[…]the tyranny of the rockspiders, crunchies, hairybacks, ropes, and bloody Dutchmen. Those were the names by which we referred to Afrikaners.

It was young Mr. Abbott worked that quiff on you, sir.

Bugs, oysters, prawns and crabs … are plated up on the decks of four side-by-side trawlers bobbing on the calm waters of Trinity Inlet.

CALUAT, s. This in some old travels is used for Ar. khilwat, 'privacy, a private interview' (C. P. Brown, MS.).