These stories give you a good picture of life on an old-time sailing vessel. When you want to look up some special point, this index will show you the right page.

• Albatross, 187-193
• Christmas, on shipboard, 121, 136
• Communication, 141-142, 144, 293
• Driftwood, 333-334
• Elephants, 160-169
• Equator, 122
• Fish, porpoise, 47-55;
• flying fish, 71, 76-84;
• shark, 107-119
• Food, 54, 84, 125, 133-136, 143
• Lighthouses, 219-221
• Ocean, 197-198;
• sounding, 145-151;
• seaweed, 64-73
• Selling and trading, 155, 245, 250-251
• Transportation: bullock carts, 159;
• sailing ships, 3, 32, 36-42, 45-46, 86-101, 128, 133, 143-144, 331-338
• Weather, 211-216;
• barometer, 193;
• storm, 7-30