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John Corwell, Sailor

JOHN CORWELL, SAILOR AND MINER

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POISONOUS FISH OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS

Colonial Mortuary Bard

THE COLONIAL MORTUARY BARD

"'REO," THE FISHERMAN

THE BLACK BREAM OF AUSTRALIA

"Old Mary"

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III

"Martin Of Nitendi"

"MARTIN OF NITENDI"

THE RIVER OF DREAMS

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Call Of The South"

CHAPTER I ~ PAUL, THE DIVER

CHAPTER II ~ THE OLD SEA LIFE

CHAPTER III ~ THE BLIND MAN OF ADMIRALTY ISLAND

CHAPTER IV ~ NISÂN ISLAND; A TALE OF THE OLD TRADING DAYS

FIRST PART

SECOND PART

THIRD PART

CHAPTER V ~ MUTINIES

CHAPTER VI ~ "MÂNI"

CHAPTER VII ~ AT NIGHT

CHAPTER VIII ~ THE CRANKS OF THE JULIA BRIG

CHAPTER IX ~ "DANDY," THE SHIP'S DINGO

CHAPTER X ~ KALA-HOI, THE NET-MAKER

CHAPTER XI ~ THE KANAKA LABOUR TRADE IN THE PACIFIC

CHAPTER XII ~ MY FRIENDS, THE ANTHROPOPHAGI

CHAPTER XIII ~ ON THE "JOYS" OF RECRUITING "BLACKBIRDS"

CHAPTER XIV ~ MAKING A FORTUNE IN THE SOUTH SEAS

CHAPTER XV ~ THE STORY OF TOKOLMÉ

CHAPTER XVI ~ "LANO-TÔ"

CHAPTER XVII ~ "OMBRE CHEVALIER"

CHAPTER XVIII ~ A RECLUSE OF THE BUSH

CHAPTER XIX ~ TE-BARI, THE OUTLAW

CHAPTER XX ~ "THE DANDIEST BOY THAT EVER STOOD UP IN A BOAT"

CHAPTER XXI ~ THE PIT OF MAOTÂ

CHAPTER XXII ~ VANÂKI, THE STRONG SWIMMER

CHAPTER XXIII ~ TWO PACIFIC ISLANDS BIRDS: THE SOUTH SEA CORNCRAKE AND

THE SOUTH SEA CORNCRAKE

THE TOOTH-BILLED PIGEON OF SAMOA

CHAPTER XXIV ~ A NIGHT RUN ACROSS FÂGALOA BAY

CHAPTER XXV ~ A BIT OF GOOD LUCK

CHAPTER XXVI ~ MODERN PIRATES

CHAPTER XXVII ~ PAUTÔE

CHAPTER XXVIII ~ THE MAN WHO KNEW EVERYTHING

CHAPTER XXIX ~ THE PATTERING OF THE MULLET

Ebbing Of The Tide

"LULIBAN OF THE POOL"

NINIA

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BALDWIN'S LOISÈMiss Lambert.

AT A KAFA-DRINKING

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MRS. LIARDET: A SOUTH SEA TRADING EPISODE

KENNEDY THE BOATSTEERER

A DEAD LOSS

HICKSON: A HALF-CASTE

A BOATING PARTY OF TWO

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"THE BEST ASSET IN A FOOL'S ESTATE"

DESCHARD OF ONEAKA

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VII.

NELL OF MULLINER'S CAMP

AURIKI REEF

AT THE EBBING OF THE TIDE

THE FALLACIES OF HILLIARD

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A TALE OF A MASK

THE COOK OF THE "SPREETOO SANTOO"

LUPTON'S GUEST: MEMORY OF THE EASTERN PACIFIC

IN NOUMÉA

THE FEAST AT PENTECOST

AN HONOUR TO THE SERVICE

In The Far North

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IV

Officer And Man

The Trader's Wife

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

Tessa

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII

CHAPTER IX

CHAPTER X

CHAPTER XI

CHAPTER XII

Pâkia

Sarréo

The South Seaman

Susâni

Fish Drugging

"FIVE-HEAD" CREEK

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II

FISH DRUGGING IN THE PACIFIC

Âmona and Others

ÂMONA; THE CHILD; AND THE BEAST

THE SNAKE AND THE BELL

SOUTH SEA NOTES

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Tom Gerrard

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VIII

CHAPTER IX

CHAPTER X

CHAPTER XI

CHAPTER XII

CHAPTER XIII

CHAPTER XIV

CHAPTER XV

CHAPTER XVI

CHAPTER XVII

CHAPTER XVIII

CHAPTER XIX

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