My Tropic Isle
by E. J. Banfield
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About this eBook
- Author
- Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James), 1852-1923
- Credits
- This eBook was produced by Col Choat
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DU: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: History of Oceania (South Seas)
- Subject
- Natural history -- Australia -- Dunk Island (Qld.)
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 7177
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7177
- Release Date
- December 1, 2004
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.MY TROPIC ISLE — TO
- 3.PREFACE — CONTENTS — MY TROPIC ISLE — CHAPTER I — IN THE BEGINNING
- 4.CHAPTER II — A PLAIN MAN'S PHILOSOPHY
- 5.CHAPTER III — "MUCH RICHES IN A LITTLE ROOM"
- 6.CHAPTER IV — SILENCES
- 7.CHAPTER V — FRUITS AND SCENTS
- 8.CHAPTER VI — HIS MAJESTY THE SUN
- 9.CHAPTER VII — A TROPIC NIGHT
- 10.CHAPTER VIII — READING TO MUSIC
- 11.CHAPTER IX — THE BIRTH AND BREAKING OF CHRISTMAS
- 12.CHAPTER X — THE SPORT OF FATE
- 13.CHAPTER XI — FIGHT TO A FINISH
- 14.CHAPTER XII — SEA-WORMS AND SEA-CUCUMBERS
- 15.CHARTER XIII — SOME MARINE NOVELTIES — SPAWN OF THE SEA — PROTECTIVE COLORATION
- 16.CHAPTER XIV — SOME CURIOUS BIVALVES
- 17.CHAPTER XV — BARRIER REEF CRABS
- 18.CHAPTER XVI — THE BLOCKADE OF THE MULLET
- 19.CHAPTER XVII — WET SEASON DAYS — VEGETATION AND MOISTURE — THE ODOUR OF THE DEATH ADDER — NEPTUNE'S HANDICRAFT — THE ATROCITY OF THE SNAKE
- 20.CHAPTER XVIII — INSECT WAYS — CARNIVOROUS WASPS — TARANTULAS AND TARANTISMUS
- 21.CHAPTER XIX — INTELLIGENT BIRDS — I. A BIRD SCOUT — II. DO BIRDS PLAY? — III. BIRDS WHICH HAVE REASONED
- 22.CHAPTER XX — SWIFTS AND EAGLES — I. A RARE NEST — II. THREE FISHERS
- 23.CHAPTER XXI — SOCIALISTIC BIRDS
- 24.CHAPTER XXII — SHARKS AND RAYS
- 25.CHAPTER XXIII — THE RECLUSE OF RATTLESNAKE
- 26.CHAPTER XXIV — HAMED OF JEDDAH — HAMED PREACHES
- 27.CHAPTER XXV — YOUNG BARBARIANS AT PLAY
- 28.CHAPTER XXVI — TOM AND HIS CONCERNS — DOMESTIC AND OTHER BRAWLS — THE LOGIC OF THE CAMP — TOM'S PHILOSOPHY — DEAD—FINISH
- 29.CHAPTER XXVII — "DEBILS-DEBILS"
- 30.CHAPTER XXVIII — TO PARADISE AND BACK
- 31.CHAPTER XXIX — THE DEATH BONE — (FACT CEMENTED WITH FICTION) — THE END
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