. The wonders of the great deep, or, The physical, animal, geological, and vegetable curiosities of the ocean . Ocean; Marine animals; Marine plants. 'WW- The Whale Fishery. PREFACE. In the following pages, the Author has endeavoured to describe, â with some minuteness of detail, a few of the many objects of in- terest more or less directly connected with the Sea, and especially to lead youthful readers to associate with the phenomena of Nature, habitual thoughts of God. A subject so vast as the Ocean might be viewed in a variety of aspects, all of them more or less instruc- tive : the one whi
. The wonders of the great deep, or, The physical, animal, geological, and vegetable curiosities of the ocean . Ocean; Marine animals; Marine plants. 'WW- The Whale Fishery. PREFACE. In the following pages, the Author has endeavoured to describe, â with some minuteness of detail, a few of the many objects of in- terest more or less directly connected with the Sea, and especially to lead youthful readers to associate with the phenomena of Nature, habitual thoughts of God. A subject so vast as the Ocean might be viewed in a variety of aspects, all of them more or less instruc- tive : the one which has been chosen is that in which it presents itself to the mind of a naturalist,, desirous of viewing the Almighty Creator in His works. The selections are made chiefly from marine botany, zoology, meteorology, the fisheries, the varying aspects of island and coast scenery, incidents of navigation, &c, arranged (if such a word be not inapplicable) in the order of geographical distribution; as they might be supposed to present themselves to the notice of an observant voyager. It may be thought that the Author has touched too frequently, or dwelt with too great prolixity, on objects minute in themselves, and A 2 (5). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888. New York : J. W. Lovell
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