430 



Index 



Turtle — (continued) 

 fecundity of, 122 

 as food, 123 

 hunting for, 123 

 vitality of, 125 



'Up a Waterspout,' 166 



Vau Vau, 109 



Walrus, the, 77-82 



description of, 77, 79 



food of, 79 



stomach of, 79 



brain of, 80 



parental love, 80 



foes of, 81 



hunting for, 81 



decreasing numbers of, 81 

 Weddell, Captain, 49 

 West Indies, the Barracouta at, 



310 

 ' West York,' 225 

 'Western Belle,' story of, 359 

 Westminster Gazette, 166 

 Whale Birds, 351 



description of, 352 



range of, 355 



Whale, the, monarch of the 

 deep, ID 



Whale, Bottle-nose, 66 



Whale, Humpback, 45, 51-58 



Whale, Killer, 43 



Whale, the Right, 39-50 



Whale, Rorquals, 59-72 



Whale, Sperm, autobiography of 

 13-38 



Whale, White, 66 



Whale fishery, 46-48, 54-56, 62-64 



Whalebone, 42 



White Seal, 9, 10, 73 



White Whale, 66, 67, 70 



Whitebait, 305 



Whiting, 275, 289 



Wilson, Dr. A., 173, 174 



'Wm. V. Hutchings,' 159 



Wyman, Professor, on sea- 

 serpents, 172 



Xiphias, the foe of right whales, 

 44, 107, 263-272 



Yarmouth herring fishery, 294 

 Yates, 403, 404 

 Yellow-tail, 327 



Ztuglodoti, 169 



