-Irish
factions--Irish scenery--Land-locked bay--Reflections and
plans--An awkward dilemma--A retreat--A country party--A medical
experiment--My reception

CHAPTER III.

Tricks upon travellers--Irish refinement--A wise resolve--After
dinner--The second bottle--One bottle more--Second thoughts
best--The game of humbug--The climax--You're off, are you?--A
practical bull--Irish hospitality

CHAPTER IV.

The Admiralty List--Chances of promotion--The Admiral's list--My
own disappointment--A good start--Homeward bound--A spell of bad
weather

CHAPTER V.

The tropical regions at sea--Sir Nathaniel Dance--The old Indian
ships--Social life at sea--Details of the voyage--The Canary
Islands--The Trade-winds--Changes of climate--The variable
winds--North-east Trades--Our limited knowledge--The great
monsoons

CHAPTER VI.

The Trade-winds--The monsoons--Theory of the
Trade-winds--Explanations--Tropical winds--Motion of cold
air--Direction of clouds--Equatorial Trades--Calms and
variables--South-east Trades--Application of theories--Atlantic
winds--Monsoons of India--Trade-winds of the pacific--Monsoons
of Indian seas--Velocity of equatorial air--Obstructions of the
land--Horsburg's remarks--Dampier's essay

CHAPTER VII.

Progress of the voyage--Cape of Good Hope--Ships' decks in the
tropics--Sweeping the decks--Marine shower-bath--Flying-fish--A
calm--Ships in a calm--A tropical shower--Washing-day--Comforts
of fresh water

CHAPTER VIII.

Aquatic sports--Weather wisdom--An equatorial
squall--Flying-fish--A chase--The
dolphin--Capture--Porpoises--Harpooning--The bonito--Dolphin
steaks--Porpoise steaks--The albatross--Shark-fishing--A
shark-hook--Habits of sharks--Seizing its prey--Flying at the
bait--The shark captured--Killing the shark--The buffalo skin--A
narrow escape

CHAPTER IX.

A man overboard--Crossing the line--Duty of officers--Rival
Neptunes--A boy overboard--Affecting incident--A true-hearted
sailor--Bathing at sea--A well-timed action--Swimming--A
necessary acquisition--A man overboard--What should be done, and
how to do it--Effects of precipitancy--Life-buoy--Regulations
for emergencies--Managing the ship with a man
overboard--Stationing the crew--Directing the boats

CHAPTER X.

Sunday on board a man-of-war--Muste