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Origin and Progress of Naval Architecture, from the Raft, the Canoe, and the Coracle, up to the Man-of-War; different parts of a Ship; Sea Terms, etc. etc.

Early Navigation; Progress of Maritime Discovery; Great Sea Captains and Voyagers of Britain; Present State of the British Navy; Fishermen of Scripture and of Modern Times, etc. etc,

Description of the Finny Tribes, and their Modes of Capture, etc. etc.

Crabs, Lobsters, Shrimps, etc.; Corals, Sponges, and other Zoophytes, etc.

Different Species of Algæ, familiarly described; the various Winged Creatures that haunt the Shores, etc. etc.

One great design of this work is to cultivate, in the young, habits of observation and of reflection, to induce in them a desire for knowledge; it is written, as the author believes, in a religious spirit, and calculated, as be hopes, to be of service to those for whom it is intended. In order that it may be used as a lesson-look by teachers, numerous questions are appended to each section, and the meanings of the longer words, which it was found necessary to use, have been made plain by a reference to their derivatives.

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