INDEX TO NAYAL SCIENCES. 



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Africa, state of navigation on the east and west 

 coasts of, 19, 20. 



Amboyna, coasting vessels of, 29. 



America, state of navigation among the natives 

 of, at the time of its discovery, 27. 



Anchors, various forms and parts of, 60, 61 ; dif- 

 ferent kinds of, 61 ; different names applied to, 

 according to their different uses, ib. ; cables 

 used for, 62. 



Anglo-Saxons, first maritime expedition of, 10. 



Anjeela, the, of Ceylon, 22. 



Aplustre, the, or carved w^ork at the stern of an- 

 cient ships, 2, 3. 



Ark, the, of Noah, 2. 



Armada, the Spanish, 12. 



Armament, the, of a man-of-war, 63-67. 



Arsenals, 108. 



Asia, description of the state of navigation in the 

 principal countries of, 20-27. 



Austria, the navy of, 18. 



Backstays, the main and other, 54 et seq. 



Bandars, the, of Cochin-China, 21, 22. 



Barques, 81, 82. 



Bauleahs, the, of the Ganges, 23. 



Belaying-pins, 44. 



Bengal, various kinds of small craft used in the 

 waters of, 23. 



Bermuda, iron lighthouse at, 109, 110. 



Between-lines, the, 56. 



Binnacle, the, 75. 



Birman empire, the marine of, 23, 24 ; rice-boats 

 and pirogues on the Irrawaddy river, 24. 



Blocks, or pulleys, different kinds of, 52. 



Boats, the, of the ancients, 2 ; different kinds of, 

 in use by ships of the present day, 62, 63. 



Bobstay, the, 57. 



Bomb ketches, 78, 79. 



Bowlines, the, 56. 



Bowsprit, the, 51 ; the rigging of, 57. 



Braces, the main and other, 54 et seq. 



Brazil, the navy of, 18. 



Brig-of-war, a, or brigantine, 76. 



Brigs (merchant), 81 ; hermaphrodite, 82. 



Bull's eyes, 52. 



Bulwarks, the, 44. 



Bunting, 59. 



Buntlines, the, 56. 



Buoys, 61. 



Buss, a species of vessel used in the herring fish- 

 ery, 83. 



Cables, sheet, bower, stream, &c., 62. 



Calcutta, the freight boats of, 20 ; the fishing-boats 



and flat-boats of, 21 ; the pansways of, 23. 

 Cap, the, of the mast, 50. 

 Capstan, the, 43. 



Caracs, the, of the Portuguese, 11. 

 Carronades, 66. 

 Gat-heads, the, 44. 



Catamaran, the, of Ceylon, 22. 



Caulking, 41, 42. 



Celebes, the island of, peculiar boats used in, 29, 



Ceylon, various descriptions of small craft used in 



the waters of, 22, 23. 

 Chain- wales, the, 43. 

 China, backward condition of the marine in, 18 ; 



description of Chinese merchantmen and ships 



of war, 25, 26 ; small craft, 26, 27. 

 Cleats, 45. 



Cleopatra, Queen, a splendid ship belonging to, 5. 

 Clewgarnets, the, 56. 

 Clewlines, the, 56. 

 Coasters, the, of the gulf of Cutch and Maskate, 



19. 

 Coasting vessels, 83. 

 Cochin-China, the bandars and coasting vessels 



of, 21, 22, 24, 25. 

 Compass, the, 68 ; the points of, 96. 

 Coppering, the ship's, 45. 

 Coringui boats, the, 23. 

 Corocoras, the, of the South Sea islanders, 29, 



30. 

 Crew, the, organization of, 91-95. 

 Cross-jack-yard, the, 51. 

 Cross-pieces, 44. 

 Cross-trees, the, 50. 

 Crow's feet, 54. 



Cutch, the gulf of, coasters in, 19. 

 Cutter, a war, how rigged, 77 ; a merchant, 83, 



Dak, the, or mail boats on the Ganges, 23. 



Dead-eyes, 52, 53. 



Dead-reckoning, 96. 



Decks, the, construction of, 42 ; minute account 

 of the special arrangements and appropriation 

 of the several parts of, in men-of-war, 72- 

 76. 



Denmark, the navy of, 17. 



Dinghi, the, of the Ganges, 23. 



Diving bells, 108. 



Docks, dry and wet, 107. 



Domitian, amphitheatre erected by, for the pur- 

 pose of exhibiting sea-fights, 9. 



Doni, the, of Ceylon, 22. 



Downhaul, the, 57. 



Dredging, method of, 106. 



Dupin, main principles in regard to the curvature 

 of vessels according to, 39. 



Dutch, the, state of navigation and ship-building 

 among, in the seventeenth century, 13, 14. 



Egypt, the navy of, 18. 



Egyptians, the ancient, state of navigation among, 

 6,7. 



Emigrant ships, 83. 



England, the navy of, 16, 17. 



English, the, improvements effected by, in ships 

 and navigation in the ninth century, 10 ; a per- 

 manent marine founded in the reign of Henry 



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