The Call of the South, 1908
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1. Front matter2. CHAPTER I ~ PAUL, THE DIVER3. CHAPTER II ~ THE OLD SEA LIFE4. CHAPTER III ~ THE BLIND MAN OF ADMIRALTY ISLAND5. CHAPTER IV ~ NISÂN ISLAND; A TALE OF THE OLD TRADING DAYS6. FIRST PART7. SECOND PART8. THIRD PART9. CHAPTER V ~ MUTINIES10. CHAPTER VI ~ “MÂNI”11. CHAPTER VII ~ AT NIGHT12. CHAPTER VIII ~ THE CRANKS OF THE JULIA BRIG13. CHAPTER IX ~ “DANDY,” THE SHIP'S DINGO14. CHAPTER X ~ KALA-HOI, THE NET-MAKER15. CHAPTER XI ~ THE KANAKA LABOUR TRADE IN THE PACIFIC16. CHAPTER XII ~ MY FRIENDS, THE ANTHROPOPHAGI17. CHAPTER XIII ~ ON THE “JOYS” OF RECRUITING “BLACKBIRDS”18. CHAPTER XIV ~ MAKING A FORTUNE IN THE SOUTH SEAS19. CHAPTER XV ~ THE STORY OF TOKOLMÉ20. CHAPTER XVI ~ “LANO-TÔ”21. CHAPTER XVII ~ “OMBRE CHEVALIER”22. CHAPTER XVIII ~ A RECLUSE OF THE BUSH23. CHAPTER XIX ~ TE-BARI, THE OUTLAW24. CHAPTER XX ~ “THE DANDIEST BOY THAT EVER STOOD UP IN A BOAT”25. CHAPTER XXI ~ THE PIT OF MAOTÂ26. CHAPTER XXII ~ VANÂKI, THE STRONG SWIMMER27. CHAPTER XXIII ~ TWO PACIFIC ISLANDS BIRDS: THE SOUTH SEA CORNCRAKE AND THE TOOTH-BILLED PIGEON THE SOUTH SEA CORNCRAKE28. THE TOOTH-BILLED PIGEON OF SAMOA—(Didunculus Strigirostris)29. CHAPTER XXIV ~ A NIGHT RUN ACROSS FÂGALOA BAY30. CHAPTER XXV ~ A BIT OF GOOD LUCK31. CHAPTER XXVI ~ MODERN PIRATES32. CHAPTER XXVII ~ PAUTÔE33. CHAPTER XXVIII ~ THE MAN WHO KNEW EVERYTHING34. CHAPTER XXIX ~ THE PATTERING OF THE MULLET