Contents
| PAGE | |
| The Orphan | [1] |
| A Porpoise Myth | [21] |
| Cats on Board Ship | [28] |
| The Old East Indiaman | [38] |
| The Floor of the Sea | [45] |
| Shakespeare and the Sea | [52] |
| The Skipper of the “Amulet” | [60] |
| Among the Enchanted Isles | [71] |
| Sociable Fish | [79] |
| Alligators and Mahogany | [101] |
| Country Life on Board Ship | [110] |
| “The Way of a Ship” | [169] |
| Sea Etiquette | [184] |
| Waves | [191] |
| A Battleship of To-day | [199] |
| Nat’s Monkey | [206] |
| Big Game at Sea | [218] |
| A Sea Change | [230] |
| Last Voyage of the “Sarah Jane” | [242] |
| Sea-Superstitions | [254] |
| Ocean Winds | [260] |
| The Sea in the New Testament | [268] |
| The Polity of a Battleship | [276] |
| The Privacy of the Sea | [284] |
| The Voices of the Sea | [292] |
| The Calling of Captain Ramirez | [302] |
| Marathon of the Seals | [313] |
| Ocean Currents | [319] |
| The Undying Romance of the Sea | [327] |
| Sailors’ Pets | [334] |
| The Survivors | [341] |
| Beneath the Surface | [351] |
| By Way of Amends | [361] |
| The Mystery of the “Solander” | [371] |
| Our Amphibious Army | [381] |
A Sack of Shakings