'Young Backstay" 'Young Backstay" i(A77427 works by)
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1 My Mysterious Visitor : A Tale of the Pacific 'Young Backstay" , 1868 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 22 February vol. 3 no. 130 1868; (p. 405-406)

'Returning from a whaling trip in 1856, the narrator, a sea captain, sees a spirit who guides the captain to an open boat where a man (whose spirit had appeared to the captain) lies almost dead, having been cast adrift following a mutiny.' (PB)
1 A Whaling Adventure 'Young Backstay" , 1868 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 8 February vol. 3 no. 128 1868; (p. 375-376)

'Set on the whaling ship off the coast of Peru, the killing of a baby whale and the long fight with its mother who kills the captain's son before she dies.' (PB)
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