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            ILLUSTRATIONS 
                                       RAGUI 
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"I LIFTED A FRIGATE BIRD OFF His NEST" 
                              Frontispiece 
USING A NET FROM THE BOOm                4 
DAVID AND AN ALBATROSS                   6 
IN THE PULPIT AT THE Bow                 8 
THESE LIZARDS BITE IF THEY GET A CHANCE 26 
THE FRIGATE BIRDS ARE UNBELIEVABLY TAME 32 
DIVING IN A ROCK POOL AT DARWIN BAY     36 
THE FIRST VIEW OF THE VOLCANO ON ALBE- 
  MARLE            1        *           42 
IN THE DIVING HELMET, STANDING IN FRONT OF 
  SHAR CAGE      . I                    54 
DWIGHT FRANLIN'S PIRATE SKETCH          6o 
xAmINING A HAUL ...              .       74 
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