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Tide marks

Chapter 2: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
By H. M. Tomlinson
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A travel writer records journeys from London through Mediterranean and eastern seas to tropical archipelago and Malay forests, blending port sketches, landscape description, and human encounters. Episodic chapters alternate local vignettes, reflective London scenes, and memories of wartime presence, using atmospheric prose and illustrative drawings to convey markets, ships, small rituals, and natural detail. The work favors impressionistic observation and quiet commentary over continuous plot, presenting travel impressions that highlight transience, cultural variety, and the sea's shifting moods.

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

“All Was Quiet Again, Except for the Flames” Frontispiece
A Group of Chinese Firemen Facing p. 22
Port Said Is More West than East ” 42
Old and New on the Suez Canal ” 62
This Sea Was Plainly the Setting for Legend and Fable ” 84
He Had Skimmed About Singapore in a Jinrickshaw All the Morning ” 100
The Road Was Empty, Except for a Bullock Cart ” 122
“One of ’Em Looked at Me as He Came Aboard” ” 140
He Sits in Front of His Shop in Macassar ” 160
The Malays Sit on Their Decks, Cooking Breakfast ” 180
Gathered from the Submarine Gardens of the Tropics ” 200
Macassar Is a Convenient Meeting Place for Traders ” 220
The Fighters Stood with Horns Interlocked, Waiting for Each Other to Move ” 232
He Began to Treat His Foothold Too Punctiliously ” 252
The Heavy Shadows Were Hardly Disturbed by a Little Oil Lamp ” 264
It Was a Larger House than the Rest, with an Unusual Length of Irregular Ladder to Its Veranda ” 282