The Book of the Ocean

by Ernest Ingersoll

INDEX OF ILLUSTRATIONS

• Adler at Samoa, [200].
• Agalma elegans, [264].
• Alabama, the, in action, [136], [158].
• Algæ, typical, [252], [254].
• Almirante Cochrane, in action with Huascar, [141].
• America, the yacht, [158], [195].
• Antarctic scenery, [101].
• Ardois night-signals at sea, [205].
• Argonaut shell, [274].
• Armada, style of ships of the, [115].
• Balloon-sail, [158], [186].
• Battle-ships, modern steel, [134], [142], [144], [147], [150], [153]. See also [Line-of-Battle Ships].
• Beam-trawl for deep-sea dredging, [261].
• Biremes, Roman, [42]. See [Galleys].
• Boat-davits, [223], [232].
• Bon Homme Richard, the, [182].
• Bottle-fish, the, [263].
• Bowsprit, the, and its rigs, [38], [63], [113], [120], [158], [175]. See [Cutters] and [Sloops].
• Breeches-buoy, method of using, [229].
• Buckeye, or “bugeye,” a, [198].
• Buoys, [225], [226], [227].
• Cambria, model of, [195].
• Cameos, shell used for, [270].
• Can-buoys, [225].
• Canoes, [28], [37], [45], [198].
• Caravels, [35], [61], [63], [65], [76].
• Carronade, an old, [185].
• Cassis, a typical, [270].
• “Castles,” fore and aft, on ancient ships, [35], [57], [63], [65], [112], [113], [115], [119].
• Catboat, a Newport, [195].
• Center-board boats, models of, [195].
• Chain-plates, [172].
• Channels, [172].
• Chart, an early, [54].
• Chinese boats, [32]. Compare [Malay Boats].
• Clewed-up, mainsails, [120], [184].
• Clipper-ship, a, [158], [164].
• Coast, destruction of, by the sea, [3], [5], [7], [10], [15], [58].
• Collision, scene in a, [202].
• Columbia, the, [146].
• Columbus, Christopher, flag-ship of, [63].
• Columbus, Christopher, statue of, [60].
• Constellation, [184].
• Constitution frigate, [106], [132].
• Costumes of mariners, [117], [123], [142], [147], [157], [172], [179].
• Cruisers, modern steel, [146], [150], [154], [205].
• Crustaceans of the deep sea, [273].
• Cutters, [188], [191], [193].
• Day-marks (for pilots), [225].
• Deck scenes, modern, [142], [147], [154], [164], [261].
• Deck scenes on old-time vessels, [117], [130].
• Deep-sea dredging apparatus, [261].
• Diatoms, [257].
• Diving-dress, [258].
• Driver (sail). See [Spanker].
• Dynamite-cruiser, in action, [154].
• Earthquake waves, [18], [21].
• El Chico, model of, [195].
• Eskimos in summer, [83].
• Felucca, a, [175].
• Fin-keel yachts, models of, [195].
• Fiord, a, in New Zealand, [15].
• Fish-curing at St. Pierre, [243].
• Fishes, deep-sea, [263].
• Fishing-boats, American, [245], [247].
• Fishing-boats, Canadian, [5], [17], [243].
• Fishing-boats, French, [7].
• Fishing-boats of the Mediterranean, [38].
• Fishing-pound, at low tide, [17].
• Flare, burning a, at sea, [221].
• Flying Dutchman, the, [57].
• Fog-bell, a, [219].
• Fore-and-aft rig, [221].
• Frigates, [125], [132], [136], [182], [184].
• Full-rigged ship. See [Ship].
• Gaff-topsail, [186], [193], [221]. See [Cutters] and [Sloops].
• Galleons, Spanish, [119].
• Galleys, ancient, [42], [43], [109], [111], [112].
• Genesta, the yacht, [191], [195].
• Gloriana, model of, [195].
• Great Harry, bow of, [113].
• Guerrière, frigate, in action, [125].
• Gulfweed and its inhabitants, [252].
• Halcyon, the, yacht, [186].
• Hamilcar’s stairway of the galleys, [109].
• Hand-line fishing, [245].
• Helmet-shell, a, [270].
• Homeward-bound pennant, [133].
• “Hove to,” attitude of sails, [37], [247].
• Huascar, in action, [141].
• Hydroid, a compound, [264].
• Icebergs and ice-floes, [79], [80], [85], [89], [92], [97], [103], [105].
• Indiana, the, [144].
• Irex, the yacht, [191].
• Ironclads, early, [134], [138], [139], [141].
• Jellyfish, a typical, [262].
• Jib-sails, [120], [158], [175], [186].
• Jib-staysails, [89], [158], [175], [221].
• Kearsarge, the, in action with the Alabama, [136].
• Krakatoa, in eruption, [12].
• Lanterns, stern, of old ships, [57], [115].
• Lateen rigs, [28], [35], [37], [38], [61], [181].
• Launch, a steam, [153].
• Leeboard, a, [198].
• Leg-of-mutton sails, [198].
• Life-boat, a self-righting, [230].
• Life-saving service, the, [228], [229], [230].
• Light-houses, [18], [213], [214], [215].
• Light-ship, Nantucket, [217], [218].
• Light-ship, Sandy Hook, [186].
• Line-of-battle ships, wooden, [120], [134].
• Lugsail rigs, [42], [43], [45], [48].
• Magic, model of, [195].
• Main chains, [172].
• Maine, the, [153].
• Mainsail or main course, [120], [158], [164], [175], [184], [221].
• Malay boats, [28], [181].
• Maria, the yacht, [188].
• Massachusetts, the, [142].
• Matting sails, [32], [181].
• Mayflower, the yacht, [186], [194].
• Medieval vessels, various forms of, [35], [63], [65], [112], [115], [119].
• Meleagrina, [270].
• Merrimac, the, [138].
• Midnight sun at sea, [2].
• Midshipmen of [181]2, [123].
• Military masts, ancient, [111].
• Military masts, modern, [134], [141], [144], [146], [150], [153], [205].
• Minot’s Ledge lighthouse, [213].
• Mischief model of, [195].
• Miter-shells (Mitra), [270].
• Mizzen, the ancient (compare [Spanker]), [63].
• Models of hulls of yachts, [195].
• Mollusks, shells of. See [Sea-shells].
• Monitor, the, [139].
• Monitors, [139], [149], [150].
• Muleta, a, [38]. Compare [Felucca].
• Murex-shells, [263], [272].
• Muriel, the yacht, [193].
• Nelson, portrait of, [129].
• Nelson, signal of, at Trafalgar, [127].
• Nun buoys, [225].
• Obstruction buoy, [226].
• Olive-shell (Oliva), [268].
• Outriggers, forms of, [28], [37].
• Packet, a Liverpool, [160].
• Paper-nautilus, the, [274].
• Pearl-oyster, the, [270].
• Pelagia cyanella, [262].
• Pelican-fish, the, [263].
• Penguins, Antarctic, [101], [103].
• Physophore, a, [264].
• Pilot-boat, [221], [223].
• Pirates, at home, [179].
• Pirates, Malay, [181].
• Proas, Malay, [28], [37].
• Pteroceras lambis, [270].
• Puritan, the yacht, [194], [195].
• Raking masts, [188], [198].
• Rapid-fire guns, [147].
• Reefing a topsail, [31].
• Reef-points, [43], [120], [132], [158], [188].
• Rowboats, [45], [236], [239], [248]. See also [Galleys] and [Yawl].
• Royal sails, [132], [158], [184].
• Sails, decorated, [45], [48], [63].
• Sails, various forms of, [31], [32], [113], [115], [119], [181]. See also [names of sails and rigs].
• Saloon of a modern steamship, [161].
• Saloon of a packet-ship, [160].
• Samoans battling with surf, [208].
• Sandbagger-sloop, a, [197].
• Sappho, model of, [195].
• Sargassum, a piece of, [252].
• Schooners, [26],[186], [188], [221], [223], [247].
• Scorpion-shell, the, [270].
• Sea-anemones, [273].
• Sea-caves, [10].
• Sea-fights, [74], [106], [111], [115], [117], [119], [125], [130], [136], [141], [147], [175], [182].
• Search-lights, [150], [153].
• Sea-shells, [268], [270], [271], [272], [274].
• Sea-slugs (Doris), [252].
• Seaweeds, [252], [254].
• Serapis, the, [182].
• Ship, a full-rigged, [37], [89], [92], [120], [132], [133], [158], [184], [232], [234].
• Ship of the line. See [Line-of-Battle Ships].
• Ship weathering a gale with sails furled, [8], [56], [89], [207].
• Ships’ boats, [232], [236], [239].
• Sharpie, a, [198].
• Shrouds, [164], [172].
• Sidewheel steamer, a, [21].
• Signal flags, [127].
• Signaling at sea, [205], [206], [221].
• Signal-mast, a, [142].
• Siren, on a steamship, [220].
• Sky-scraper sails, [132], [184].
• Sloops, [24], [186], [194], [197], [199].
• Sloops-of-war, [130], [207].
• Spanker-, driver-, or mizzen-sail, [89], [196].
• Spar buoys, [225].
• Sponsons, [144], [153].
• Starfish, the common, [267].
• Staysails, [221].
• Steam frigates, [136], [138].
• Steamships, modern mercantile, [161], [167], [181], [223].
• Steam-yacht, a, [186].
• Steering oar, a modern, [239].
• Storm scenes, [18], [21], [24], [31], [56], [200], [207], [208], [213], [217], [247].
• Studding-sails, [132], [133], [158], [184].
• Surf, and its effect, [3], [21], [71], [208].
• Tara, the yacht, [191].
• Tecumseh, the monitor, [149].
• Theseus and Guerrière, [125].
• Thistle, model of, [195].
• Tides—scene at low tide, [17].
• Topcastles, [63], [111].
• Topgallantsails, [120], [132], [158], [184].
• Topsails, [120], [125], [158], [175].
• Topsails, square, [120],[132], [184]. (See also [Ships, Full-Rigged].)
• Torpedo-boats, [150], [151].
• Torpedo-boats, submarine, [152].
• Torpedoes and their effect, [149], [150].
• Towing a barge, [170].
• Trying out whale-blubber, [234].
• Turrets, [142], [144], [150], [153].
• Venus’ Comb, [271].
• Very night-signals, [206].
• Vesuvius, the, [154].
• Viking ships, [45], [48], [51].
• Volcanoes on the sea-shore, [12].
• Volunteer, model of, [186], [195].
• Walking the plank, [172].
• Walruses on the ice, [80].
• Ward-room of a war-ship, [123].
• Wasp, in action with Frolic, [130].
• Wasp, model of the yacht, [195].
• Waves, oceanic, [8], [15], [24], [56], [57].
• Whale, sperm, head of, [240].
• Whaleback, a, [169].
• Whaleboats, [232], [236], [239], [240].
• Whalers, [232]-[240].
• Whistling buoy, [227].
• Wreck, [130], [149], [202], [229], [230].
• Yachts, models of, [195].
• Yachts, racing, [186], [188], [191], [193], [195].
• Yawl, a ship’s, [105], [223].
• Yawl-rig, the, [197].

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