624 INDEX. 
TRA 
Transparency of the sea-—continued. 
— — — — in the Caribbean, 21 
Trepang, or Biche de Mer, 340 
— mode of curing, 340 
— the fishery in the Feejee Islands, 342 
Tridacna, the gigantic, 314 
Trigger-fish, 233 
Trilobites, 436 
Trunk-fish, 232 
Tubiporide, 370 
Tubulibranchiata, 292 
Tunicata, 316, 321 
Tunny, the, 221 
— stripe-bellied, 224 
Turbot, the, 236, 237 
Turn-stone bird, 144 
Turtles, 173 
--- catching turtles in the island of St. 
Thomas, 172 
Tynemouth Castle, destruction of the 
coast near, 29 
Typhoons, causes of, 68 
Tyrian dye, 446 
LV A, 391 
Unicorn-fish, or narwhal, 106 
Urasters, 334 
Urdaneta, first reaches Acapulco from 
Manilla, 472 
ANCOUVER’S discoveries, 472 
Van Diemen’s Land, discovery of, 
480 
Vanikoro, island of, 493 
Velelle, the, 353 
Venice, maritime grandeur of, 450 
Verazzani, voyage of, 461 
Vermetus, 291 
Virgularia mirabilis, 365 
Vogtia pentacantha, 353 
Wi. Cape Prince of, discovery 
of, 491 
Wallis, his maritime discoveries, 483 
Walrus, or morse, 117, 129, 135 
— anecdote of a fight with, 130 
— ivory of the, 132 
Walton, his mussel-beds in France, 307 
ZOS 
Water-snakes, 183 
Water-spouts, causes of, 68 
Waves of the ocean, 24 
— wave-motion as distinct frem water 
motion, 25 
— height and velocity of storm-waves, 
26-28 
— Homer's picture of the breaking of 
the waves against the shore, 26 
— Scoresby on the height of waves in 
the open sea, 27 
— force and height of the waves on 
rocky coasts, 28 
— instances of the destructive action of 
the tidal waves on coast-lines, 28-31 
Weddell, Captain, his voyages, 509 
Weevers, 204 
Wellington Channel, discovery of, 500 
Wentle-trap, Chinese, 289 
Whalebone, 96 
Whale-fishery, history of the, 109 
Whales. Sve Cetaceans 
Whielks, 292 
Wilkes, Captain, on the height of waves, 
28 
Wilkes, his explorations, 509 
Willoughby, Sir Hugh, his unfortunate 
arctic voyage, 474 
Winds, origin of, 66 
— trade-winds, 67 
— calms, or doldrums, 67 
— monsoons, 68 
— typhoons, tornadoes, &c., 68 
— water-spouts, 68 
Wing-shells, 304 
Winstanley, Mr., his lighthouse on the 
Eddystone rocks, 81 
Winter Harbour, discovery of, 500 
Wolf-fish, 197 
Wolstenholme Sound, elevation of the 
coast at, 10 
Worm-shell, 291 
Bacar ae wearing away of the 
coast of, 29 
Yueatan, first exploration of, 461 
UA aoa marina, 391 
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