Tropic Days
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TROPIC DAYS (1918)
"Peace and silence. . . combined with the large liberties of nature." De Quincey
TO MY BROTHER BEACHCOMBERS; Professing, Practising
AUTHOR'S NOTE
DUNK ISLAND.
PART I—SUN DAYS
IN IDLE MOMENT
ETERNAL SUNSHINE
FRAGRANCE AND FRUIT
THE SCENE-SHIFTER
BEACH PLANTS
SHADOWS
"SMILING MORN"
ANCESTRAL SHADE
QUIET WATERS
"THE LOWING HERD"
BABBLING BEACHES
THE LOST ISLE
PART II.—THE PASSING FACE
THE CORROBOREE
THE CANOE-MAKER
TWO LADIES
NELLY, THE SHREW.
MARIA DANCES.
SOOSIE
"DEAR MUM,
"SOOSIE."
BLUE SHIRT
THE FORGOTTEN DEAD
EAGLES-NEST FLOAT
NATURE IN RETALIATION
"STAR RUN ABOUT"
BLACKS AS FISHERMEN
HOOKS.
NARCOTICS AND POISONS.
FLY-FISHING.
PART III—MISCELLANEA
PEARLS
WHAT IS A PEARL?
A PEARL IN THE MAKING.
STRANGE PEARLS.
PEARLS AND HIGH TRAGEDY.
SNAKE AND FROG PRATTLE
THE BUSH TRACK
THE LITTLE BROWN MAN
UP AND AWAY
TROPIC DAYS
"PASSETH ALL UNDERSTANDING"
BROWNING.
TIME'S FINGER
THE SOUL WITHIN THE STONE
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