Tropic Days (1918)

About this eBook

Author

Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James), 1852-1923

Title

Tropic Days

Credits

Text file produced by Col Choat HTML file produced by David Widger

Language

English

LoC Class

DU: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: History of Oceania (South Seas)

Subject

Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations

Category

Text

eBook-No.

7324

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7324

Release Date

January 1, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.TROPIC DAYS (1918)
2. 2.By E. J. Banfield — “Peace and silence. . . combined with the large liberties of nature." De Quincey — — TO MY BROTHER BEACHCOMBERS; Professing, Practising
3. 3.AUTHOR'S NOTE — DUNK ISLAND.
4. 4.PART I—SUN DAYS
5. 5.IN IDLE MOMENT
6. 6.ETERNAL SUNSHINE
7. 7.FRAGRANCE AND FRUIT
8. 8.THE SCENE-SHIFTER
9. 9.BEACH PLANTS
10. 10.SHADOWS
11. 11.“SMILING MORN”
12. 12.ANCESTRAL SHADE
13. 13.QUIET WATERS
14. 14.“THE LOWING HERD”
15. 15.BABBLING BEACHES
16. 16.THE LOST ISLE
17. 17.PART II.—THE PASSING FACE — THE CORROBOREE
18. 18.THE CANOE-MAKER
19. 19.TWO LADIES — NELLY, THE SHREW. — MARIA DANCES.
20. 20.SOOSIE — “DEAR MUM, — “SOOSIE.”
21. 21.BLUE SHIRT
22. 22.THE FORGOTTEN DEAD
23. 23.EAGLES-NEST FLOAT
24. 24.NATURE IN RETALIATION
25. 25.“STAR RUN ABOUT”
26. 26.BLACKS AS FISHERMEN — HOOKS. — NARCOTICS AND POISONS. — FLY-FISHING.
27. 27.PART III—MISCELLANEA
28. 28.PEARLS — WHAT IS A PEARL? — A PEARL IN THE MAKING. — STRANGE PEARLS. — PEARLS AND HIGH TRAGEDY.
29. 29.SNAKE AND FROG PRATTLE
30. 30.THE BUSH TRACK
31. 31.THE LITTLE BROWN MAN
32. 32.UP AND AWAY — TROPIC DAYS
33. 33.“PASSETH ALL UNDERSTANDING” — BROWNING.
34. 34.TIME'S FINGER
35. 35.THE SOUL WITHIN THE STONE

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