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Cover art by George Barr.

Border art by Richard Hescox.

DAW Book Collectors No. 36.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: The songs quoted in the text from the New Hebrides Commune are all from the Songs of the Hebrides, collected by Marjorie Kennedy-Fraser and published 1909, 1922, by Boosey and Hawker. The Seagull of the Land-Under-Waves, English words by Mrs. Kennedy-Fraser, from the Gaelic of Kenneth MacLeod. Caristlona, words traditional, English by Kenneth MacLeod. The Fairy's Love Song, English words by James Hogg (adapted). The Mull-Fisher's Song, English words by Marjorie Kennedy-Fraser. The Coolies of Rum, English words by Elfrida Rivers, by special permission.

First Printing, December, 1972

DAW TRADEMARK REGISTERED U.S. PAT. OFF. AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES -MARCA REGISTRADA HECHO EN U.S.A.

PRINTED IN THE U.S.A.

ISBN 0-88677-234-6