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Chapter 4: Edited by Arthur Stedman
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TYPEE

A ROMANCE OF THE SOUTH SEAS

By Herman Melville

Edited by Arthur Stedman



CONTENTS

PREFACE
INTRODUCTION TO THE EDITION OF 1892
TYPEE
CHAPTER ONE THE SEA-LONGINGS FOR SHORE-A LAND-SICK SHIP-DESTINATION OF THE VOYAGERS-THE MARQUESAS-ADVENTURE OF A MISSIONARY'S WIFE AMONG THE SAVAGES-CHARACTERISTIC ANECDOTE OF THE QUEEN OF NUKUHEVA
CHAPTER TWO PASSAGE FROM THE CRUISING GROUND TO THE MARQUESAS-SLEEPY TIMES ABOARD SHIP-SOUTH SEA SCENERY-LAND HO-THE FRENCH SQUADRON DISCOVERED AT ANCHOR IN THE BAY OF NUKUHEVA-STRANGE PILOT-ESCORT OF CANOES-A FLOTILLA OF COCOANUTS-SWIMMING VISITORS-THE DOLLY BOARDED BY THEM-STATE OF AFFAIRS THAT ENSUE
CHAPTER THREE SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LATE OPERATIONS OF THE FRENCH AT THE MARQUESAS-PRUDENT CONDUCT OF THE ADMIRAL-SENSATION PRODUCED BY THE ARRIVAL OF THE STRANGERS-THE FIRST HORSE SEEN BY THE ISLANDERS-REFLECTIONS-MISERABLE SUBTERFUGE OF THE FRENCH-DIGRESSION CONCERNING TAHITI-SEIZURE OF THE ISLAND BY THE ADMIRAL-SPIRITED CONDUCT OF AN ENGLISH LADY
CHAPTER FOUR STATE OF AFFAIRS ABOARD THE SHIP-CONTENTS OF HER LARDER-LENGTH OF SOUTH SEAMEN'S VOYAGES-ACCOUNT OF A FLYING WHALE-MAN-DETERMINATION TO LEAVE THE VESSEL-THE BAY OF NUKUHEVA-THE TYPEES-INVASION OF THEIR VALLEY BY PORTER-REFLECTIONS-GLEN OF TIOR-INTERVIEW BETWEEN THE OLD KING AND THE FRENCH ADMIRAL
CHAPTER FIVE THOUGHTS PREVIOUS TO ATTEMPTING AN ESCAPE-TOBY, A FELLOW SAILOR, AGREES TO SHARE THE ADVENTURE-LAST NIGHT ABOARD THE SHIP
CHAPTER SIX A SPECIMEN OF NAUTICAL ORATORY-CRITICISMS OF THE SAILORS-THE STARBOARD WATCH ARE GIVEN A HOLIDAY-THE ESCAPE TO THE MOUNTAINS
CHAPTER SEVEN THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN-DISAPPOINTMENT-INVENTORY OF ARTICLES BROUGHT FROM THE SHIP-DIVISION OF THE STOCK OF BREAD-APPEARANCE OF THE INTERIOR OF THE ISLAND-A DISCOVERY-A RAVINE AND WATERFALLS-A SLEEPLESS NIGHT-FURTHER DISCOVERIES-MY ILLNESS-A MARQUESAN LANDSCAPE
CHAPTER EIGHT THE IMPORTANT QUESTION, TYPEE OR HAPPAR?-A WILD GOOSE CHASE-MY SUFFERINGS-DISHEARTENING SITUATION-A NIGHT IN A RAVINE-MORNING MEAL-HAPPY IDEA OF TOBY-JOURNEY TOWARDS THE VALLEY
CHAPTER NINE PERILOUS PASSAGE OF THE RAVINE-DESCENT INTO THE VALLEY
CHAPTER TEN THE HEAD OF THE VALLEY-CAUTIOUS ADVANCE-A PATH-FRUIT-DISCOVERY OF TWO OF THE NATIVES-THEIR SINGULAR CONDUCT-APPROACH TOWARDS THE INHABITED PARTS OF THE VALE-SENSATION PRODUCED BY OUR APPEARANCE-RECEPTION AT THE HOUSE OF ONE OF THE NATIVES
CHAPTER ELEVEN MIDNIGHT REFLECTIONS-MORNING VISITORS-A WARRIOR IN COSTUME-A SAVAGE ÆSCULAPIUS-PRACTICE OF THE HEALING ART-BODY SERVANT-A DWELLING-HOUSE OF THE VALLEY DESCRIBED-PORTRAITS OF ITS INMATES
CHAPTER TWELVE OFFICIOUSNESS OF KORY-KORY-HIS DEVOTION-A BATH IN THE STREAM-WANT OF REFINEMENT OF THE TYPEE DAMSELS-STROLL WITH MEHEVI-A TYPEE HIGHWAY-THE TABOO GROVES-THE HOOLAH HOOLAH GROUND-THE TI-TIMEWORN SAVAGES-HOSPITALITY OF MEHEVI-MIDNIGHT MUSINGS-ADVENTURES IN THE DARK-DISTINGUISHED HONOURS PAID TO THE VISITORS-STRANGE PROCESSION AND RETURN TO THE HOUSE OF MARHEYO
CHAPTER THIRTEEN ATTEMPT TO PROCURE RELIEF FROM NUKUHEVA-PERILOUS ADVENTURE OF TOBY IN THE HAPPAR MOUNTAINS-ELOQUENCE OF KORY-KORY
CHAPTER FOURTEEN A GREAT EVENT HAPPENS IN THE VALLEY-THE ISLAND TELEGRAPH-SOMETHING BEFALLS TOBY-FAYAWAY DISPLAYS A TENDER HEART-MELANCHOLY REFLECTIONS-MYSTERIOUS CONDUCT OF THE ISLANDERS-DEVOTION OF KORY-KORY-A RURAL COUCH-A LUXURY-KORY-KORY STRIKES A LIGHT À LA TYPEE
CHAPTER FIFTEEN KINDNESS OF MARHEYO AND THE REST OF THE ISLANDERS-A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE BREAD-FRUIT TREE-DIFFERENT MODES OF PREPARING THE FRUIT
CHAPTER SIXTEEN MELANCHOLY CONDITION-OCCURRENCE AT THE TI-ANECDOTE OF MARHEYO-SHAVING THE HEAD OF A WARRIOR
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN IMPROVEMENT IN HEALTH AND SPIRITS-FELICITY OF THE TYPEES-THEIR ENJOYMENTS COMPARED WITH THOSE OF MORE ENLIGHTENED COMMUNITIES-COMPARATIVE WICKEDNESS OF CIVILIZED AND UNENLIGHTENED PEOPLE-A SKIRMISH IN THE MOUNTAIN WITH THE WARRIORS OF HAPPAR
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN SWIMMING IN COMPANY WITH THE GIRLS OF THE VALLEY-A CANOE-EFFECTS OF THE TABOO-A PLEASURE EXCURSION ON THE POND-BEAUTIFUL FREAK OF FAYAWAY-MANTUA-MAKING-A STRANGER ARRIVES IN THE VALLEY-HIS MYSTERIOUS CONDUCT-NATIVE ORATORY-THE INTERVIEW-ITS RESULTS-DEPARTURE OF THE STRANGER
CHAPTER NINETEEN REFLECTIONS AFTER MARNOO'S DEPARTURE-BATTLE OF THE POP-GUNS-STRANGE CONCEIT OF MARHEYO-PROCESS OF MAKING TAPPA
CHAPTER TWENTY HISTORY OF A DAY AS USUALLY SPENT IN TYPEE VALLEY-DANCES OF THE MARQUESAN GIRLS
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE THE SPRING OF ARVA WAI-REMARKABLE MONUMENTAL REMAINS-SOME IDEAS WITH REGARD TO THE HISTORY OF THE PI-PIS FOUND IN THE VALLEY
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO PREPARATIONS FOR A GRAND FESTIVAL IN THE VALLEY-STRANGE DOINGS IN THE TABOO GROVES-MONUMENT OF CALABASHES-GALA COSTUME OF THE TYPEE DAMSELS-DEPARTURE FOR THE FESTIVAL
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE THE FEAST OF CALABASHES
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR IDEAS SUGGESTED BY THE FEAST OF CALABASHES-INACCURACY OF CERTAIN PUBLISHED ACCOUNTS OF THE ISLANDS-A REASON-NEGLECTED STATE OF HEATHENISM IN THE VALLEY-EFFIGY OF A DEAD WARRIOR-A SINGULAR SUPERSTITION-THE PRIEST KOLORY AND THE GOD MOA ARTUA-AMAZING RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE-A DILAPIDATED SHRINE-KORY-KORY AND THE IDOL-AN INFERENCE
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE GENERAL INFORMATION GATHERED AT THE FESTIVAL-PERSONAL BEAUTY OF THE TYPEES-THEIR SUPERIORITY OVER THE INHABITANTS OF THE OTHER ISLANDS-DIVERSITY OF COMPLEXION-A VEGETABLE COSMETIC AND OINTMENT-TESTIMONY OF VOYAGERS TO THE UNCOMMON BEAUTY OF THE MARQUESANS-FEW EVIDENCES OF INTERCOURSE WITH CIVILIZED BEINGS-DILAPIDATED MUSKET-PRIMITIVE SIMPLICITY OF GOVERNMENT-REGAL DIGNITY OF MEHEVI
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX KING MEHEVI-ALLUSION TO HIS HAWAIIAN MAJESTY-CONDUCT OF MARHEYO AND MEHEVI IN CERTAIN DELICATE MATTERS-PECULIAR SYSTEM OF MARRIAGE-NUMBER OF POPULATION-UNIFORMITY-EMBALMING-PLACES OF SEPULTURE-FUNERAL OBSEQUIES AT NUKUHEVA-NUMBER OF INHABITANTS IN TYPEE-LOCATION OF THE DWELLINGS-HAPPINESS ENJOYED IN THE VALLEY-A WARNING-SOME IDEAS WITH REGARD TO THE PRESENT STATE OF THE HAWAIIANS-STORY OF A MISSIONARY'S WIFE-FASHIONABLE EQUIPAGES AT OAHU-REFLECTIONS
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN THE SOCIAL CONDITION AND GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE TYPEES
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT FISHING PARTIES-MODE OF DISTRIBUTING THE FISH-MIDNIGHT BANQUET-TIME-KEEPING TAPERS-UNCEREMONIOUS STYLE OF EATING THE FISH
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE VALLEY-GOLDEN LIZARDS-TAMENESS OF THE BIRDS-MOSQUITOES-FLIES-DOGS-A SOLITARY CAT-THE CLIMATE-THE COCOANUT TREE-SINGULAR MODES OF CLIMBING IT-AN AGILE YOUNG CHIEF-FEARLESSNESS OF THE CHILDREN-TOO-TOO AND THE COCOANUT TREE-THE BIRDS OF THE VALLEY
CHAPTER THIRTY A PROFESSOR OF THE FINE ARTS-HIS PERSECUTIONS-SOMETHING ABOUT TATTOOING AND TABOOING-TWO ANECDOTES IN ILLUSTRATION OF THE LATTER-A FEW THOUGHTS ON THE TYPEE DIALECT
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE STRANGE CUSTOM OF THE ISLANDERS-THEIR CHANTING, AND THE PECULIARITY OF THEIR VOICE-RAPTURE OF THE KING AT FIRST HEARING A SONG-A NEW DIGNITY CONFERRED ON THE AUTHOR-MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN THE VALLEY-ADMIRATION OF THE SAVAGES AT BEHOLDING A PUGILISTIC PERFORMANCE-SWIMMING INFANT-BEAUTIFUL TRESSES OF THE GIRLS-OINTMENT FOR THE HAIR
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO APPREHENSIONS OF EVIL-FRIGHTFUL DISCOVERY-SOME REMARKS ON CANNIBALISM-SECOND BATTLE WITH THE HAPPARS-SAVAGE SPECTACLE-MYSTERIOUS FEAST-SUBSEQUENT DISCLOSURES
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE THE STRANGER AGAIN ARRIVES IN THE VALLEY-SINGULAR INTERVIEW WITH HIM-ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE-FAILURE-MELANCHOLY SITUATION-SYMPATHY OF MARHEYO
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR THE ESCAPE
THE STORY OF TOBY
NOTE.