The prophetic pictures -- The birth of tragedy -- Cynomancy -- The painter of Dogtown -- Le Beauport -- The baron in the trees -- Ghost dog -- Rollicking apparitions -- Taking care of its own --- In the time of pirates -- The green man -- Dooming the seats -- Shadow hunting -- God's burning finger -- Confession -- In gypsy ways -- "Viva San Pietro" -- Life's book -- Island heart of darkness -- Maximus, to Dogtown -- The masked man in yellow -- The geography of being -- Into the deep woods -- City bred tenderfoots -- "No intention of leaving this courtroom alive" -- Nature working her magic unmolested -- Confabulation -- Mountains in stone -- Notes on the term "Dogtown".