CONTENTS

IDYLLS OF THE SEA
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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]