A Vagabond's Odyssey / being further reminiscences of a wandering sailor-troubadour in many lands

Chapter 3: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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About This Book

The author recounts youthful voyages across North America and the South Seas, shifting between life at sea, stints with military bands, and temporary settlement in island communities. He mixes travel anecdotes with songs, reflections on the hardships and freedoms of a vagabond existence, and retellings of native legends gathered from local friends. Interludes describe meetings with notable literary figures, experiences in port cities, and the strain between desire for respectability and the pull of roaming. The tone blends candid reminiscence, humor, and wistful meditation on memory and identity.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Portrait of the Author	Frontispiece

Hongis Track, Rotorua, N.Z.	58

Whangarei Falls, North Auckland, N.Z.	70

Wanganui River, N.Z.	92

A River Wharf, West Africa	118

Kawieri, N.Z.	142

Whakarewarewa, Rotorua, N.Z.	148

Old Maori, said to be 105 years old	152

Half-Caste Maori Girls	160

Lake Rotorua and Mokoia Island, N.Z.	176

Settler’s Home, Gold Coast	194

The First Motor-Car in a Gold Coast Village	204

River Scene, West Africa	216

Botanical Gardens, Ballarat	238

River Scene in New Zealand	246

Dart Valley, Lake Wakatipu, N.Z.	272

The New Zealand photographs are by Mr F. G. Radclife, Whangarei, New Zealand.