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Start of eBook	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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