CONTENTS. IX 



CHAPTER IX. 



SEALS AND WALRUSES. 



The Manatees and the Dugongs. — The Seals and the Esquimaux. — King Menelaus 

 in a Seal's Skin — ^Barbarous Persecutions of the Seals in Behring's Sea and the 

 Pacific. — Adventures of a Sealer from Geneva.— The Sea Calf. — The Sea Bear. 

 — His Parental Affection. — The Sea Lions. — The Sea Elephant. — The Arctic 

 Walrus.— The Boats of the "Trent" fighting -with a Herd of Walruses.— The 

 White Bear. — Touching Example of its Love for its Young. — Chase of the Sea 

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CHAPTER X. 



SEA-BIRDS. 



Their Vast Numbers. — Strand-Birds. — Artifices of the Sea-Lark to protect its 

 Young. — Migrations of the Strand-Birds. — The Sea-Birds in General. — The 

 Anatidse. — The Eider Duck. — The Sheldrake. — The Lpggerheaded Duck. — 

 Auks and Penguins. — The Cormorant.— Its Use by the Chinese for Fish- 

 catching.— The Frigate Bird.— The Soland Goose.— The Gulls.— The Petrels.— 

 The Albatross. — Bird-catching on St. Hilda. — The Guano of the Chincha 

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CHAPTER XI. 

 THE REPTILES OF THE OCEAN. 



The Saurians of the Past Seas. — The Anatomical Structure of the Turtles. — Their 

 Size. — Their Visits to the Shores. — The Dangers that await their Young. — 

 Turtles on the Brazilian Coast. — Prince Maximilian of Neuwied and the 

 Turtle. — Conflicts of the Turtles with Wild Dogs and Tigers on the Coast 

 of Java.— Turtle-catching on Ascension Island. — Tortoise-shelJ. — The Ambly- 

 rhynchus cristatus. — Marine Snakes.— The Great Sea-Snake . . 172 



CHAPTER XII. 



THE MARINE FISHES. 



General Observations on Fishes. — Their Locomotive Organs — Tail — Fins.— 

 Classification of Fishes by Cuvier. — Air-Bladder. — Scales. — Beauty of the 

 Tropical Fishes. — The Gills. — Terrestrial Voyages of the Anabas and the 

 Hassar. — Examples of Parental Affection. — Organs of Sense. — Offensive 

 Weapons of Fishes.— The Sea-Wolf.— The Shark.— The Saw-Fish.— The Sword- 

 Fish— The Torpedo. — The Star-Gazer.— The Angler.— The Chsetodon Ros- 

 tratus. — The Remora, used for catching Turtles. — Defensive Weapons of 

 Fishes.— The Weever.— The Stickleback.— The Sun-Fish.— The Flying-Fish.— 

 The numerous Enemies of the Fishes. — Importance and History of the Herring 

 Fishery.— The Pilchard.— The Sprat.— The Anchovy.— The Cod.— The Stur- 



