Chapter III: Part II: Wonders of the Sea

Chap. I. Parley tells about the Frozen Ocean 144
Icebergs 146
Parley's dangerous situation on an Iceberg 150

Chap. II. The story of a long journey over the ice with some
Esquimaux 152

Chap. III. The journey over the ice, continued 167

Chap. IV. The Whale 178
The mode of catching Whales 183
Character of the Whale 187

Chap. V. A voyage on a Tropical Sea 190
Trade Winds and Monsoons 191

Chap. VI. The Waterspout 194
How Parley supposes Waterspouts to be caused 199

Chap. VII. Coral Reefs and Islands 203
Various kinds of Coral 204
The Coral-Making Polypes 206
Forms of the Coral Reefs 211
Parley's first sight of one 213

Chap. VIII. Luminous appearance of the sea 221
Animals by which it is occasioned, and the Acalepha
in particular 223

Chap. IX. The Cuttle Fish 231
The Octopus 235

Chap. X. The Paper Nautilus, or Argonaut 239
How Parley saw one sailing on the sea 241
The Pearly Nautilus 245
The Nautilus Spirula 248