DR. G. HARTWIG AUTHOR OF "THE TROPICAL WORLD" "THE HARMONIES OF
NOTICE
PREFACE TO THE THIRD AND FOURTH EDITIONS.
PREFACE TO THE FIRST TWO EDITIONS.
CONTENTS. PART I. THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE SEA.
CHAPTER I. THE MAGNITUDE OF THE SEA.
CHAPTER II. THE WAVES OF THE OCEAN.
CHAPTER III. THE TIDES.
CHAPTER IV. MARINE CAVES.
CHAPTER V. OCEAN CURRENTS.
CHAPTER VI. THE AERIAL AND TERRESTRIAL MIGRATIONS OF THE WATERS.
CHAPTER VII. MARINE CONSTRUCTIONS.
PART II. THE INHABITANTS OF THE SEA. CHAPTER VIII. THE CETACEANS.
CHAPTER IX. SEALS AND WALRUSES.
CHAPTER X. SEA-BIRDS.
CHAPTER XI. THE REPTILES OF THE OCEAN.
CHAPTER XII. THE MARINE FISHES.
CHAPTER XIII. CRUSTACEA. CRABS LOBSTERS.
CHAPTER XIV. MARINE ANNELIDES.
CHAPTER XV. MOLLUSCS.
CHAPTER XVI. ECHINODERMATA. STAR-FISHES, SEA-URCHINS, AND SEA-CUCUMBERS.
CHAPTER XVII. COELENTERATA. POLYPS AND JELLY-FISHES.
CHAPTER XVIII. PROTOZOA.
CHAPTER XIX. MARINE PLANTS.
CHAPTER XX. THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF MARINE LIFE.
CHAPTER XXI. THE PHOSPHORESCENCE OF THE SEA.
CHAPTER XXII. THE PRIMITIVE OCEAN.
PART III. THE PROGRESS OF MARITIME DISCOVERY. CHAPTER XXIII.
CHAPTER XXIV.
CHAPTER XXV.
CHAPTER XXVI.
CHAPTER XXVII.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
PART I. THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE SEA.
CHAPTER I. THE MAGNITUDE OF THE SEA. (2)
CHAP. II.
CHAP. III.
CHAP. IV.
CHAP. V.
CHAP. VI.
CHAP. VII.
PART II.
CHAP. VIII.
CHAP. IX.
CHAP. X.
CHAP. XI.
CHAP. XII.
CHAP. XIII.
CHAP. XIV.
CHAP. XV.
CHAP. XVI.
CHAP. XVII.
CHAP. XVIII.
CHAP. XIX.
CHAP. XX.
CHAP. XXI.
CHAP. XXII.
PART III. THE PROGRESS OF MARITIME DISCOVERY.
CHAP. XXIII.
CHAP. XXIV.
CHAP. XXV.
CHAP. XXVI.
CHAP. XXVII.
INDEX
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