Index 



427 



Monaco, Prince of, 208 



Monarch of the Deep, the, 10 

 Moon, action of, upon fish, 263 

 Morse, the. See Walrus. 

 Mother Carey's Chicken, 351, 



368, 375 

 Mullet, New Zealand, 327 

 Musk, universality of, 371 

 Musk-rat's tail, scent of, 371 

 Myrmecophagus, jy 

 Mysticetus, the, 39-50 



Narborough, Sir J., 398 



Narwhals, 67, 70 



Nature, 174 



Nelson, Peter, 167 



Nets, fishing, 303 



New Zealand, salmon and trout 



taken to, 321 

 Newfoundland Banks, the, 64, 



279 



cod fishery of, 285 

 North Pole, the, 40 

 Norwegian whalers, 62 

 Nova Scotia, 279 



Oar-fish, 152 



Ocean depths, life at, 147 



Octopoda, 128 



Octopus, the, 127-145 

 description of, 128, 130 

 adventure with, 128 

 size of, 131 

 sucking discs of, 131 



Orca, 67 



Or ca gladiator, 43 



Orkney, fossil in, 180 



Oudemans, Professor, on sea- 

 serpents, 168-171 



Owen, Professor, on sea-ser- 

 pents, 176 



Pajaro nino, 399 



Palmer, Mr., on frigate birds, 



405 

 ' Pauline,' the, 173 

 Paulinus, 137 

 Pelicanoides, 156 

 Penguins, 395 



description of, 397, 398 



Penguin s — {conttnned) 



life of, 398 



range of, 399 



food of, 401 

 Pennant, 373 

 Pertdes, quoted, 68 

 Petrels, the, 368-385 

 Phaeton etherius, 356-358 

 Pilchard, 297 



numbers of, 298 



taste of, 296 



trade in, 299 

 Pilot fish, 100-103 

 Pintado Petrel, 350 

 Piscau del Diablo, 98 

 Plesiosaurus, 177 

 Pliny, 123, 136 

 Polar Bear, the, 81 

 Polar Sea, the, 39 

 Pollock, 275, 289 

 Pomfret, 272 



Pontoppidan, Bishop, on Cepha- 

 lopoda, 137 



on sea-serpents, 169 

 Porpoise, the, 66, 67 



speed of, 68 



oil of, 70 

 Port Chalmers, fishing for cod 



at, 287 

 ' Princess Alice,' 208 

 Pristis, 98, 107 

 Procellaria, 355, 375 

 Procellaria pelagica, 369 

 Pygmy, Penguin, 398 



Raiiae, 98, no 

 Rays, 112 

 Red Gurnard, 235 

 Red Sea, the, 20 

 Regalecus, 152 

 Reingelder, 403 

 Remorae, 44, 103, 108 



used as fishers, 123 



true place of, 251 

 Rhinodon typicus, 109 

 Rhytina, 73 

 Right Whale, 39-50 



size of, 40 



blubber of, 40 



spermaceti, 40 



