THE
WORLD OF WATERS,
OR,
A Peaceful Progress o'er the Unpathed Sea.
BY MRS. DAVID OSBORNE.
With Illustrations.
Contents
The Wilton Family.—Story of FredericHamilton
The Wiltons.—Dora Leslie.—CharlesDorning.—TheMediterranean.—Corsica.—Candia.—Rhodes.—Malta.—Valetta.—TheCaledonia.—A Story by Krummacher.—Adriatic Sea.—Venice.—TurkishRowers.—Elgin Marbles.—Isle of Wight.—ThunderStorm.—Jersey.—Romaine's Journal.—Slave Ship.—HorribleCruelty.—Slave Trade.—Wreck of the Royal George.—EddystoneLighthouse
The Wiltons.—A great NavalVictory.—Monster Fish.—The Downs.—St.Augustine.—Yarmouth.—Brock the Swimmer and Yarmouth Boatman.—TheNorth Sea.—The Bell Rock.—Mr. Barraud.—Jock of Jedburgh.—Wreckof the Forfarshire.—Remarkable Providence.—Denmark.—TheBaltic.—Journey to the Gulf of Finland.—Reindeer andSledge.—Reval.—Superstitions.—Strange Fashions.—UngernSternberg.—Gulf of Bothnia.—Islands of theBaltic.—Lapland.—Aurora Borealis.—Russia.—Odessa.—Reflections
Stanzas by Mrs. Howitt.—CaspianSea.—Astracan.—DrollLegend.—Yellow Sea.—The Japanese.—Monsoons.—TradeWinds.—Description of a Monsoon.—Asia.—The Red Sea.—Isthmus ofSuez.—An Interesting Locality.—The Arabs.—Sea of Aral.—ChineseIslands.—Fishing for Mice.—The Typhon.—Fishing Birds.—CinnamonForests.—Eating Birds' Nests.—Bible Lands.—The Sea ofGalilee.—The Dead Sea.—The Slave Merchant.—A Japan Puzzle
Story of Era.—Assistance ofGoodwill.—Madeira.—Man-of-War.—Dinner on Ship-board.—ComputingLatitude.—Pipe to Dinner.—The Azores.—Newfoundland.—NewfoundlandDogs.—Greenland.—Whale Fishing.—Flying Fish.—A Ship In the PolarRegions.—An Awful Sight.—TheGeysers.—Icelanders.—Spitzbergen.—The FerroeIslands.—Maelstrom.—The Norwegian Mouse.—Hudson's Bay.—Hudson'sStraits.—Nova Scotia.—Henry May.—The AncientMariner.—Cuba.—Jamaica.—Beauty of Jamaica.—AHurricane.—Devastation.—Ruins of Yucatan.—Indians of Mexico.—TheAmerican Lakes.—Niagara.—The Caribbean Sea.—Panama.—GalaDays.—Diving for Pearls.—The Sea-Boy's Grave.—The Funeral.—Gulfof Trieste.—Guiana.—Brazil.—Rio deJaneiro.—Montevideo.—Patagonia.—Cape Horn.—Depth of the Atlantic
The Separation.—Deception Isle.—The Gulfof Penas.—Island ofChiloe.—Juan Fernandez.—Alexander Selkirk.—The Ladies ofLima.—The Peruvians.—Columbia.—Catching Wild Fowl.—The TwoOceans.—A Singular Funeral.—Magellan.—Guatemala.—LadiesSmoking.—Christian Indians.—Califor