Earth, the, 8ff; atmosphere, 8, 15; for- 

 mation of, 8; geological investigation 

 of, 10; rotation of, as affecting cur- 

 rents, 183; thickness of crust of, 194; 

 water distribution of on, 8, 9 



East Anglla, coasts of, 228 



East Caroline Basin, 180 



East China Sea, 7, 180 



Easter I., 41,42 



Eastern Indian Antarctic Basin, (Knox 

 Basin), 186 



East Indies, submarine mountain chain, 

 134 



East Jan Mayen Ridge, 184 



East Siberian Sea, 61, 71, 184 



Eauripik - New Guinea Rise, 180 



Ebro, R., 21, 130, 197 



Echinodermata, 84-6 



Echo ranging, 192 



Echo sounding, 177, 178, 192 



"Edge of the Sea," (C.A.M. King), 224-33 



Edwards, Hugh, 158-9 



Eels, 77-81 ; analogy with sponges, 81 ; 

 area of origin of, 78; Aristotle and, 

 78-9; coasts where adults found, 78; 

 hatching of, 78; Johannes Schmidt's 

 work on, 78; migration of, 77, 78; 

 positions of larvae at various stages, 

 78; positions of grown larvae, 78 



Egypt, old coast lines of, 131 



Egyptian ships, 128, 132; route to Punt 

 and Ophir, 131; sphere of influence, 

 130 



Egyptians, as inventors of sail, 132 



Eilat, see Ezion Gebir 



Elba I., Comet crash, 1954, 160 



Elbe, R., 21, 130 



"Elie Monnier," sloop, 162 



Ellesmere I., 50 



Ellis, Capt. Henry, sea temperature read- 

 ings by, 1749, 178 



Ellis, John, on sponges, 81 



Emperor Seamounts, 180 



Emporiae, 130, 138 



Ems, R., tidal bore in, 220 



"Endeavour," H.M.S., 37^0 



"Endeavour," Sir W. Parry, 1824, 47 



"Endless Search, The," (G.E.R. Deacon), 

 174-89 



Energy, the sea as a source of, 240-1 



English Channel, 11, 98-9, 176, 197; 

 currents in, 202; fisheries of, 210 



"Enterprise," Sir W. Parry, 1824, 47 



Epaminondas, 124 



Ephesus, 139 



Epidaurus 126, 138, 171 



Eratosthenes, 22 



"Erebus," H.M.S.,49ff, 177; collision with 

 Terror, 52-3; engined for Franklin's 

 expedition, 53 



Erebus, Mount, 51, 55 



Eric the Red, 19 



Erithrlum, 139, 158 



Eros, statue of, 162 



Erosion, effects on the sea bed, 195-6 



Eskimo navigators, 18 



Essex floods, 1953, 228 



Estuaries, comparatively fresh water in, 



182; tides in, 219 

 Etruria, 129, 164 

 Euphausians, (krill), 110 

 Euphrates, R., 12, 131 

 Europe, 29, 78, 189 

 Eustatic change, 124 

 Everest, Mt., 10 

 Exmouth Rise, 180, 187 

 Ezion Gebir, 128, 139 



Fadlus family, merchants, 145 



Faeroe Is., 60, 79 



Faleiro, Ruy, 27, 30 



Falkland Is,, 53, 55 



Farewell, Cape, 57 



Farming methods as applied to fishing, 

 237 



Fauna, the sampling of deep-sea, 177 



Fazio, Guiseppe de, 140, 143 



Fenland, 231 



Fens, The, 231 



Fertility, of the sea, 234-6, 244, 245; effect 

 of ocean currents on, 210 



Fertilizers, as applied to the sea, 237 



Fiji I., 116, 117 



Finisterre, Cape, 21, 197 



Finland, Gulf of, 21 



Firs, sea, (Hydroids), 83, 



Fish, 77; age of, as told by scales and 

 otoliths, 104; electrical methods of 

 catching, 237; electronic methods of 

 finding, 237; farming methods applied 

 to, 237; movements of, 98-107; ... 

 ponds, 237; raising combined with 

 rice crops, 238; tied to temperature, 

 98 



Fisheries, few in Southern Hemisphere, 

 237; rich in regions of upwelling, 210; 

 ways of carrying on, 102 



Fishing, comparison with agriculture as 

 a food raising method, 237; cormo- 

 rants, use of in, 102; detection me- 

 thods, 102; techniques, 102 



Fitzroy, Admiral, 185 



Fjords, comparatively fresh water in, 182 



Flamborough Head, 229, 231 ; chalk cliffs 

 of, 231 



Fleas, water, 88 



Flemming, N.C, author, 124-171 



Floods of 1953, East Coast, 228 



Flood traditions, 14 



Flood warning service, 222 



"Floor of the Sea," (A.S. Laughton), 

 190-201 



Florida, 80 



Food, the sea as a source of, 234 



Forbes, Edward, naturalist, 114-5 



Forchammer, Prof. G., 182 



Fort Carlisle, Port Royal, 147 



Fort James, Port Royal, 147ff 



Fossae Marinas, see Fos-sur-Mer 



Fossils, 10, 14 



Fos-sur-Mer, 126, 138, 144-5 



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