THE NAUTICAL MAGAZINE AND Naval Chronicle. FOR 1856. A JOURNAL OF PAPERS ON SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH MARITIME AFFAIRS. London: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL AND CO., STATIONER'S HALL COURT; AND J. D. POTTER, 31, POULTRY, AND 11, KING STREET, TOWER HILL. CONTENTS OF VOLUME FOR 1856. ENLARGED SERIES. A British Captain of the Olden Time, 148 A Glance at the Slaving Places on the African Coast, 301 Anchorage in Tongoy Bay, Coast of Chile, 329 Another Word about Columbus, 361 Approaches to Smyrna, 628 Archipelago, Position of the Falcon Rock off Cape Vurkos, Myteline, 449 Arctic, Testimonial to Sir Robt. M'Clure, 399 Arrival of the "Rattlesnake," 43 A Shoal Cast in the Channel, 326 Astronomical Expedition to Tenerife, 617 A Trip from Port Clarence to King-a-Ghee, 639 Australia, Lighthouse on Troubridge Shoals, 395 Australia, Navigation of George's Bay, 51 Compass Experiments and Observations on Magnetic Changes in the Convention between her Majesty and the Emperor of Japan, 107 Crozet Isles and the Ship "Ben Nevis," 106, 515 Cruize of H.M.S. "Dædalus" in the Pacific Ocean, 85 Currents of the Northern Seas, 628 Depths of the Ocean, 361 Destruction of a Piratical Fleet at Shei-Poo by the "Bittern," 51 Destruction of Russian Stores in the Sea of Azof, 44 Disposal of another British Merchant Ship, 337 Eruption of Mauna Loa, Sandwich Islands, 286 Gallant Affair with Pirates, 52 Grove Rocks, Pacific Ocean, 394 Houses of Refuge, Mouth of Hooghly, 334 Hydrographical Remarks on the Rocas Shoal, 329 Ice in the Southern Indian Ocean, 449 Important Circulars regarding the Coast-Guard Service, 686 Journal of H.M.S. "Rattlesnake," Commander Henry Trollope, on her recent Voyage to Behring Strait, 345, 422, 465, 529 Langstone and West Hartlepool, 445 Loss of the " Lochmaben Castle," 48 Luminous Appearance of the Sea, 222 Magnetic Deviations on Compass Diagrams. By Capt. M. S. Nolloth, Magnetic Variations and Dip for the Years 1854 and 1855, 164 Memoir of Rear-Admiral Philip Parker King, 389 Mouth of the Hooghly, 106 Narrative of the Loss of the Chinese Junk "Ningpo" on D'Entre- Nautical Notices, 49, 100, 217, 287, 329, 393, 449, 509, 574, 626, 689 Neglect of the Warnings given by the Barometer, 462 New and Corrected Charts, 56, 111, 168, 288, 344, 400, 464, 520, New Caledonia, 5, 72, 198, 228 New Mode of Bending Timber, 557 New Regulations for the Entry of Cadets into the Fleet, 56 A Catechism of the Steam Engine. By John Bourne, C.E. 519 Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the Notes on the Navigation of the Dardanelles, Bosphorus, and Black |