The Pearlers single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1905... 1905 The Pearlers
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A trader sets out on an expedition seeking pearlshell, but his ship runs aground. While fighting off the local inhabitants there are several explosions and the ship is destroyed.

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    y separately published work icon Under Tropic Skies Louis Becke , London : T. Fisher Unwin , 1904 Z177204 1904 selected work short story London : George Bell and Sons , 1905 pg. 130 - 136
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