CONTENTS XI 



Chapter IV. The Great Mirror.— Solomon's Brazen 

 Sea — Roundness of the sea circle — Ship the center of 

 circle — Rise-up of the horizon — Bowls of blue — Sea 

 illusions — Limitless space — The two blues — Color as 

 known to the ancients — The sea mirror^The darker 

 image — Shadows on water — Reflections in ruffled seas — 

 The sea under cloud light — Reflections in shadowed 

 spaces — Light and color from sky — Sunset in the water 

 — Muddy waters as reflectors — Effect of temperature 

 on color — Color at poles and tropics — The opal sea — 

 Silver grays and twilight purples — ^The Mediterranean 

 — The Dalmatian coast — At Spalato and Ragusa — 

 Opalescent air and sea — Sea in early morning on Gulf 

 of Corinth — Mount Parnassus — ^In the Cyclades — Sap- 

 phire waters — Opal seas in many latitudes — Coast of 

 Mexico — Cold colors in tropics — Quality of light — Dif- 

 ferent tones — Dawn at sea — Spread of light — On ruffled 

 seas — Coloring of sea at mid-day — Sunset colorings in 

 water — Eastward lying waters at sunset — Moonlight 

 on sea — The Angelus hour — The Angels Pathway — Our 

 place in nature — Starlight on the sea— Guiding stars 

 — Dark windless nights — ^The Blue Bowl 70 



Chapter V. Ocean Plains. — Continuity of the sea 

 — Its endvirance— The Pacific from Mexico — Southern 

 Ocean — Unexplored waters — Looking seaward from 

 Mexican highlands — Ocean swells and their movements 

 — Glassy surfaces — Region of Trade Winds — Surface 

 movements — Modern ships and sea travel — The ship's 

 furrow — Whiteness of foam — Crests of foam— Colored 

 crests — Wave crests at night — Flung spray — Rainbows 

 — The ship's wake and its silver light — Phosphorescent 

 light — Fields of animalculoe — St. Elmo's Light — Sea 

 mirage— Fata morgana — The ship in the air— EfiVcls 



