Foreword -- I. The Butcher bird -- II. We find a death’s head -- III. Meet Ginger Joe -- IV. Davey Baggs, fly-maker -- V. Visitors from the far north -- VI. Marooned on Saint’s Isle -- VII. Rescue by lifeboat -- VIII. Mrs. Baggs and the octopus -- IX. The golden fibula -- X. The ruined castle -- XI. Autumn comes
Summary Note
"Norman Ellison is known by countless listeners to the B.B.C. Northern Children's Hour as Nomad the Naturalist; and his fortnightly walk into the country with his schoolboy nephew, Dick, has become one of the highlights of broadcasting. In this new story Dick is spending his holidays at Nomad's home - an old smuggler's cottage on the cliff-top; and what holidays they prove to be! Whether they are going down the quarry face on a rope, warding off the attack of a wild cat or hunting for pearls among the mussel beds, Nomad holds the reader's attention by the same charm and fascination he displays when broadcasting.
Fully illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe, the eminent black-and-white nature artist.” [dust-jacket].