This is the 1957 (reprinted in year of publication) harcover edition, NOT the 1993 / 2014 softcover reprints. First published in 1957 this autobiography of a patrol officer in the Australian Native Affairs Branch describes his patrols through Arnhem Land between 1946 and 1950, on foot and by canoe. Tells of his relationships with the Aborigi. (inscription dated 1967) pp. 240 illusts endpp maps #1019 (No dustjacket.)