The Call of the South / 1908
by Louis Becke
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37 Complete Works of Louis BeckeA Memory Of The Southern SeasÂmona; The Child; And The Beast; And OthersBy Reef and PalmBy Rock and Pool on an Austral ShoreChinkie’s Flat and Other StoriesConcerning Bully HayesEdward BarryFive-Head Creek; and Fish Drugging In The PacificFoster's Letter Of MarqueIn The Far NorthJohn Corwell, Sailor And Miner; and, Poisonous FishJohn Frewen, South Sea WhalerMartin Of Nitendi; and The River Of DreamsOfficer And ManOld MaryPâkiaPig-Headed Sailor MenRidan The Devil And Other StoriesRodman The Boatsteerer And Other StoriesSarréoSusâniTessaThe Adventure Of Elizabeth ...
Chapters (36)
- THE CALL OF THE SOUTH
- London, John Milne, 1908
- 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 TOOTH-BILLED PIGEON
- THE SOUTH SEA CORNCRAKE
- THE TOOTH-BILLED PIGEON OF SAMOA—(Didunculus Strigirostris)
- 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
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