vin CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER X. Paw 



Webfooted Water-fowl — Distinguishing Characteristics and Gene- 

 ral Remarks — The Flamingo — Pelican — Frigate Pelican — Cor- 

 morant — Soland Goose — The Albatross, 69 



CHAPTER XI. 



The Gull Kind— The Gull— Petrel— Tern— Interesting and pic- 

 turesque Description of the method of catching Sea-fowl, among 

 the stupendous Rocks on some of the Northern Shores — The 

 Penguin, 76 



CHAPTER XII. 



The Goose Kind — The Swan — Goose — Barnacle — Brent-goose — 

 Duck — Manner of taking Ducks, by means of a Decoy — De- 

 scription of the Decoy, and its Management — Curious mode of 

 taking these Birds in China — General Remarks, 79 



PART II.— FISHES. 



CHAPTER I. 



General Remarks on their Structure, Powers, and Faculties — The 

 System of animal Hostility and Prey more fully illustrated, and 

 its compatibility with the Goodness of the Creator demonstrated 

 — General Division of Fishes — The Whale Kind — Greenland 

 Whale — Picturesque Description of the Whale Fishery— Import- 

 ance of this branch of Commerce — The Narwhale — Spermaceti 

 Whale — Grampus — Dolphin, and Porpoise, 07 



CHAPTER II. 



Cartilaginous Fishes — Characteristics — General Remarks — The 

 Shark — Manner of catching the Shark, used by the Europeans 

 — Manner of Fighting and Killing the Shark, practised by the 

 Negroes — The Ray Kind — Sting Ray — Torpedo — Sea Devil — 

 Sea Eagle — Sturgeon — Fishing Frog — Sea Porcupine, ... 97 



CHAPTER III. 



Fishes of the Spinous Kind — Characteristics — General Remarks 

 — Classification of Linnaeus — 1st. Apodes — The Common Eel 

 — Conger Eel — Electrical Eel — 2d. Jugulares — The Dragonet 

 — Cod — Importance of the Cod Fishery, 106 



CHAPTER IV. 



3d Order — Thoraici — The Gilthead — Dorado — Flying Fish, inter- 

 esting scene of Pursuit and Evasion — Mackarel — 4th. Abdomi- 

 nales — The Pike — Salmon— Importance of the Salmon Fisheries 



