A collection of eleven short stories, comprising
'The £200 millionaire',
'Lucky bargees',
'The ditch crawlers',
'Smith versus Lichtensteiger',
'A female of the species',
'Letters of a master mariner',
'Thank heaven we've got an engine!',
'A gold mine',
'The captive(s)',
'A South Sea saga',
and 'A tour of duty'.