A Pattern of Islands
Contents
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- Prologue — Cadet in Embryo
- Old Man of the Colonial Office p. 1
- Pacific Tramp p. 8
- Island of Dust and Dreams p. 13
- Old Man of Ocean Island p. 24
- 1 — Cadet in Action
- The Bottle-washer p. 29
- Lost Paradise p. 45
- Cricket in the Blue p. 51
- 2 — Recruiting Trip p. 56
- 3 — First District
- Measure of a Job p. 70
- Domestic Days p. 76
- Sorrows of a Housewife p. 83
- The Spell on the Oven p. 90
- 4 — Native Courts p. 94
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5 — Lagoon Days p. 108
- Sharks p. 108
- Assignment with an Octopus p. 118
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6 — Strange Interlude p. 126
- Introduction in Sorcery p. 126
- The Sorcerer's Revenge p. 135
- The Calling of the Porpoise p. 141
- 7 — Listening and Learning
- Happy Old Lady and Sad Old Man p. 146
- Warning to Fiddlers p. 152
- The Limping Man of Makin-Meang p. 156
- In No Strange Land p. 163
- 8 — Creation Myth p. 175
- 9 — Central Gilberts
- George McGhee Murdoch at Abemama p. 183
- Lonely Station p. 191
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10 — Tarawa Again p. 206
- Mautake's Patrol p. 206
- The Whistling Ghosts of Arorae p. 216
- 11 — Priest and Pagan p. 222
- 12 — Southern Gilberts
- House that Vanished p. 228
- Father Choblet p. 237
- The Prisoner p. 249
- Epilogue — Return of a Stranger p. 259
- Prologue — Cadet in Embryo
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