CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



/ The Isles of the Indies i 



// The Sea's Way i8 



/// Shipwreck 37 



IV ''Inagiia Is a Queer Little hi ctnd''' 49 



V An Island Existence 74 



VI Dwellers of the Surf 103 



VII The Making of an Island 127 



VIII The Wind 152 



IX The Web of Island Life 177 



X The Creatures of Darkness 207 



XI The Mysterious Migration 228 



XII The Quest of the Firebirds 239 



XIII The Great Reef 267 



XIV In Defense of Octopuses 289 



XV The Marvel of a Tide 307 



XVI The Incredible Sharks 328 



XVII Night Beneath the Sea 349 



XVIII TheEdgeof the Edge of the World. . . . 374 



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