CONTENTS 



PART I 



PAGE 



INTRODUCTION ...... 3 



CHAPTER I 

 THE BEACHCOMBER'S DOMAIN .... 7 



OFFICIAL LANDING . . . . .10 



OUR ISLAND ...... 14 



EARLY HISTORY . . . . . .24 



SATELLITES AND NEIGHBOURS . . . .30 



PLANS AND PERFORMANCES . . . .41 



CHAPTER II 



BEACHCOMBING . . . . . -53 



TROPICAL INDUSTRIES . . . . .66 



SOME DIFFERENCES . . . . .76 



ISLAND FAUNA ...... 87 



CHAPTER III 



BIRDS AND THEIR RIGHTS . . . 92 



A CENSUS . . . . . .94 



THE DAYBREAK FUGUE . . . . .99 



THE MEGAPODE . . . . . .100 



SWAMP PHEASANT , . . .103 



" GO-BIDGER-ROO " *j.* . . . . IO5 



BULLY, SWAGGERER, SWASHBUCKLER . . . 105 



EYES AFLAME . . * . . . . 107 



THE NESTFUL TREE . . . . .109 



" STATELY FACE AND MAGNANIMOUS MINDE " . no 



WHITE NUTMEG PIGEON . . . . .114 



FRUIT EATERS . . . . . .120 



AUSTRALIA'S HUMMING BIRD . . . .121 



"MOOR-GOODY" ..... 123 



THE FLAME-TREE'S VISITORS . . . .123 



RED LETTER BIRDS . . . . .124 



CASUAL AND UNPRECISE . - . . . . 127 



CHAPTER IV 



GARDEN OF CORAL . . . . .129 



QUEER FISH . . 140 



THE WARTY GHOUL . . . . .143 



