524 



INDEX. 



Transparency of the sea — continued. 



in the Caribbean, 21 



Trepang, or Biehe de Mer, 340 



— mode of curing, 340 



— the fishery in the Feejee Islands, 342 

 Tridaena, the gigantic, 314 

 Trigger-fish, 233 



Trilobites, 436 

 Trunk-fish, 232 

 Tubiporidae, 370 

 Tubulibranchiata, 292 

 Tunicata, 316, 321 

 Tunny, the, 221 



— stripe-bellied, 224 

 Turbot, the, 236, 237 

 Turn-stone bird, 144 

 Turtles, 173 



— catching turtles in the island of St. 



Thomas, 172 

 Tynemouth Castle, destruction of the 



coast near, 29 

 Typhoons, causes of, 68 

 Tyrian dye, 446 



ULVJE, 391 

 Unicorn-fish, or narwhal, 106 

 Urasters, 334 



Urdaneta, first reaches Acapulco from 

 Manilla, 472 



YANCOUVER'S discoveries, 472 

 Van Diemen's Land, discovery of, 

 480 

 Vanikoro, island of, 493 

 Velellse, the, 353 



Venice, maritime grandeur of, 450 

 Verazzani, voyage of, 461 

 Vermetus, 291 

 Virgularia mirabilis, 365 

 Vogtia pentacantha, 353 



WALES, Cape Prince of, discovery 

 . of '. 491 

 Wallis, his maritime discoveries, 483 



Walrus, or morse, 117, 129, 135 



— anecdote of a fight with, 130 



— ivory of the, 132 



Walton, his mussel-beds in France, 307 



ZOS 



Water-snakes, 183 

 Water-spouts, causes of, 68 

 Waves of the ocean, 24 



— wave-motion as distinct from water 



motion, 25 



— height and velocity of storm-waves, 



26-28 



— Homer's picture- of the breaking of 



the waves against the shore, 26 



— Scoresby on the height of waves in 



the open sea, 27 



— force and height of the waves on 



rocky coasts, 28' 



— instances of the destructive action of 



the tidal waves on coast-lines, 28-31 

 Weddell, Captain, his voyages, 509 

 Weevers, 204 



Wellington Channel, discovery of, 500 

 Wentle-trap, Chinese, 289 

 Whalebone, 96 



Whale-fishery, history of the, 109 

 Whales. See Cetaceans 

 Whelks, 292 

 Wilkes, Captain, on the height of waves, 



28 

 Wilkes, his .explorations, 509 

 Willoughby, Sir Hugh, his unfortunate 



arctic voyage, 474 

 Winds, origin of, 66 



— trade-winds, 67 



— calms, or doldrums, 67 



— monsoons, 68 



— typhoons, tornadoes, &c, 68 



— water-spouts, 68 

 Wing-shells, 304 



Winstanley, Mr., his lighthouse on the 



Eddystone rocks, 81 

 Winter Harbour, discovery of, 500 

 Wolf-fish, 197 

 Wolstenholme Sound, elevation of the 



coast at, 10 

 Worm-shell, 291 



YORKSHIRE, wearing away of the 

 coast of, 29 

 Yucatan, first exploration of, 461 



r70STEEA marina, 391 



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