Spit And PolishSee here, first take a little polish on the finger and rub into the leather. Then spit. and rub.' - boasts one recruit of his boot polishing skills. sadly, the only reward this gets him is thirty pairs of shoes to shine. This is only one of the hilarious episodes in Carl Muller's continuation of the von Bloss family saga. Carloboy von Bloss is back, now a robust young man of eighteen, spending four eventful years in the one-ship Royal Ceylon Navy. Carloboy and his fellow recruits get up to the weirdest capers: painting their boots black; posing as Italian ghosts; planning to wink at. |
Contents
Of Duck Caps and Number Eights | |
HistoryThe Springing Tiger | |
Of Complying and Complaining | |
HistoryThe Kotelawala Saga | |
Of Cowboys and Buffaloes | |
HistoryThe JapaneseINA War Machine | |
Of Ghosties and Shore Brawls | |
HistoryEaster Sunday | |
Of Armchair Voyages and Dustups | |
HistoryTrincomalee | |
Of Toddy Trips and Goat Hunts | |
HistoryReceding of the Japanese Menace 25 Of Parties and Roast Chicken | |
HistoryPacific Operations | |
Of Soaking Mail and Drowning Jeeps | |
HistoryMidway | |
HistoryChalo Delhi | |
Of Rifle Drill and Sundry Convulsions | |
HistoryThe Ceylon Naval Volunteer Force | |
Of Christenings and Essence of Chicken | |
HistoryThe Ceylon Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | |
Of Royal Guard and Fancy Queens 14 The Overdue Tyke and the End of the CRNVR | |
Of Bashedin Doors | |
Historythe Marshall Plan and Japanese Aggressor 17 Of Queens Cups and Rowing Boats | |
HistoryTarget Ceylon | |
Of Dustups and Signal Watch | |
Of Priests on the Prod and Sentimental Journeys | |
HistoryJapans Dream of Empire | |
Of Sundry Eruptions the Language Dilemma | |
HistoryFinding a Winning Strategy | |
Of Seatime and Target Tows and Frying Flying Fish | |
Guadal and Iron Bay Sound | |
Of a Wardroom Rear Action and Canteen Carouses | |
The British Military Occupation of Ceylon | |
Of Command Changes and Bara Khana | |
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