A Bird of Passage, Vol. 1 of 3

by B.M. Croker

Excerpt from A Bird of Passage, Vol. 1 of 3 "Droops the heavy-blossom'd bower; hangs the heavy-fruited tree:
Summer isles of Eden lying in dark purple spheres of sea." Locksley Hall.
Few travellers penetrate to the Andamans, unless it be an enthusiastic astronomer to witness a rare comet, or an enterprising professor, who happens to be fired with a desire to study the language and the skulls of the aborigines.

251 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1886

About the author

Bithia Mary (or May) Croker (née Sheppard, c. 1848-1920) was an Irish novelist, most of whose work concerns life and society in British India. Her 1917 novel The Road to Mandalay, set in Burma, was the uncredited basis for a 1926 American silent film, of which only excerpts survive. She was also a notable writer of ghost stories.
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