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| Shipwreck,—its frequency near shore | 3 |
| —— particularly near capes and promontories | 6 |
| —— Recent instances affording useful hints for future navigators respecting various expedients against thirst, famine, want of water | 9 |
| —— Cautions in the treatment | 11 |
| —— Accidental causes of shipwreck | 12 |
| —— Why influenced by local situations | 13 |
| Hurricanes,—prognostic signs of | 14 |
| Shipwreck, more often caused by negligence | 15 |
| —— Hints for prevention, by new improvements | 16 |
| —— by boats incapable of upsetting | 18 |
| —— the Shields life-boat, its pre-eminence | 20 |
| —— by improved nautical implements | 22 |
| —— by curious inventions by foreigners | 30 |
| —— by vigilance and intrepidity of the captain | 32 |
| —— by precautions against storms | 33 |
| —— laws respecting wrecks, and to prevent plunder | 36 |
| —— the forming a line of communication with the shore, an important object | 38 |
| —— How best accomplished | 40 |
| —— —— by life-boat, projectile forces, &c. | 39 |
| —— by impervious air-vessels, a new invention | 44 |
| Swimming and Diving, their importance | 47 |
| Objection from Human beings swept away by accidents | 49 |
| Waste of life,—how reconciled to the laws of the universe,—whether the mere preservation of the species be only intended | 50 |
| Whether swimming ought not to constitute an essential branch of national education | ib. |
| Swimming and diving, their additional advantages | 51 |
| Asylum for shipwrecked mariners | 53 |
| —— whether that at Bamborough castle does not afford an excellent model | 56 |
| —— hints for establishing such institutions on a smaller scale | 59 |
| —— in situations peculiarly dangerous | 60 |
| Conclusion | 61 |