The World of Waters - A Peaceful Progress o'er the Unpathed Sea by Mrs. David Osborne;Mrs. David Osbourne
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The Wilton Family.--Story of Frederic Hamilton
CHAPTER II. The Wiltons.--Dora Leslie.--Charles Dorning.--The Mediterranean. --Corsica.--Candia.--Rhodes.--Malta.--Valetta.--The Caledonia. --A Story by Krummacher.--Adriatic Sea.--Venice.--Turkish Rowers.--Elgin Marbles.--Isle of Wight.--Thunder Storm.--Jersey. --Romaine's Journal.--Slave Ship.--Horrible Cruelty.--Slave Trade. --Wreck of the Royal George.--Eddystone Lighthouse CHAPTER III. The Wiltons.--A great Naval Victory.--Monster Fish.--The Downs.--St. Augustine.--Yarmouth.--Brock the Swimmer and Yarmouth Boatman.--The North Sea.--The Bell Rock.--Mr. Barraud.--Jock of Jedburgh.--Wreck of the Forfarshire.--Remarkable Providence.--Denmark.--The Baltic.--Journey to the Gulf of Finland.--Reindeer and Sledge. --Reval.--Superstitions.--Strange Fashions.--Ungern Sternberg. --Gulf of Bothnia.--Islands of the Baltic.--Lapland.--Aurora Borealis.--Russia.--Odessa.--Reflections CHAPTER IV. Stanzas by Mrs. Howitt.--Caspian Sea.--Astracan.--Droll Legend.--Yellow Sea.--The Japanese.--Monsoons.--Trade Winds.--Description of a Monsoon.--Asia.--The Red Sea.--Isthmus of Suez.--An Interesting Locality.--The Arabs.--Sea of Aral.--Chinese Islands.--Fishing for Mice.--The Typhon.--Fishing Birds.--Cinnamon Forests.--Eating Birds' Nests.--Bible Lands.--The Sea of |
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