| IDYLLS OF THE SEA |
| | | PAGE |
| 1. | The Passing of Peter | [1] |
| 2. | The Loss of the First-Born | [9] |
| 3. | A True Shark-Story | [14] |
| 4. | The Slaver | [18] |
| 5. | The Cruise of the ‘Daisy’ | [25] |
| 6. | ‘Running the Easting Down’ | [32] |
| 7. | In the Crow’s Nest | [39] |
| 8. | The Birth of an Island | [47] |
| 9. | A Submarine Earthquake | [54] |
| 10. | The Silent Warfare of the Submarine World | [61] |
| 11. | An Effect of Refraction | [67] |
| 12. | A Waking Nightmare | [73] |
| 13. | The Derelict | [79] |
| STUDIES IN MARINE NATURAL HISTORY |
| 14. | Some Oceanic Birds | [91] |
| 15. | The Kraken | [99] |
| 16. | Concerning Sharks | [112] |
| 17. | Flying-fish Catching at Barbados | [131] |
| 18. | Unconventional Fishing | [139] |
| 19. | Devil-fish | [146] |
| 20. | Of Turtle | [159] |
| OTHER SKETCHES |
| 21. | ‘Hovelling’ | [175] |
| 22. | The Loss of the ‘St. George’ | [187] |
| 23. | The Truth about the Merchant Service | [196] |
| 24. | Cancer Cay | [212] |
| 25. | A Nineteenth-Century Jonah | [219] |
| 26. | The Tragical Tale of the Boomerang Pig | [230] |
| 27. | A Day on the Solander Whaling-Ground | [238] |
| 28. | Sea-Elephants at Home | [245] |
| 29. | An Interview | [253] |
| 30. | Up a Waterspout | [261] |