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CONTENTS

PROLOGUE
VAKALAVI IN THE SAMOAN GROUP,[1]
CHAPTER I
OLD BARRANDA ON THE CARGOO RIVER, SOUTH-
WESTERN QUEENSLAND,
[20]
CHAPTER II
HOW I FIRST LEARNED MY LOVE FOR SHEILAH,[50]
CHAPTER III
WHISPERING PETE,[71]
CHAPTER IV
THE RACE,[107]
CHAPTER V
CONSEQUENCES,[139]
CHAPTER VI
COLIN McLEOD,[170]
CHAPTER VII
I PROPOSE TO SHEILAH,[199]
CHAPTER VIII
A VISIT FROM WHISPERING PETE,[216]
CHAPTER IX
SHEILAH'S LOYALTY,[229]
CHAPTER X
THE TRIAL,[242]
CHAPTER XI
HOW I ESCAPED,[281]

SHEILAH McLEOD

PROLOGUE VAKALAVI IN THE SAMOAN GROUP