GENEBAL INDEX. 



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Leigh, Amyas, the hero of Kingsley's "Westward Ho!" 

 i. 43 



Leutze, Herr : his co-operation with M. de Lesseps, i. Ill 



Lesseps, F. M. de : the Suez Canal, i. 107 



Letters of Marque, i. 270 ; iii. 2 



Lewis, Richard : " The Life-boat and its Work," ii. 210 



Lewson, Admiral Sir Eichard, ii. 19 



Liessou, M. : his co-operation with M. de Lesseps in the Suez 

 Canal, i. 110 



Life saved from shipwrecks ; statistics, ii. 320 ; iv. 262, 267 



Lifeboat, The, ii. 209 235 ; its origin and history, 210 ; Lionel 

 Lukin, ib.; Wouldhave and Greathead, ib.; George IV., ib.; 

 Duke of Northumberland, 211 ; Viscount Stratford de Red- 

 cliife, ib.; National Life-boat Institution, ib.; Sir William 

 Hillary, 212; saving life on the "St. George," 213; "self- 

 righting," 214; "Aid," steam-tug, Ramsgate, 215234; 

 "Ann," loss of a lifeboat, 212, 216 ; " Samaritano " 

 wrecked ; saving of life, 217 223; loss of a Portuguese brig. 

 225 228 ; lifeboat and carriage, 217 ; group of lifeboat 

 men, 229; " Provideutia, " 230 236; at Penzauce, iv. 219; 

 at Padstow, 221 ; Deal, 242 



Lighthouse, The, and its history, ii. 156 ; Pharos of Alexandria, 

 158; Roman Pharos, Dover, ib.; Tower of Cordouan, 157; 

 the Eddystoue, its history and construction, 156, 159 171 ; 

 lighthouses of the British Channel, 171; the "Bell Rock" 

 lighthouse on the Inchcape Rock, 173 ; lighthouse on the 

 Skerryvore Rocks, 175 178 ; lighthouse of Hehaux, Brittany, 

 178 181 ; lighthouses on land ; Maplin Sands light, 182 ; 

 Port Fleetwood, ib. ; iron lighthouses, ib.; the lanterns, 183, 

 187; tallow candles, ib.; coal fires, ib. ; Argand burner, 184 ; 

 reflectors, ib.; electric light at sea, 185 ; flashing, revolving, 

 and coloured lights, 184, 186 ; lanterns obscured by moths, 

 bees, and birds, 187 ; St. Anthony's Point, Falmouth, iv. 

 222 ; Bishop Rock Lighthouse, ii. 269, 270 ; Lizard light, iv. 

 208; Wolf lighthouse, 210 



Light -vessel on the Goodwin Sands, iv. 244 



Lir/htninff, Scientific cruise of the, i. 30 



Lima, i. 172 ; Sir F. Drake at, 310 



Limpets, iv. 40. 



Lindsay, W. S., his "History of Merchant Shipping," i. 3, 

 266; ii. 11, 14, 99, 117, 119; iv. 10 



Lisbon, view in the 16th century, iii. 281 



Liverpool: statistics of shipping, ii. 198; "Liverpool," tug- 

 boat at the wreck of the " Deutschland, " ii. 273, 274 



Livingston, Eobert R. : his association with Fulton ; early 

 steam vessels, ii. 9093 ; " Clermont," 93 



Living wonders of the ocean, iv. 160 



Lizard Rock and Lizard Light, iv. 208. 223 ; shipwreck, 224 



Lloyd's: classification of ships, ii. 123; interior and exterior 

 of Lloyd's, 124, 125 ; history of Lloyd's, 125, 126 ; Under- 

 writer's room, 128 



Lobsters, iv. 151, 154, 157 



Lobster fishing, iv. 156 



Lobster, blind, from the Atlantic, i. 31, 32 



"Locker," the word; "Davy Jones's Locker audits Trea- 

 sures ; " pearls, corals, sponges, diving, iv. 66 90 



Loggaii Stone, iv. 208 



Lolonois, Francis, the Pirate, iii. 1628 



London: statistics of shipping, ii. 198; Great Storm of 1703, 

 207 



"London," swamped at sea, ii. 289 297 



Longfellow's " Wreck of the Hesperus," iv. 299, 300 



Longitude, first taken by observation of heavenly bodies, iii. 

 149 



Longwood, St. Helena, residence of Napoleon, i. 213 



Looe, Cornwall, iv. 212 ; Looe Island, 214 



Lord, Major, on lobsters, iv. 151, 155 



Lord Warden, i. 59. 



Lost at Sea : ships never heard of, iv. 283 



Low, Captain Edward, a ferocious pirate, iii. 71 



Lucas, Captain of -the Redoubtable at Trafalgar, i. 10, 11. 



Lunar halo, iii. 221. 



Lyon, Capt. : Arctic exploration, iii. 175, 176; extreme danger 

 of the Griper, his prayers for preservation, 177 



Macao, i. 121 



Macartney, Lord : suppression of mutiny at the Cape, i. 256 

 MacClean, Mr., C. E., his co-operation in the Suez Canal, i. 110 

 McClintock, Sir F. Leopold : the " Fox " expedition in search of 

 Franklin, iii. 216 ; relics of Franklin obtained from Esqui- 

 maux, 227 ; portrait, 224 



160 



MacGahan, J. A., of the New York Herald: his account of 

 the cruise of the "Pandora," iii. 92 



MacGregor, Lt. -General Sir Duncan, K.C.B., burning of the 

 "Kent," i. 68, 69,71 



Mackay's "Popular Delusions " : the South Sea Bubble, ii. 43 



Mackerel and Mackerel Fishing, iv. 176 



Maclure, Capt. : Search for Sir John Franklin in the In- 

 vestigator, iii. 211 ; North-west passage found, 212 ; portrait, 

 213 



Macquarie, Governor : on the population of Australia, i. 153 



McQuhae, Capt., his account of the sea-serpent, iv. 186 



Madagascar, English pirates at, iii. 62 



" Madre de Dios," taken by the Earl of Cumberland, i. 293 



Madrepores, iv. 122, 124 



Magdaleua Bay, Spitzbergen, iii. 166, 167 



Magellan, Ferdinand de : discovery of Magellan's Straits, iii. 

 316; of the Philippine Islands, 317; battle with Indians, 

 Magellan killed, iO. 



Magnetic Pole discovered by Sir James Eoss, iii. 187 



Mahoney, Gunner, his swim across the Hellespont, iv. 258 



Major, R. H., F.S.A. Arctic exploration by the brothers Zeni, 

 iii. 47 



Malacca, Islands in the Straits, i. 129 ; view in the Straits, 145- 



Malay population of the Cape of Good Hope, i. 206 



Malay prahus, i. 149 



Malay sailors, i. 43 



Malta, i. 96, 98 ; view, 96 ; Valetta, 98 ; climate, fruits, inhabi- 

 tants, 99; buildings, history of the island, ii.; defended by 

 the Knights of St. John, 100; catacombs at Citta Vecchia, 

 101, 103; Maltese cross, ib.; sieges, 102; taken by Napoleon, 

 ib.: won by England, ib.; scene of St. Paul's shipwreck, 103 ; 

 garrison, 104 



Mammoth : Bones of the, fossil ivory, iii. 162 



Mangosteen, the apple of the East, i. 150 



Mansvelt, the pirate, iii. 30 



Manure ships, ii. 122 



Maories of New Zealand, iv. 51, 52 



Maplin Sands lighthouse, ii. 182 



Maracaibo: Lolonois the pirate at, iii. 19; the town attacked, 

 21, 22, 24; taken by the pirate Morgan, 37 ; letter from the 

 Spanish admiral, iii. 39 ; fire ship, 40 ; Morgan's escape, 

 43, 44 



Margate life-boats, ii. 254, 255 



Marigold, Drake's vessel, lost, i. 308 



Marine artillery. (See Artillery) 



Markham, Commander, A. H. : Alert and Discovery expedition, 

 iii. 92, 102, 107, 108, 110 



Marquesite, supposed to contain gold, iii. 125, 126 



Marryat, Captain, on sailors, i. 42, 44 ; ceremonies on crossing 

 the line, 230 ; old war ships, 215 



Marshall : his discovery of gold in California, i. 158 



Martin, Frederick: "History of Lloyd's and Marine In- 

 surance," ii. 126 



Martin, John Bohun, Captain, lost in the "Loudon,"ii. 291 29 



Martinique : the Diamond Rock; the Centaur, i. 161, 187 



Masquerade on board the Terror, iii. 200 



Matamana, Cuba ; Lolonois the pirate at, iii. 25 



Matavia Bay : mutiny of the Hot/nty, i. 244 



Mauna Kea, a Japanese volcano, iv. 47, 49 



Mauna Loa, a Japanese volcano, iv. 47 



Maxwell, Sir Murray, captain of the Alceste ; wreck of the 

 ship, i. 82 



May, gunner of the Captain ; his escape, i. 57, 58 



" Medical Life in the Navy," by Dr. Stables, i. 220 



Medina Sidonia, Duke of, commander of the Spanish Armada . 

 i. 288 



Mediterranean: Eound the World in a Man-of-war, i. 87 214 

 " The Mediterranean," byRear- Admiral Smyth, ib. ; ancient 

 and modern names of the Mediterranean, ib., 88; history 

 and description of Gibraltar, 88 ; saltness of the water, 97 ; 

 gales and storms, 104 



Medusae, iv. 116, 195 



"Medusa," Wreck of the, i. 75; the raft, 76, 77, 78 ; starvation 

 and illusions of the sufferers, 79 ; combats, cannibalism, and 

 murder, 80, 81 ; Gericault's painting of the raft, 81 



Mehemet Ali and M. de Lesseps, i. 108 



Melbourne, South Australia, i. 155 ; iv. 53, 54 



Melville Bay, iii. 97 ; view of Cape York, iii. 228 



Menai Straits, ii. 300 



Mendoza, Don Fernando de : his ship, " Madre de Dios," takea. 

 by the Earl of Cumberland, i. 293 



