loss of blood from a wound,

302.

arterial bleeding, 303.

to transport a wounded per-

son, 303.

dislocations, 303, 304.
bruises and sprains, 304.
burns or scalds, 304.
sun stroke, 304.

poisons and antidotes, 305.
asphyxia, 305.
poisonous fish, 305.

stings from wasps, &c., 306.
treatment of cholera, 306.
caution as to using opium,
306.

fever and ague, 306.
frostbite, 307.
frozen limb, 307.

apparently dead from cold,
307
fainting, 307.
drunkenness, 307.
epilepsy or fits, 308.

bite of mad dog, 308.
marsh poison, recipe for,
308, 309

Aden, Gulf of, currents, 109.

Admiralty Charts, note on vast amount of
information in, 143.

ARC

Admiralty Charts, tides on, 167.

Admiralty Knot, table for converting inte
statute miles, 201.

Admiralty Standard Compass, 37.

Africa, East Coast of, money of, 314.

West Coast of, money of, 318.
East Coast of, winds, 77.

Ague and fever, treatment of, 306.

Agulhas current, limits of, 110, III.

causes of, III.

recurving of, III.

temperature of, III.
warm and cold bands,

currents,

conclusions drawn from its
movements must be checked
for temperature, &c., 90.
shifting of wind, 90, 91.
sudden rise of, 90, 91.

Admiral Fitz-Roy's scales for,

91.

Buys-Ballot's law, 91.
reading the, 92, 93.
aneroid, description of, 93.
average range of, 94.

the fall of in hurricanes, 94.
correction for, in Atlantic, 94.
tables of pressure in Atlantic,
95, 96.
table for converting milli-
mètres into English inches,

97.

table for converting English
inches into millimètres, 98.
measuring heights by, 200.
revolving storms, 82.

use of thermometer in con-
junction with, 99.

Bars, crossing, in boat cruising, 229.
Bathers, hints to, issued by the Royal
Humane Society, 291.

Battalion, complement of, operations on
shore, 243.

Battalion, landing, &c., operations on
shore, 243.

Battery, the, operations on shore, 244.
Beach Master's duties, 257, 264, 274.
Beaching or landing through a surf, 221.
on a steep beach, 221.

glasses, 152.

Belt, diving, 397.

Belgium, money of, 313.

system of buoyage, 139.
weights and measures, 326.

Bengal, Bay of, winds in, 77.

cyclones in, 78.

Bill of health, ship's papers, 226.
Bills of lading, ship's papers, 225.
Bill of sale, ship's papers. 225.
Bivouac, operations on shore, 248.
Black gun polish, to make, 373.
polish for iron, 373.

stain, to make, 371.

varnish, to make, 370.

Black Stream, see Kuro-Siwo.

Blood, loss of, see Accidents.

Boarding a wreck or vessel under sail, 222,

boarding vessels, 228.
crossing bars, 229.
general remarks, 229.
careful steerage, 229.

Boat racing, 233 to 237.

rules for. 233, 235.

programmes for, 234, 237.
rowing regulations, 235.
sailing regulations, 236.

Boat's anchor, sounding, 155.

officers, instructions to, in the

223.

merchant vessels, 223.

capture of slavers, 230, 231.

vessels, boat cruising, 228.

Board of Trade Catechism for the use of

examiners in seaman-
ship, 63 to 66.

Instructions, Rocket and
Mortar apparatus, 281
to 283.

Merchant Shipping Acts,
67 to 69.

regulations for prevent-
ing collisions, 61.

Boat cruising (especially on East Coast of

África), 226 et seq.

equipment. 226, 227.

details for, employed in disembark-
ing troops, 259, 271.

management of a large number of,
disembarking troops, 273.

particulars of steam, supplied to
Navy, 209.

instructions for working the engines
of steam launches, 210 to 212.
pulling, weights of, 213.

practical hints for the guidance of
officers having charge of. 214.
rule of the road for, 214.

conduct of men, 214.

running dead before the wind, 215.
if caught in a sudden squall, 215.

passing to leeward of a vessel, 215.
water ballast, 215.

do. on a steep beach,

boarding a wreck or vessel under
sail, 222, 223.

boarding merchant vessels, 223.

Boats' signals, disembarking troops, 261,
262, 267.

steam, see Steam Boats.
Boiled oil, recipe for, 369.