An advertisement, dated 20 November 1838, announcing to 'Subscribers and Friends' that Suttor's selected work Original Poetry '(with a faithful portrait of the Author)' is 'now ready for sale .. of Mr James Tegg, Bookseller and Printer, George-street, Sydney.'
A passenger on board a ship narrates the tale of an apparition who appears and advises the Captain to alter course to an island. On the island, the apparition leads the company to a trove of tortoiseshell.