The Confessions of a Beachcomber (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Banfield, E. J. J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1451007949 ISBN 13: 9781451007947

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

'...unobtrusively. We were determined to have the best obtainable isle. More than one locality was favourably considered ere good fortune decided to send us hither to spy out the land. A camp-out on the shore of then unnamed Brammo Bay--a holiday-making party--and the result of the first day's exploration decided a revolutionary change in the lives of two seriously-minded persons. A year after, a lease of the best portion of the island having been obtained in the meanwhile, we came for good.
Wholly uninhabited, entirely free from traces of the mauling paws of humanity, lovely in its mantle of varied foliage, what better sphere for the exercise of benign autocracy could be desired? Here was virgin country, 20 miles from the nearest port--sad and neglected Cardwell cut off from the mainland by more than 2 miles of estranging ocean, and yet lying in the track of small coastal steamers--here all our pet theories might serenely develop.
But it was an inauspicious landing. With September begin the north-east wind...'

Table of Contents

CONTENTS; PART I; IKTRODUCTION; CHAPTER I; THE BEACHCOMBER'S DOMAIN; OFFICIAL LANDING; OUR ISLAND; EARLY HISTORY; SATELLITES AND NEIGHBOURS; PLANS AND PERFORMANCES; BEACHCOMBING; TRoprCAL INDUSTRIES; SOME DIFFERENCES; ISLAND FAUNA; CHAPTER II; CHAPTER III; BIRDS AND THEIR RIGHTS; A CENSUS; tHE DAYBREAK FUGUE; THE MEGAPODE •; SWAMP PHEASANT; , Go-BIDGER-ROO "; BULLY, SWAGGERER, SWASHBUCKLER; EYES AFLAME; THE NESTFUL TREE; "STATELY FACE AND MAGNANIMOUS MtNOE "; WHITE NUTMEG PIGEON •; FRUIT EATERS; AUSTRALIA'S HUMMING B1RD; "MOOR-GOODY H; ThE F'LAME~TREE's VISITORS; RED LETTER BIRDS; CASUAL AND UNI'RECISE •; GARDEN OF CORAL; QUEER FISH; THE WARTY GHOUL; CHAPTER IV; ( V III CONTENTS; " BURnA-REE J); FOUR TIIOUSAND LIKE ONE; THE BAILER SHELL; A RIVAL TO THE OYSTER; SliARKS

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1451007949
• ISBN 13: 9781451007947
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 454
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