Oddities: A Book of Unexplained FactsUniversity Books, 1965 - 228 pages The reader is introduced to the Berbalangs ofCagayan Sulu, inhabitants of a small island ate southern end of the Philippines and many more oddities. It contains much that is strange and fantastic; much that willengage the analytical mind. |
Contents
THE DEVILS HOOFMARKS | 9 |
THE VAULT AT BARBADOS | 23 |
THE SHIPS SEEN ON THE ICE | 51 |
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