Idylls of the Sea, and Other Marine Sketches

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

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