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TURTLE AND SUCKERS ..... 239 



A"KUMMAORIE" ..... 246 



WEATHER DISTURBERS ... . 247 



A DINNER-PARTY ..... 250 



BLACK ART .... . 253 



A POISONOUS FOOD ..... 259 



MESSAGE STICKS . . . . . .261 



HOOKS OF PEARL ..... 266 



" WILD " DYNAMITE ..... 269 



A CAVERN AND ITS LEGEND . . . .271 



A SOULFUL DANCE ..... 273 



A SONG WITHOUT WORDS .... 275 



ORIGIN OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS . . 276 



CROCODILE CATCHING . . . 277 



SUICIDE BY CROCODILE ..... 278 



DISAPPEARANCE OF BLACKS .... 279 



CHAPTER II 



GEORGE: A MIXED CHARACTER . . . .281 



YAB-OO-RAGOO : OTHERWISE "MICKIE" . . . 287 



TOM: His WIVES: His BATTLES . . .291 



"LITTLE JINNY": IN LIFE AND IN DEATH . . 298 



THE LANGUAGE TEST ..... 303 

 LAST OF THE LINE ..... 303 



CHAPTER III 

 ATTRIBUTES AND ANECDOTES .... 305 



COMMON AND INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS . . . 306 



THE " DEBIL-DEBIL " ..... 307 



CLOTHING SUPERFLUOUS ..... 308 



BROTHER AND SISTER ..... 309 



THE RAINBOW .... . 309 



SWIMMING FEATS . . 309 



SMOKE SIGNALS . .311 



THUNDER FACTORY " . . .311 



THE ORACLE . 312 



A REAL LETTER . . .312 



A BLACK DEGENERATE . . . . -313 



JUMPED AT A CONCLUSION . . . .314 



PRIDE OF RACE . . . . . .314 



" YANKEE CHARLEY " . . . . .316 



MYALL'S BAKING . .316 



EVERYTHING FOR A NAME . . . .317 



THE KNIGHTLY GROWTH . . . . .318 



