Contents

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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