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Robert Ellis Dudgeon. Colymbia
Colymbia
Table of Contents
A VOYAGE AND ITS END
THE ARCHIPELAGO ON THE EQUATOR
INTRODUCTION TO THE INHABITANTS
HIEROGLYPHICS AND TRANSCENDENTAL GEOGRAPHY
EVOLUTION AND PROGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT
SHARK-HUNTING
POLITICAL CONSTITUTION
A MISPLACED AFFECTION
NAMES AND GOVERNMENT OFFICES
CHILDREN-REARING ESTABLISHMENTS
RECREATIONS AND SPORTS
CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LAW
LECTURES AND SOCIETIES
WOMAN'S RIGHTS AND WRONGS
FUNERAL RITES AND MONUMENTS
FAREWELL TO COLYMBIA
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Robert Ellis Dudgeon
Published by Good Press, 2021
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I looked into the dark blue water and felt a longing to spring overboard; but better thoughts prevailed, and I made a firm resolve to do nothing to cut short the life which had been so wonderfully preserved.
I calculated how long my provisions would last me, and felt almost certain that before they were exhausted some ship would rescue me from my fearful situation.
