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Fishery—Singular stranding of a Shoal—Mackerel—Cod—Cod-pools 
—Flat-fishes-—Crab—Lobster—Shrimp—Prawn—The Crab and the 
Baillie—Shelled Mollusca—Improperly called Fishes—Interesting 
Variations of Structure—Cliffs of Orkney—Sea-bird Catching—Peril- 
ous Enterprises—Gannets “ F . . ° - 77 
III. THE ARCTIC SEAS. 
The Spirit of Geographical Discovery peculiar to Modern Times— 
Commercial Enterprise—Whale Fishing—Majesty of Polar Seas— 
Coast of Spitzbergen—Fine contrasts of Hue—Clearness of Atmosphere 
—Deceptive Distance of Land—Architectural Regularity of Rocks— 
The Three Crowns—Ice—Icebergs—Beauty—Vast Size—Varying 
Forms—Overturning—Sudden Rupture—Process of Formation—Ice 
Islands—Disruption of One—Marine Ice—Formation—Ice Fields— 
Irresistible when in Motion—Perpendicular Ice-needles—Continual 
daylight in Summer—Phenomena of Winter—Aurora—Mock Suns— 
Fog Bow—Looming—Curious Results—Inversion— Ice-Blink— 
Effects of Intense Cold—Frost Crystals—Their exceeding Beauty— 
Snow Stars—Antiseptic Power of Frost—Ship tenanted by a Corpse 
-—Vegetation—Whale—Interesting Peculiarities in its Conformation 
—Whalebone—Arterial Reservoir of Blood—Blowhole—Windpipe 
-——Eye—Blubber—Reflections on the Goodness of God—Whale Fish- 
ery—Accidents—Rorqual—Structure of its Mouth—Enemies of the 
Whales—Arctic Shark—Thresher—Sword-fish—Narwhal—Use of its 
sirgular Horn—Torpidity of Mackerel—Sea-Blubber—Aretic Clio— 
“ Green-water”—Microscopic Animalcules—Dissecting Crab . «115 
IV. THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. 
Form of the Atlantic—Its Bays and Inland Seas—Extent of Coast 
—Sight of Land—Azores—Picturesque Appearance—Peak of Pico— 
The Atlantis of the Ancients—Islands swallowed up in Modern Times 
—Submarine Voleano—Stormy Petrels—A Shoal of Dolphins—Their 
Gambols—Capture of One—Gulf-weed—Barnacles—Ocean Crabs— 
Toad-fish—“ Calm Latitudes”—Heat of the Sun—Gorgeous Sunsets 
—Southern Constellations—The Cross—Tropic Fishes—Coryphene 
—Pursuit of Flying-fish—White Shark—Bad Physiognomy—Fero- 
city—Teeth—Structure of its E g—Hammer-Shark—Saw-fish—Cap- 
ture of One—Horned Ray—Contact of Ships at Sea—A Breeze— 
The Pilot-fish—Rudder-fish—Sucking-fish—Possible use of its Disk 
—West India Isles—Their varied Beauty—Mangrove Tree—Green 
Hue of shallow Water—Deceptive Effect—Bottom of the Sea—Green 
Turtle—Peculiar Structure of the Heart—Brilliance of the Fishes— 
Yellow-fin—Market-fish—Hog-fish—-Cat-fish—Cow-Whale . . 169 
