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Confessions of a Beachcomber eBook
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 401 pages of information about Confessions of a Beachcomber.
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Confessions of a Beachcomber eBook
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 401 pages of information about Confessions of a Beachcomber.
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1
CHAPTER II
1
CHAPTER III
1
CHAPTER IV
1
PART I
1
INTRODUCTION
1
CHAPTER I
3
OFFICIAL LANDING
5
OUR ISLAND
8
EARLY HISTORY
14
SATELLITES AND NEIGHBOURS
19
PLANS AND PERFORMANCES
26
CHAPTER II
34
TROPICAL INDUSTRIES
43
SOME DIFFERENCES
50
ISLAND FAUNA
58
CHAPTER III
61
A CENSUS
63
BIRDS OF PREY
63
PERCHING BIRDS
63
PICARIAN BIRDS
64
PARROTS
64
PIGEONS AND DOVES
64
GAME BIRDS
64
RAIL
65
CRANE
65
SEA BIRDS
65
IBISES
65
HERONS
65
POUCHERS
65
DIVER
65
DUCKS
66
THE DAYBREAK FUGUE
66
THE MEGAPODE
67
SWAMP PHEASANT
69
BULLY, SWAGGERER, SWASHBUCKLER
70
EYES AFLAME
71
THE NESTFUL TREE
73
WHITE NUTMEG PIGEON
76
FRUIT-EATERS
80
AUSTRALIA’S HUMMING-BIRD
81
THE FLAME-TREE’S VISITORS
83
RED-LETTER BIRDS
83
CASUAL AND UNPRECISE
85
CHAPTER IV
86
QUEER FISH
93
THE WARTY GHOUL
95
BURRA-REE
97
FOUR THOUSAND LIKE ONE
98
THE BAILER SHELL
99
A RIVAL TO THE OYSTER
100
SHARKS AND SKIPPERS
101
GORGEOUS AND CURIOUS
103
TURTLE GENERALLY
105
THE MERMAID OF TO-DAY
109
BECHE-DE-MERE
112
CHAPTER V
115
SINGLE-HANDEDNESS
116
A BUTTERFLY REVERIE
119
THE SERPENT BEGUILED
121
ADVENTURE WITH A CROCODILE
123
THE ARABS PRECEPT
125
CHAPTER VI
127
THE CONQUERING TREE
132
THE UMBRELLA-TREE
138
THE GENUINE UPAS-TREE
139
THE CREEPING PALM
140
MAUVE, GREEN AND GREY
143
STEALTHY MURDERERS
144
TREE GROG
145
CHAPTER VII
147
A TRAGEDY IN YELLOW
148
COLOUR EFFECTS
149
MUSICAL FROGS
149
ACTS WELL ITS PART
150
GREEN-ANT CORDIAL
152
WOOING WITH WINGS
156
THE GREED OF THE SNAKE
157
A SWALLOWING FEAT
157
PART II
158
CHAPTER I
158
TURTLE AND SUCKERS
159
WEATHER DISTURBERS
165
A DINNER-PARTY
167
BLACK ART
169
A POISONOUS FOOD
173
MESSAGE-STICKS
174
HOOKS OF PEARL
178
WILD DYNAMITE
180
A CAVERN AND ITS LEGEND
181
A SOULFUL DANCE
182
A SONG WITHOUT WORDS
184
ORIGIN OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS
184
CROCODILE CATCHING
185
SUICIDE BY CROCODILE
186
DISAPPEARANCE OF BLACKS
186
CHAPTER II
187
TOM: HIS WIVES—HIS BATTLES
194
THE LANGUAGE TEST
201
LAST OF THE LINE
202
CHAPTER III
202
COMMON AND INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS
203
CLOTHING SUPERFLUOUS
205
BROTHER AND SISTER
205
THE RAINBOW
205
SWIMMING FEATS
205
SMOKE SIGNALS
207
THUNDER FACTORY
207
THE ORACLE
207
A REAL LETTER
207
A BLACK DEGENERATE
207
JUMPED AT A CONCLUSION
208
PRIDE OF RACE
209
MYALL’S BAKING
210
EVERYTHING FOR A NAME
210
THE KNIGHTLY GROWTH
211
HONOUR AND GLORY
211
FIRE JUMP UP
211
SLOP TEETH
212
A FASCINATED BOY
212
AWKWARD CROSS-EXAMINATION
212
THE ONLY ROCK
212
SAW THE JOKE
212
ZEBRA’S VANITY
213
LAURA’S TRAITS
213
ROYAL BLANKETS
214
HIS DAILY BREAD
214
HUMAN NATURE
214
AN APT RETORT
215
MISSIS’S TROUSERS
215
DULL-WITTED
216
STRATEGY
216
LITERAL TRUTH
216
MAGIC THAT DID NOT WORK
216
ANTI-CLIMAX
216
LITTLE FELLA CREEK SAILOR
216
A FATEFUL BARGAIN
217
EXCUSABLE BIAS
217
THE TRIAL SCENE
217
A REFLECTION ON THE HORSE
218
TRIUMPH OF MATTER OVER MIND
218
THE RUSE THAT FAILED
218
THE BIG WORD
218
MICKIE’S VERSION
219
HONOURABLE JOHNNY
219
THE TRANSFORMATION
219
MONEY-MAKING TRICK
219
HONOURABLE CHASTISEMENT
219
PARADISE
220
CHAPTER IV
220
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