La Cosa, Juan de: his expeditions to America, iii. 303, 304, 307, 308, 309, 310; his character and death, 309, 310, 311
	Lacquer-work in Japan, iv. 40
	“Lady Franklin”: the search for Franklin, iii. 207
	La Hogue, battle of, ii. 32
	Lake Menzaleh, on the Suez Canal; catching pelicans, i. 112, 116
	“La Marguerite,” on the Goodwin Sands, ii. 253
	Lambert, James, a blind native of Calton, a suburb of Glasgow: his heroism in saving life from drowning, iv. 268
	Land crabs, iv. 152, 153
	Land’s End, iv. 207
	Lapland, Dutch Expedition to, iii. 142
	La Perouse: his monument in Petropaulovski, i. 132
	Lardner, Dr.: steam navigation, ii. 106
	Lascars, as sailors, i. 43
	Las Casas: his account of Spaniards in America, iii. 312, 313
	Laube, Dr.: Arctic voyage of the “Hansa,” iii. 259, 263
	Laudanum stew given to treacherous Esquimaux, iii. 243
	La Valette: his defence of Malta, i. 102
	Lay’s torpedo, ii. 151, 153
	Leake, Sir John: his defence of Gibraltar, i. 94
	Leeuw, Hannequin, the pirate, i. 275
	Leigh, Amyas, the hero of Kingsley’s “Westward Ho!” i. 43
	Lentzé, Herr: his co-operation with M. de Lesseps, i. 111
	Lesseps, F. M. de: the Suez Canal, i. 107
	Letters of Marque, i. 270; iii. 2
	Lewis, Richard: “The Life-boat and its Work,” ii. 210
	Lewson, Admiral Sir Richard, ii. 19
	Liessou, M.: his co-operation with M. de Lesseps in the Suez Canal, i. 110
	Life saved from shipwrecks; statistics, ii. 320; iv. 262, 267
	Lifeboat, The, ii. 209–235; its origin and history, 210; Lionel Lukin, ib.; Wouldhave and Greathead, ib.; George IV., ib.; Duke of Northumberland, 211; Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, ib.; National Life-boat Institution, ib.; Sir William Hillary, 212; saving life on the “St. George,” 213; “self-righting,” 214; “Aid,” steam-tug, Ramsgate, 215–234; “Ann,” loss of a lifeboat, 212, 216; “Samaritano” wrecked; saving of life, 217–223; loss of a Portuguese brig, 225–228; lifeboat and carriage, 217; group of lifeboat men, 229; “Providentia,” 230–236; at Penzance, iv. 219; at Padstow, 221; Deal, 242
	Lighthouse, The, and its history, ii. 156; Pharos of Alexandria, 158; Roman Pharos, Dover, ib.; Tower of Cordouan, 157; the Eddystone, its history and construction, 156, 159–171; lighthouses of the British Channel, 171; the “Bell Rock” lighthouse on the Inchcape Rock, 173; lighthouse on the Skerryvore Rocks, 175–178; lighthouse of Héhaux, Brittany, 178–181; lighthouses on land; Maplin Sands light, 182; Port Fleetwood, ib.; iron lighthouses, ib.; the lanterns, 183, 187; tallow candles, ib.; coal fires, ib.; Argand burner, 184; reflectors, ib.; electric light at sea, 185; flashing, revolving, and coloured lights, 184, 186; lanterns obscured by moths, bees, and birds, 187; St. Anthony’s Point, Falmouth, iv. 222; Bishop Rock Lighthouse, ii. 269, 270; Lizard light, iv. 208; Wolf lighthouse, 210
	Light vessel on the Goodwin Sands, iv. 244
	Lightning, Scientific cruise of the, i. 30
	Lima, i. 172; Sir F. Drake at, 310
	Limpets, iv. 40
	Lindsay, W. S., his “History of Merchant Shipping,” i. 3, 266; ii. 11, 14, 99, 117, 119; iv. 10
	Lisbon, view in the 16th century, iii. 281
	Liverpool: statistics of shipping, ii. 198; “Liverpool,” tugboat at the wreck of the “Deutschland,” ii. 273, 274
	Livingston, Robert R.: his association with Fulton; early steam vessels, ii. 90–93; “Clermont,” 93
	Living wonders of the ocean, iv. 160
	Lizard Rock and Lizard Light, iv. 208, 223; shipwreck, 224
	Lloyd’s: classification of ships, ii. 123; interior and exterior of Lloyd’s, 124, 125; history of Lloyd’s, 125, 126; Underwriter’s room, 128
	Lobsters, iv. 151, 154, 157
	Lobster fishing, iv. 156
	Lobster, blind, from the Atlantic, i. 31, 32
	“Locker,” the word; “Davy Jones’s Locker and its Treasures;” pearls, corals, sponges, diving, iv. 66–90
	Loggan Stone, iv. 208
	Lolonois, Francis, the Pirate, iii. 16–28
	London: statistics of shipping, ii. 198; Great Storm of 1703, 207
	“London,” swamped at sea, ii. 289–297
	Longfellow’s “Wreck of the Hesperus,” iv. 299, 300
	Longitude, first taken by observation of heavenly bodies, iii. 149
	Longwood, St. Helena, residence of Napoleon, i. 213
	Looe, Cornwall, iv. 212; Looe Island, 214
	Lord, Major, on lobsters, iv. 151, 155
	Lord Warden, i. 59
	Lost at Sea: ships never heard of, iv. 283
	Low, Captain Edward, a ferocious pirate, iii. 71
	Lucas, Captain of the Redoubtable at Trafalgar, i. 10, 11
	Lunar halo, iii. 221
	Lyon, Capt.: Arctic exploration, iii. 175, 176; extreme danger of the Griper, his prayers for preservation, 177

	Macao, i. 121
	Macartney, Lord: suppression of mutiny at the Cape, i. 256
	MacClean, Mr., C. E., his co-operation in the Suez Canal, i. 110
	McClintock, Sir F. Leopold: the “Fox” expedition in search of Franklin, iii. 216; relics of Franklin obtained from Esquimaux, 227; portrait, 224
	MacGahan, J. A., of the New York Herald: his account of the cruise of the “Pandora,” iii. 92
	MacGregor, Lt.-General Sir Duncan, K.C.B., burning of the “Kent,” i. 68, 69, 71
	Mackay’s “Popular Delusions”: the South Sea Bubble, ii. 43
	Mackerel and Mackerel Fishing, iv. 176
	Maclure, Capt.: Search for Sir John Franklin in the Investigator, iii. 211; North-west passage found, 212; portrait, 213
	Macquarie, Governor: on the population of Australia, i. 153
	McQuhæ, Capt., his account of the sea-serpent, iv. 186
	Madagascar, English pirates at, iii. 62
	“Madre de Dios,” taken by the Earl of Cumberland, i. 293
	Madrepores, iv. 122, 124
	Magdalena Bay, Spitzbergen, iii. 166, 167
	Magellan, Ferdinand de: discovery of Magellan’s Straits, iii. 316; of the Philippine Islands, 317; battle with Indians, Magellan killed, ib.
	Magnetic Pole discovered by Sir James Ross, iii. 187
	Mahoney, Gunner, his swim across the Hellespont, iv. 258
	Major, R. H., F.S.A. Arctic exploration by the brothers Zeni, iii. 47
	Malacca, Islands in the Straits, i. 129; view in the Straits, 145
	Malay population of the Cape of Good Hope, i. 206
	Malay prahus, i. 149
	Malay sailors, i. 43
	Malta, i. 96, 98; view, 96; Valetta, 98; climate, fruits, inhabitants, 99; buildings, history of the island, ib.; defended by the Knights of St. John, 100; catacombs at Citta Vecchia, 101, 103; Maltese cross, ib.; sieges, 102; taken by Napoleon, ib.; won by England, ib.; scene of St. Paul’s shipwreck, 103; garrison, 104
	Mammoth: Bones of the, fossil ivory, iii. 162
	Mangosteen, the apple of the East, i. 150
	Mansvelt, the pirate, iii. 30
	Manure ships, ii. 122
	Maories of New Zealand, iv. 51, 52
	Maplin Sands lighthouse, ii. 182
	Maracaibo: Lolonois the pirate at, iii. 19; the town attacked, 21, 22, 24; taken by the pirate Morgan, 37; letter from the Spanish admiral, iii. 39; fire ship, 40; Morgan’s escape, 43, 44
	Margate life-boats, ii. 254, 255
	Marigold, Drake’s vessel, lost, i. 308
	Marine artillery. (See Artillery)
	Markham, Commander, A. H.: Alert and Discovery expedition, iii. 92, 102, 107, 108, 110
	Marquesite, supposed to contain gold, iii. 125, 126
	Marryat, Captain, on sailors, i. 42, 44; ceremonies on crossing the line, 230; old war ships, 215
	Marshall: his discovery of gold in California, i. 158
	Martin, Frederick: “History of Lloyd’s and Marine Insurance,” ii. 126
	Martin, John Bohun, Captain, lost in the “London,” ii. 291–295
	Martinique: the Diamond Rock; the Centaur, i. 161, 187
	Masquerade on board the Terror, iii. 200
	Matamana, Cuba; Lolonois the pirate at, iii. 25
	Matavia Bay: mutiny of the Bounty, i. 244
	Mauna Kea, a Japanese volcano, iv. 47, 49
	Mauna Loa, a Japanese volcano, iv. 47
	Maxwell, Sir Murray, captain of the Alceste; wreck of the ship, i. 82
	May, gunner of the Captain; his escape, i. 57, 58
	“Medical Life in the Navy,” by Dr. Stables, i. 220
	Medina Sidonia, Duke of, commander of the Spanish Armada, i. 288
	Mediterranean: Round the World in a Man-of-war, i. 87-214; “The Mediterranean,” by Rear-Admiral Smyth, ib.; ancient and modern names of the Mediterranean, ib., 88; history and description of Gibraltar, 88; saltness of the water, 97; gales and storms, 104
	Medusæ, iv. 116, 195
	“Medusa,” Wreck of the, i. 75; the raft, 76, 77, 78; starvation and illusions of the sufferers, 79; combats, cannibalism, and murder, 80, 81; Géricault’s painting of the raft, 81
	Mehemet Ali and M. de Lesseps, i. 108
	Melbourne, South Australia, i. 155; iv. 53, 54
	Melville Bay, iii. 97; view of Cape York, iii. 228
	Menai Straits, ii. 300
	Mendoza, Don Fernando de: his ship, “Madre de Dios,” taken by the Earl of Cumberland, i. 293
	Men of Peace: naval life in peace times: the cruise of the Challenger, i. 28
	Men of the Sea: how boys become sailors; Amyas Leigh; training ships; old guard ships; routine and work on board; “watches” and “bells;” grog; the cat, i. 42–54
	Men of War: The Victory, i. 4; Siege of Toulon, 6; Battle of St. Vincent, 7–9; Nelson’s bridge, 8; Trafalgar, 10–13; iron and wooden ships, 9, 13; Crimean War, 15; Bombardment of Sebastopol, 14, 15; red-hot shot and Gibraltar, 16, 18; Ironclads, 13, 14; the Warrior and “La Gloire,” 18; the “Merrimac,” its history, 19; the “Cumberland” sunk, 20, 21, 22; the “Congress” burned, ib.; the first “Monitor,” its engagement with the “Merrimac,” 23, 24, 25; the “Shah” and “Huascar” engagement, 26; the “Vesta” (Russian) and the “Assari Tefvik” (Turkish) ships, action between them, 27; instruction on board, 49; officer’s life on board, 214; ward-room, captain’s cabin, 215; between decks in the eighteenth century, 217; doctors, 220; officers and seamen of the eighteenth century, 221; chaplains, 222; engineers, 224; American, English, and French sailors, 226; ceremonies on “crossing the line,” 229; ward-room, meals and music, 231; mess and wine-caterers, ib.; present force of the Navy, ib.; cost of ironclads, 231; history of the Navy, 232; naval volunteers, 232; rapid firing, ib.; artillery volunteers, 233; drills, 234; Royal Naval Reserve, 234; pursers, their dishonesty, mutiny of the Nore, 250 (see Mutinies and); Round the World on a Man-of-War, 87
	Menzaleh, Lake: on the Suez Canal, catching pelicans, i. 112, 116
	Mermaids, iii. 146
	“Merrimac:” its work of destruction in Hampton Roads, i. 20–22; engagement with the “Monitor,” 23–25; its history, 18; ii. 139
	“Miantonoma:” monitor steamer, ii. 139, 140; its circumnavigation of the world, 142
	Michelet: his references to the sea, i. 2; iv. 290; Infusoria, iv. 112; Medusa, 117; Echinoderms, 126; Cephalopoda, cuttle-fish, octopus, 143
	Microscope: “the sixth sense of man,” iv. 112
	Middleton, Sir Henry: East India trade, ii. 13
	Midshipmen, i. 47
	Miller, Patrick: propulsion of ships by steam, ii. 81–83
	Milne, Admiral: his report on the loss of the Captain, i. 59
	Milne-Edwards, Dr.: his diving apparatus, iv. 113
	Milner, Rev. John: Duke of Edinburgh’s visit to the Cape, i. 205
	Milton: his reference to the sea, i. 2; iv. 290
	Mindry, Robert: his “Chips from the Log of an Old Salt,” i. 44
	Mines of Cornwall, iv. 215
	Minion, Sir John Hawkins’s ship, i. 299
	“Minnesota,” i. 20, 24
	Mirage in the Straits of Fuca, i. 163
	Mississippi scheme, ii. 42
	Misson, Captain: the pirate, iii. 64–67
	Missouri river, iv. 16
	Mistral, or Grippe, i. 107
	Mocha, i. 117
	Mocha fleet attacked by Captain Kidd, iii. 56
	Mock suns (parahelia), iii. 132, 150, 152
	Mock moons, iii. 221
	Molluscs: phosphorescence of the sea produced by, iv. 97
	Monitors: the first engagement with the “Merrimac,” i. 22–26; a “dummy” monitor, ii. 138; the first “Monitor,” 139
	Monkeys: at Gibraltar, i. 88, 97; in Trinidad, 182; eaten at Singapore, 150
	Monson, Sir William: his “Naval Tracts,” his daring deeds, ii. 15; his captivity, 17; at the Siege of Cadiz, ib.; destruction of the Spanish fleet, 18; action at Cerimbra Roads, 19, 21; on Dutch fisheries, 23; expedition against pirates, 24; adventure at Broad Haven, 25
	Monsoon, i. 129; iv. 95
	Montesino, M. de: his co-operation with M. de Lesseps, i. 111
	Moon, the. (See Mock Moons.)
	Moore, Captain: search for Franklin in the Plover, iii. 207, 211
	Moore, Lieutenant: his swim across the Hellespont, iv. 258
	Moore, Frank: his “Rebellion Record;” the “Merrimac;” and the “Monitor,” i. 19
	Moors in Spain, i. 88, 90, 93, 94
	Morgan, Captain Henry: the pirate, iii. 29–51; portrait, 41
	Mormondom; town of Echo, Utah, Salt Lake City, iv. 23
	“Morning Star” chased by De Soto the pirate, iii. 80
	Morrison, R. J., R.N.: loss of the “Rothsay Castle,” ii. 298
	Morton’s sledge journey; in Dr. Kane’s expedition, iii. 239; the open sea discovered, 239, 241; with Captain Hall in the “Polaris,” iii. 268
	Mounts Erebus and Terror, iii. 280
	Mount St. Elias, Alaska, i. 170
	Mount’s Bay and Mount St. Michael, Cornwall, iv. 223
	Müller, S.: his “Life of Vitus Behring,” iii. 160
	Mundy, Colonel: on Sydney, Australia, i. 154
	Munk, Jens: his Arctic voyage, iii. 150
	Murchison, Sir Roderick J.: his advocacy of Polar exploration, iii. 92
	Murex, a univalve shell, iv. 144
	“Murillo,” the “Northfleet” wrecked by her, ii. 263–267
	Murphy, J. M.: American railways, iv. 18; salmon of American rivers, 166
	Murray, Mrs. William, shipwrecked; “Ten Terrible Days,” iv. 56
	Musquitoes, i. 222
	Mussels, iv. 129, 132
	Mutiny: on the raft of the “Medusa,” i. 79; at Portsmouth, 225; of the Nore, 249; the “Lennie” mutineers, 235; of the Bounty, 235–249; the crew at Otaheite, 236; mutineers seizing Captain Bligh, 237; Bligh cast adrift, 240; on the Wager, ii. 52