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Dacres, Admiral, losses of, 327.

Fort William, 432.

Franklin, Sir John, orders of, 545.

Dead sea, American expedition to, 692. Foundations, submarine, 218.

level of, 693.

Dædalus, H.M.S., lost on, 59.
Dallas, Mr., on Tehuantepec, 113.
Danish navy, list of, 270.

Deaths, 56, 112, 168, 224, 279, 334, 391,

447, 504 566, 622, 694.

De la Gravier, on last war, 465.
Denman, Captain, case of, 163.
Desertas, description of, 535.
height of, 537.

Desertion at Port Philip, 251.
Disappointment islands, 337.
Dornoch Firth, 317.

Dorothy, wreck of, 306.

Duke, Sir James, Lord Mayor, 690.

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Dyke, Com., R.N., on African coast, 169. Gulnare, schooner, escape of, 668.

Gutta percha described, 553.

Earthquake in Java, 212.

Eddystone, sketch of, 374.
Education in dockyards, 45.
Edwards' preserved potato, 691.
Egede, Hans, his sea serpent, 695.
Eggers, on coast of Labrador, 667.
Eleanor, loss of, 684.
Elephant bay, 170.

Elizabeth, port, origin of, 586.
Emigrant ships, regulations, 262.
loss of, 272.

Equatorial stream, 130.
Erromanga island, 576.
Errors in Admiralty charts, 561.
Evaporator, Erricsson's, 154.
Examiners, board of wanted, 79.

at Liverpool, 589.

Half-pay on shore established, 426.
Harbours, report on, 24.

Harrison, Mr., court-martial on, 67.
Hartlepool, port light, 384.

Harris, Sir W., on lightning, 109.

Harwich harbour, notice, 488.
'Iawke, Sir Edward, 126.
fawkins, first voyage, 400.

Heath, Com., on trial cruizes, 66.

stern board, 603.

Healthshire beacon, 563.
Hebrides, lights on, 382.
Helena, wreck of, 306.
Helsion I., Pacific, 241.

Henderson, Mr., on sea serpent, 618.
Highland river, Africa, 204.

Examination of masters and mates, 50, Honolula, port of, 338.

84, 195, 323, 432, 492, 558.

Falkland island, supplies at, 92.

Fastnet rock, light on determined, 161.
lighthouse, 613.

Fishermen, American, 665.

Findley, Mr., on lighthouses, 148.
Florida stream, saltness, 16.

Fonseca, gulf of, 420.

Foote, Com., on Cape Agulhas light,

490.

Formosa channel, 244.

Hoskyn, Mr., on shoal off Kephiz point,

159.

Humble, Dr, on hurricane theory, 136.
Hunter island, position, 574.

Hurricanes, chronological account of,
453.

displacing battery, 404.
in China Sea, 147.
theory, 12, 136,375.
history of, 524.

list of West India, 397.
on their aberration, 7.
in north Caledonia, 684.

Iydrographic office, expenses, 265.

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Little Natashquan, 667.

Liverpool examiners, 589.
Lobito bay, 172.

Loch Ryan inlet, 318.

Lock, Capt., on Munn's reef, 257.
Long Sault, descent of, 486.
Loo rock, at Madeira, 355.
Lord Mayor's Day, 690.
Los Roques, intended light, 162.
Low, Col., search of, for coal, 205.
Lourenzo point, Madeira, 349.
Loyalty islands, Pacific, 514.
Luash bay, 171.

Lynch, Capt., expedition of, to the Dead
Sea, 692.

Mac Askill islands, 578.
Machim, story of, 346.

Machim, Robert, story of, 281.

Machico bay, Madeira, 353.

McKinnon, Capt., on Parana, 290.

MacLelland, Mr., on island in China

sea, 617.

McQuhae, Capt., on sea serpent, 618.

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Marriages, 56, 112, 168, 224, 279, 334, Navy, hints on manning, 3, 64.

391, 447, 504, 568, 622, 694.

Martin, Capt., on invasion, 80.

on tides, 393.

Sir B., on navigation laws, 676.

Mary, of Liverpool, loss of brig, 382.
Massacre of missionaries, 548.

royal, state of, 96.

officers of, 273.

royal, in commission, 495.

Nebulæ, notes on, 93.

Neill, Mr., on sea serpent, 654.
Nelson, new life of. 503.

Masters and mates, examination of, 50, New Caledonia, natives of, 685.

84, 195, 323, 432, 492, 558.

passed, 608.

Newfoundland, gradual rise, 48.

banks, 415.

Masters of merchant ships, general cha Newhaven harbour, signals, 92.

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New York and Bermuda, steamers, 321.

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Sailor's home, 595, 651.

Samboanga, Spaniards at, 332.

San Bras, Cape, 173.

Sandbank in China sea, 617.

Sanda Island, character, 301.

Sandwich island, 338, 576.

Sarah, brig, loss of, 681.

Saxon, Capt., bottle paper of, 690.
Scout, H.M.S., affair of, 501.
Screw propelling, 691.

Sea, encroachment of, 429.

experiment on, 228.

serpent, account of, 618, 654.

Seamen, on entering, 204

try, 433.

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on treatment of, 6.

relation of, to the state, 3.
riggers, regulations for en-

shipping of, act for, 41.
advantages in ships of war,

British, in American ships,

Seasons in Tenassarim, 187.
at Madeira, 236, 346.
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Seical point, 470.

Serpent, great sea, 618, 654.
Shanghai, port of, 229.
Shank island, Pacific, 578.
Sharks point, 174.

Sherwell, Lieut., on Cock's comb, 632.
Shipwrecks, report on, 20.

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Slave trade, effects of, 95.
treaty, trial, Denman, 163.

Snake, H.M.S., loss of, 102.
Solomon Archipelago, 575.
Spontaneous combustion, 491.
Sprowle, Capt. B., on Pacific, 240,
St. Abbs Head light, 430.
St. Lawrence navigation, 414.
St. Margarets Hope, 431.
St. Paul I., current off, 250.
on making, 416.

Stalkart, court-martial for loss of, 67.
Stanley, Capt., R.N., on Bass Straits,

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Start Point, Orkney, on light of, 300.
Steam-ship, evolutions, 598.

Stern board, Com. Heath on, 602.
Stevenson, Mr., Skerryvore, 366,
Stewart islands, 575.

Storm at Madeira, (1842,) 405.
Stormy Jack on Hurricanes, 374.
Strong island, 578.
Struis bay, Africa, 490.
Submarine foundations, 218.
Sunrise, long. by, 620.

Sunset on finding, 560.
Superstition of Dyaks, 555.
Supplies in Pacific, 576.

at Bornabi island, 643.

Surfs, remarks on, 119.
Swallow of Java described, 297.
Swedish navy, regulations, 40.

Tahiti, the pilot of, 567.
Tajong, Patong, point, 205.
Talbot, H.M.S., passages of, 337.
Tanna island, Pacific, 576.
Tea shops, in China, 231.
Teak, wood of Tenasserim, 188.
Tehuantepec, isthmus of, 113.
Tenasserim, provinces, 187.
Thomas, Lieut, on Start light, 303.
Thompson, Mr., on Pacific navigation,

418.

remarks of, 342.

Thurso bay, 431.
Tidal electric phenomena, 393.

Admiralty, circular on,

Tidal harbour report, 20.

163.

Tinghai, 186.

Tobermory, 380.

Towson, Mr., on Great Circle Sailing,

247.

tables on, 491.

Trade, south east, where begins, 249.
winds, remarks on, 70.

Trial cruizes, Com. Heath on, 66.
Trivett, Capt., visit to Port Philip, 249.

Uea islands, Pacific, 570.

Uitenhage, Cape of Good Hope, 629.
Under currents, 238.

Uniform, naval, order on, 47,
United States navy, 157.
Yacht club, 106.

Valparaiso, gale of, 418.
Vancouvers island, 517.
Vartrouyan, wreck of, 308.

Victoria harbour, Isle of Pines, 512.
loss of, 606.

Victualling, navy (1693) 427.

Vidal, Capt., on Madeira, 281, 346, 467.
on Porto Santo, 623.

Wakes island, Pacific, 241.
Walker, Mr., on Brazil char ts,606.
Walpole island, Pacific, 574.
Wapitagun harbour, 670.
Waves, experiments on, 228.
Weather at Madeira, 346,
in Pacific, 572, 582.

Welland canal, 25.

Wellington islands, 578

Wells, Mr., on Start light, 305.
telegraphic light, 379.

Weser, channel into, 685.
Weston, Capt., on longitude, 620.
Wigs, antiquity of, 482.
Williamsburgh canal, 25.
Windward, an eye to, 462.
Winter Hoek, 635.

Woodward, Capt., on Sea Serpant, 657.
Woolridge, Lieut., on Gulf of Califor-
nia, 637.

Woolwich, H.M.S., loss of, 526.
Woosung, account of, 229.

Wrecks, causes of, 31.

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