| PAGE | | | A Nautical Lament | 1 | | Superstitions of the Sea | 24 | | Old Sea Ordnance | 53 | | The Honour of the Flag | 63 | | The Naval Officer’s Spirit | 79 | | Women as Sailors | 91 | | Fighting Smugglers | 104 | | Sea Phrases | 115 | | Then and Now | 135 | | Costly Shipwrecks | 146 | | Curiosities of Disasters at Sea | 157 | | Infernal Machines | 168 | | Queer Fish | 179 | | Strange Craft | 190 | | Mysterious Disappearances | 200 | | Rich Captures | 219 | | Peculiarities of Rig | 230 | | How the Old Navigators Managed | 243 | | Plates and Rivets | 254 | | French Smacksmen | 273 | | Old Sea Customs | 284 | | Who is Vanderdecken? | 294 | |
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