516 
CTE 
Ctenophora, 358 
Cuba discovered, 459 
— cireumnavigated for the first time, 
461 
Curlew, the, 143 
Currents, ocean, 54 
-— causes of, 54, 55 
— the equatorial stream, 56 
— the Gulf Stream, 57 
— influence of the Gulf Stream, 60 
— the cold Peruvian stream, 62 
— the Japanese stream, 63 
— beneficial influence of the ocean 
currents, 04 
Cushion star-fishes, 335 
Cuttle-fish, 275 
— ova of the, 278 
Cuvier’s classification of fishes, 188 
Cyclobranchiata, 285 
Cyclones, causes of, 68 
Cymospiras, 266 
AMPIER, his maritime discoveries, 
483 
Darien, Gulf of, discovered, 161 
Darwin’s theory of the formation of 
lagoon islands, 375 
Davis, John, his maritime discoveries, 
476 
Depth of the sea, 6 
— of the Atlantic, according to Maury, 7 
— American mode of sounding in deep 
water, 6 
— telegraphic plateau between New- 
foundland and Ireland, 7 
— measurement of depth by the rapi- 
dity of tide-wave, 8 
Dew, formation of, 68 
Diatomacee, 402 
— their importance in reference to the 
existence of animal life in high 
latitudes, 403 
Diaz, Bartholomew, his discovery of the 
Cape of Good Hope, 476 
Diazona violacea, 324 
Diodons, 178 
Diogenes hermit-crab, 254 
Diphyes, 352 
Discovery, maritime, progress of, 441. 
See Maritime Discovery 
Diu, Portuguese settlement of, 462 
Divers, 150 
Docks of London and Liverpool, 91 
Dogfish, 200 
Dolphins, 107 
Donax, 301 
Dory, 242 
Dragon-weever, 204 
Drake, Sir Francis, his discoveries, 4738 
Duck family, 146 
INDEX. 
FAN 
Dugong, 117 
— skeleton of the, 118 
— female dugong of Ceylon, 119 
Dunes, formation of, 5 
Dunwich, destruction of the coast at, 30 
D Urville, Dumont, his discoveries, 39 
Dusky Bay, discovery of, 487 
Dutch, their attempts to discover a 
North-West passage to India, 474,476 
ARTH-RIND, the giant book of the, 
432 
— formation of a solid earth-crust by 
cooling, 432 
Echinus, or sea-urchin, 337 
— mammillated, 338 
— edible, 338 
— dental apparatus of sea-urchins, 339 
Eddystone lighthouse, the, 81 
— Winstanley’s structure, 81 
— Rudyerd’s, 82 
— Smeaton’s, 83 
Edward's Island, Prince, discovery of, 
491 
— Land, 415 
Eel, the common, 225 
— conger, 228 
— the murry, or murena, 229 
Eendragt’s Land, discovery of, 480 
Ejider-duck, 146 
Electric eel, 202 
Endeavour Strait, discovery of, 486 
Enderby Land, discovery of, 509 
English navigation, retrospective view 
of, 459 
— attempts to discover the North-West 
passage, 474 
Enteromorphe, 391 
Kolis coronata, 284 
Hozoon canadense, 381 note 
Equatorial ocean-current, 57 
Equinoctial line crossed for the first 
time, 456 
Erebus, Mount, discovery of, 509 
Eschare, 317 
Espiritu Santo, discovery of the Archi- 
pelago of, 480, 490 
Esquimaux in his kayak, 120 
Euripus, phenomenon produced by the 
tides of the, 44 
Europe, length of coast-line of, 4 
Euryale, warted, 333 
Evaporation, movement of the waters 
through, 65 
Extent of the ocean, 1 
ALKLAND ISLANDS, sea-weeds at, 
396 
' Fan-bearer, 402, 403 
