THE HAND OF SATAN UPON THE SEA OF DARKNESS. 



FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE 

 CHRISTIAN ERA. 



CHAPTER I. 



THE PURPOSE OF THIS WORK — THE OCEAN IN THE SCRIPTURAL PERIOD — THE 



MARVELS OF THE SEA — THE CLASSIC LEGENDS THE FANTASTIC NOTIONS 



ENTERTAINED OF THE NORTH AND THE EQUATOR THE GIANT OF THE CANA- 

 RIES THE SEA OF SEA-WEED THE SPECTRE OF THE CAPE THE GRADUAL 



SURRENDER OF THE SECRETS OF THE SEA — IT BECOMES THE HIGHWAY OF 

 NATIONS — ITS PRESENT ASPECT — ITS POETICAL SIGNIFICANCE — ITS MORAL 

 LESSONS. 



A history of the ocean from the Flood to the Atlantic Tele- 

 graph, with a parallel sketch of shipbuilding from the Ark to 

 the Iron Clad; a narrative of the rise of commerce, from 

 the days when Solomon's ships traded with Ophir, to the time 

 when the steam whistle is heard on every open sea ; a con- 

 secutive chronicle of the progress of navigation, from the day 

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