My Tropic Isle

My Tropic Isle

Edmund James Banfield, author and naturalist (1852-1923)


This ebook presents «My Tropic Isle», from Edmund James Banfield. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.


Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Dedication

- Motto

- Preface

- In The Beginning

- A Plain Man's Philosophy

- Much Riches In A Little Room

- Silences

- Fruits And Scents

- His Majesty The Sun

- A Tropic Night

- Reading To Music

- The Birth And Breaking Of Christmas

- The Sport Of Fate

- Fight To A Finish

- Sea-worms And Sea-cucumbers

- Some Curious Bivalves

- Barrier Reef Crabs

- The Blockade Of The Mullet

- Wet Season Days

- Insect Ways

- Intelligent Birds

- Swifts And Eagles

- Socialistic Birds

- Sharks And Rays

- The Recluse Of Rattlesnake

- Hamed Of Jeddah

- Young Barbarians At Play

- Tom And His Concerns

- Debils-debils

- To Paradise And Back

- The Death Bone