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THE AUTHOR. CHAPTER. I. IN THE BEGINNING II. A PLAIN MAN'S PHILOSOPHY III. MUCH RICHES IN A LITTLE ROOM IV. SILENCES V. FRUITS AND SCENTS VI. HIS MAJESTY THE SUN VII. A TROPIC NIGHT VIII. READING TO MUSIC IX. BIRTH AND BREAKING OF CHRISTMAS X. THE SPORT OF FATE XI. FIGHT TO A FINISH XII. SEA WORMS AND SEA CUCUMBERS XIII. SOME MARINE NOVELTIES XIV. SOME CURIOUS BIVALVES XV. BARRIER REEF CRABS XVI. THE BLOCKADE OF THE MULLET XVII. WET SEASON DAYS XVIII. INSECT WAYS XIX. INTELLIGENT BIRDS XX SWIFTS AND EAGLES XXI. SOCIALISTIC BIRDS XXII. SHARKS AND RAYS XXIII. THE RECLUSE OF RATTLESNAKE XXIV. HAMED OF JEDDAH XXV. YOUNG BARBARIANS AT PLAY XXVI. TOM AND HIS CONCERNS XXVII. DEBILS-DEBILS XXVIII. TO PARADISE AND BACK XXIX. THE DEATH BONE

ILLUSTRATIONS (Not included in this eBook)

"AT ONE STRIDE COMES THE DARK"

Photo by Caroline Hordern

COCONUT AVENUE

Photo by Caroline Hordern

THE BUNGALOW

FERN OF GOD

PARASITIC FERN

THE COVE, PURTABOI

BRAMMO BAY, FROM GARDEN

PANDANUS PALM

PECTINARIAN TUBES

CLAM SHELL (Tridaena gigas) EMBEDDED IN CORAL

FIRE FISH (Pterois lunulata).

TRIGGER FISH (Balistapus aculeatus)

CORALS

EGG CAPSULES OF BAILER SHELL

DEVELOPMENT OF BAILER SHELL

EGG CAPSULES OF MOLLOSC, ATTACHED TO FAN CORAL

HARLEQUIN PIGFISH (Kiphocheilus fasciatus)

"FAERY LANDS FORLORN," TIMANA.

NEST OF GREEN TREE ANT

MATCH-BOX BEANS

PALL-KOO-LOO

WHERE SWIFTLETS BUILD

SWIFTLETS' NESTS

H. Barnes, Jun., Photo. Australian Museum

UMBRELLA TREE (Brassaia actinophylla)

Photo by Caroline Hordern

HAMED OF JEDDAH

BLACKS' TOYS—1. PIAR-PIAR; 2. BIRRA-BIRRA-GOO; 3. PAR-GIR-AH

TURTLE ROCK, PURTABOI

DISGUISES OF CRABS

WYLO DEFIANT

THE DEATH BONE

YANCOO'S LAST RITE