — Suffered great 

 loss, ii. 72 — After eight years trial 

 abandoned the trade, ii. 71 



Southampton Island discovered, i. 83 



Specific gravity of sea-water, i, 182 

 — Of ice, i ^^81) — Of whale-oil, ii. 

 408 



Spermaceti whale, fishery of, ii. 533 



Spiritous liquors not useful for resist- 

 ing cold, i. 35 



Spitzbergen, discovered by Barentz, i. 

 80,93 — Description of, i 92~Mouh- 

 tainous country, i. 94 — Mountains, 

 i. 94 — Altitude of some, i. 96 — 

 Their regularity, i. 98 — Danger of 

 climbing them, i. 100 — Deception 

 in their apparent distance, i. 1 1 — 

 Icebergs, i. 107, 109 — Latitudes and 

 longitudes in, i. (73) — Scenery inte- 

 resting, i. 109 — Its bays and sounds, 



