The Confessions of a Beachcomber

by

E. J. Banfield

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Table of Contents

  1. PART I
  2. INTRODUCTION
  3. CHAPTER I
  4. THE BEACHCOMBER’S DOMAIN
  5. OFFICIAL LANDING
  6. OUR ISLAND
  7. EARLY HISTORY
  8. SATELLITES AND NEIGHBOURS
  9. PLANS AND PERFORMANCES
  10. CHAPTER II
  11. BEACHCOMBING
  12. TROPICAL INDUSTRIES
  13. SOME DIFFERENCES
  14. ISLAND FAUNA
  15. CHAPTER III
  16. BIRDS AND THEIR RIGHTS
  17. A CENSUS
  18. THE DAYBREAK FUGUE
  19. THE MEGAPODE
  20. SWAMP PHEASANT
  21. “GO-BIDGER-ROO!”
  22. BULLY, SWAGGERER, SWASHBUCKLER
  23. EYES AFLAME
  24. THE NESTFUL TREE
  25. “STATELY FACE AND MAGNANIMOUS MINDE”
  26. WHITE NUTMEG PIGEON
  27. FRUIT-EATERS
  28. AUSTRALIA’S HUMMING-BIRD
  29. “MOOR-GOODY”
  30. THE FLAME-TREE’S VISITORS
  31. RED-LETTER BIRDS
  32. CASUAL AND UNPRECISE
  33. CHAPTER IV
  34. GARDEN OF CORAL
  35. QUEER FISH
  36. THE WARTY GHOUL
  37. BURRA-REE
  38. FOUR THOUSAND LIKE ONE
  39. THE BAILER SHELL
  40. A RIVAL TO THE OYSTER
  41. SHARKS AND SKIPPERS
  42. GORGEOUS AND CURIOUS
  43. TURTLE GENERALLY
  44. THE MERMAID OF TO-DAY
  45. BECHE-DE-MER
  46. CHAPTER V
  47. THE TYRANNY OF CLOTHES
  48. SINGLE-HANDEDNESS
  49. A BUTTERFLY REVERIE
  50. THE SERPENT BEGUILED
  51. ADVENTURE WITH A CROCODILE
  52. THE ARABS PRECEPT
  53. CHAPTER VI
  54. IN PRAISE OF THE PAPAW
  55. THE CONQUERING TREE
  56. THE UMBRELLA-TREE
  57. THE GENUINE UPAS-TREE
  58. THE CREEPING PALM
  59. MAUVE, GREEN AND GREY
  60. STEALTHY MURDERERS
  61. TREE GROG
  62. CHAPTER VII
  63. “THE LORD AND MASTER OF FLIES”
  64. A TRAGEDY IN YELLOW
  65. COLOUR EFFECTS
  66. MUSICAL FROGS
  67. ACTS WELL ITS PART
  68. GREEN-ANT CORDIAL
  69. WOOING WITH WINGS
  70. THE GREED OF THE SNAKE
  71. A SWALLOWING FEAT
  72. PART II
  73. STONE AGE FOLKS
  74. CHAPTER I
  75. PASSING AWAY
  76. TURTLE AND SUCKERS
  77. A “KUMMAORIE”
  78. WEATHER DISTURBERS
  79. A DINNER-PARTY
  80. BLACK ART
  81. A POISONOUS FOOD
  82. MESSAGE-STICKS
  83. HOOKS OF PEARL
  84. WILD DYNAMITE
  85. A CAVERN AND ITS LEGEND
  86. A SOULFUL DANCE
  87. A SONG WITHOUT WORDS
  88. ORIGIN OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS
  89. CROCODILE CATCHING
  90. SUICIDE BY CROCODILE
  91. DISAPPEARANCE OF BLACKS
  92. CHAPTER II
  93. GEORGE: A MIXED CHARACTER
  94. YAB-OO-RAGOO, OTHERWISE “MICKIE”
  95. TOM: HIS WIVES—HIS BATTLES
  96. “LITTLE JINNY”: In Life and In Death
  97. THE LANGUAGE TEST
  98. LAST OF THE LINE
  99. CHAPTER III
  100. ATTRIBUTES AND ANECDOTES
  101. COMMON AND INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS
  102. THE “DEBIL-DEBIL”
  103. CLOTHING SUPERFLUOUS
  104. BROTHER AND SISTER
  105. THE RAINBOW
  106. SWIMMING FEATS
  107. SMOKE SIGNALS
  108. THUNDER FACTORY
  109. THE ORACLE
  110. A REAL LETTER
  111. A BLACK DEGENERATE
  112. JUMPED AT A CONCLUSION
  113. PRIDE OF RACE
  114. “YANKEE CHARLEY”
  115. MYALL’S BAKING
  116. EVERYTHING FOR A NAME
  117. THE KNIGHTLY GROWTH
  118. HONOUR AND GLORY
  119. FIRE JUMP UP
  120. SLOP TEETH
  121. A FASCINATED BOY
  122. AWKWARD CROSS-EXAMINATION
  123. THE ONLY ROCK
  124. SAW THE JOKE
  125. ZEBRA’S VANITY
  126. LAURA’S TRAITS
  127. ROYAL BLANKETS
  128. HIS DAILY BREAD
  129. HUMAN NATURE
  130. AN APT RETORT
  131. MISSIS’S TROUSERS
  132. DULL-WITTED
  133. STRATEGY
  134. LITERAL TRUTH
  135. MAGIC THAT DID NOT WORK
  136. ANTI-CLIMAX
  137. LITTLE FELLA CREEK SAILOR
  138. A FATEFUL BARGAIN
  139. EXCUSABLE BIAS
  140. THE TRIAL SCENE
  141. A REFLECTION ON THE HORSE
  142. TRIUMPH OF MATTER OVER MIND
  143. THE RUSE THAT FAILED
  144. THE BIG WORD
  145. MICKIE’S VERSION
  146. HONOURABLE JOHNNY
  147. THE TRANSFORMATION
  148. MONEY-MAKING TRICK
  149. HONOURABLE CHASTISEMENT
  150. “AND YOU TOO”
  151. PARADISE
  152. CHAPTER IV
  153. AND THIS OUR LIFE

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