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INDEX TO NAVAL SCIENCES. 



VIII., 11 ; large vessels constructed about that 

 time, ib. 



Feluccas (war), 78. 



Fid, the, 50. 



Fire ships, 79. 



Fishing-boats, the, of Maskate and Mocha, 19 ; 

 of Calcutta, 21. 



Flags, different kinds of, 59 ; signals and ceremo- 

 nies connected with the use of, 59, 60, 105. 



FlagstafFs, the, 52. 



Flat-boats, the, of India, 21. 



Fleets, manoeuvres of, 100-104. 



Flute, a three-masted vessel, 83. 



Foot ropes, the, or horses, 57. 



Frame, the, of a ship, construction of, 40, 41. 



France, state of navigation in, and maritime power 

 of, in the Middle Ages, 14, 15 ; present state 

 of the navy of, 17. 



Frigates, their size, uses, &c., 76. 



Galleries, stern and quarter, 45. 



Galleys, the English, in the 9th century, 10 ; de- 

 scription of the, employed in the Mediterranean 

 in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, 12, 

 13 ; modern, 77, 78. 



Galliot, war, how rigged, 77 ; merchant, 82. 



Ganges, the, small craft peculiar to, 23. 



Gay-you, the, a species of boat used on the south- 

 eastern coast of Asia, 24, 25. 



Genoese, the, naval power of, in the Middle Ages, 

 12. 



Germany, trade and commerce of, in the Middle 

 Ages, 15 ; effects of the Hanseatic league upon 

 the navigation of, 16 ; present state of the navy 

 of, 17. 



Goa, the panianys and pirogues of, 21. 



Grapnels, 61. 



Grappling irons, 61. 



Great Britain, the navy of, 16, 17. 



Greeks, the, state of navigation among, 7 ; form 

 and construction of the ships of, 7, 8. 



Gunboats, 78. 



Guns, various kinds of, on board ships of war, 63 ; 

 their carriages, tackles, and apparatus for load- 

 ing and firing, 63-65 ; various kinds of shot, 

 65. 



Guy, the main, 55. 



Halliards, the main-top and other, 55 et seq. 



Hanseatic league, the, 15, 16. 



Harbor, requisites of a good, 106. 



Harry Grace a Dieu, the, a large ship constructed 



in the time of Henry VIII. , 11. 

 Hatchways, the, 42. 

 Hawse-holes, the, 44. 

 Hawsers, 53. 



Head, the, of the ship, use of, 45. 

 Hearts, 52. 



Hiero of Syracuse, immense ship built by, 5. 

 Hold, the, how arranged in men-of-war, 71, 72. 

 Holland, naval power of, in the Middle Ages, 14 ; 



at the present time, 17. 

 Horses, the, or foot ropes, 57. 

 Hospital-ships, 79. 

 Howker, a kind of vessel used in the north of 



Europe, 82. 



Iron ships, construction of, 84 ; iron lighthouses, 

 109. 



Jack, the, a small flag at the end of the bowsprit, 

 59. 

 790 



Jangadas, the, of Pemambuco, 27. 



Japan, the marine of, 25; freight ships, junks, 



and men-of-war of, 25, 26 ; small craft of, 26, 



27. 

 Java, the pirogues and coasters of, 28. 

 Jeers, the main and other, 54- et seq. 

 Jib-boom, the, 51. 

 Junk, description of a Chinese, 25, 26. 



Kedges, 61. 



Keel, the, proportions of, 39. 



Keel-hauling, 94. 



Ketches, bomb, 78, 79. 



Kuguar, the, of the Malays, 29. 



Ladders, accommodation, 43. 



Lanyards, 53. 



Launching, ceremony of, 45. 



Lead, heaving the, 68. 



Leech-lines, the, 56. 



Letter of marque, a commission given to a priva- 

 teer, 80. 



Lifts, the main and other, 54 et seq. 



Lighthouse, the first, erected by Ptolemy Lagus, 

 6, 7 ; various kinds of, and methods of lighting, 

 108-110. 



Lines, 53. 



Log, the, casting of, 68. 



Lugger (war), 77. 



Madagascar, the pirogues of, 20. 



Madel-pavoacoa, the, of Ceylon, 22. 



Magazine, the, of a ship, 67. 



Main-truck, the, 50. 



Malabar, the patamars of, 20. 



Malacca, small craft used in the waters of, 24, 

 28. 



Malays, the, construction of the vessels of, 28, 

 29. 



Maldives, the, coasters of, 28. 



Manilla, description of vessels found at, 29. 



Manning, the, of ships, 91-95. 



Manoeuvres, description of various naval, 100— 

 104. 



Maskate, the fishing-boats and coasters of, 19. 



Mast-steps, the, 43. 



Masts, the, construction of, 48, 49 ; description 

 of, and of the different parts, 49-52. 



Men-of-war, general proportions of, 70 ; divided 

 into several classes, 70, 71 ; minute description 

 of the internal arrangements and external form 

 of many different kinds of, 71-80 ; manning of, 

 91-95. 



Merchantmen, general observations on the con- 

 struction and internal arrangements of, 80, 81 ; 

 different descriptions of, 81, 82 ; manning of, 

 95. 



Messengers, small ropes so called, 62. 



Mocha, the fishing-boats of, 19. 



Moluccas, the. coasting vessels in, 29. 



Mortars, 66, 67. 



Naples, the navy of, 18. 



Napoleon, the galliot, description of, 90, 91. 



Naumachia, the, of the Romans, 9. 



Navies, the, of the principal powers, condition of, 

 at the present time, 16-18. 



Navigation, general remarks upon, 1 ; state of, in 

 the earliest ages of the world, 1, 2 ; stale of, 

 among the Phoenicians, 5 — among the Egyp- 

 tians, 6 — among the Greeks, 7 — among the 

 Romans, 8 ; of the Middle Ages, 10— of the 



