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Turtle — {continued) 

 fecundity of, 122 

 as food, 123 

 hunting for, 123 

 vitality of, 125 



' Up a Waterspout,' 166 



Vau Vau, 109 



Walrus, the, 77-82 



description of, 77, 79 



food of, 79 



stomach of, 79 



brain of, 80 



parental love, 80 



foes of, 81 



hunting for, 81 



decreasing numbers of, 8 1 

 Weddell, Captain, 49 

 West Indies, the Barracouta at, 



310 

 ' West York,' 225 

 'Western Belle,' story of, 359 

 Westminster Gazette, 166 

 Whale Birds, 351 



description of, 352 



range of, 35s 



Whale, the, .monarch of the 

 deep, 10 



Whale, Bottle-nose, 66 



Whale, Humpback, 45, 51-58 



Whale, Killer, 43 



Whale, the Right, 39-50 



Whale, Rorquals, 59-72 



Whale, Sperm, autobiography of 

 13-38 



Whale, White, 66 



Whale fishery, 46-48, 54-56, 62-64 



Whalebone, 42 



White Seal, 9, 10, 73 



White Whale, 66, 67, 70 



Whitebait, 305 



Whiting, 275, 289 



Wilson, Dr. A., 173, 174 



'Wm. V. Hutcliings,' 159 



Wyman, Professor, on sea- 

 serpents, 172 



Xiphias, the foe of right whales, 

 44, 107, 263-272 



Yarmouth herring fishery, 294 

 Yates, 403, 404 

 Yellow-tail, 327 



Zeuglodon, 169 



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