IDYLLS OF THE SEA

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS

IDYLLS OF THE SEA

I THE PASSING OF PETER

II THE LOSS OF THE FIRST-BORN

III A TRUE SHARK-STORY

IV THE SLAVER

V THE CRUISE OF THE ‘DAISY’

VI ‘RUNNING THE EASTING DOWN’

VII IN THE CROW’S NEST

VIII THE BIRTH OF AN ISLAND

IX A SUBMARINE EARTHQUAKE

X THE SILENT WARFARE OF THE SUBMARINE WORLD

XI AN EFFECT OF REFRACTION

XII A WAKING NIGHTMARE

XIII THE DERELICT

STUDIES IN MARINE NATURAL HISTORY

XIV SOME OCEANIC BIRDS

XV THE KRAKEN

XVI CONCERNING SHARKS

XVII FLYING-FISH CATCHING AT BARBADOS

XVIII UNCONVENTIONAL FISHING

XIX DEVIL-FISH

XX OF TURTLE

OTHER SKETCHES

XXI ‘HOVELLING’2

XXII THE LOSS OF THE ‘ST. GEORGE’ An Incident of the Anglo-German War of 19—

XXIII THE TRUTH ABOUT THE MERCHANT SERVICE

XXIV CANCER CAY

XXV A NINETEENTH-CENTURY JONAH

XXVI THE TRAGICAL TALE OF THE BOOMERANG PIG

XXVII A DAY ON THE SOLANDER WHALING-GROUND

XXVIII SEA-ELEPHANTS AT HOME

XXIX AN INTERVIEW

XXX UP A WATERSPOUT

Transcriber’s Notes