What change has taken place in the method of ocean travel since he made this voyage?
Find words and lines which tell you the kind of vessel in which he crossed the ocean.
Had Irving greater opportunity for observing "the monsters of the deep" than is afforded people crossing the ocean at the present day? Why do you think so?
What does Irving say is a "glorious monument of human invention"?
Name some inventions which seem to you more worthy of this designation.
Find the paragraph which describes the mast of a ship that was wrecked.
How does this description compare with his description of the "monsters of the deep"?
Which description in this selection do you like best? Why?
What do you think of Irving's powers of description?
What does this sketch tell you of Irving's own character?