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Sample ## Take a look inside THE CALL OF THE SOUTH By Louis Becke London, John Milne, 1908 CONTENTS 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 SOUTH SEA CORNCRAKE THE TOOTH-BILLED PIGEON OF SAMOA 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 CHAPTER I ~ PAUL, THE DIVER “Feeling any better to-day, Paul?” “Guess I'm getting round,” and the big, bronzed-faced man raised his eyes to mine as he lay under the awning on the after deck of his pearling lugger. 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