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TYPEE HERMAN MELVILLE ILLUSTRATIONS BY MEAD SCHAEFFER CONTENTS Chapter PAGE I A LAND-SICK SHIP The sea - Longings for shore - A land-sick ship - Destination of the voyagers II TO THE MARQUESAS 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 cocoa-nuts - Swimming visitors - The Dolly boarded by them - State of affairs that ensue. III AFFAIRS ABOARD 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. IV LAST NIGHT ABOARD Thoughts previous to attempting an escape - Toby, a fellow-sailor, agrees to share the adventure - Last night aboard the ship. V THE ESCAPE A specimen of nautical oratory - Criticisms of the sailors - The starboard watch are given a holiday - The escape to the mountains. VI DISAPPOINTMENT 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. VII A WILD-GOOSE CHASE The important question, Typee or Happar? - A wild-goose chase - My sufferings - Disheartening situation - A night in the ravine - Morning meal - Happy idea of Toby - Journey towards the valley. VIII INTO THE VALLEY Perilous passage of the ravine - Descent into the valley. IX CAUTIOUS ADVANCE 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. X MORNING VISITORS 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. XI ADVENTURE IN THE DARK 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 - Adventure in the dark - Distinguished honours paid to the visitors - Strange procession, and return to the house of Marheyo. XII ADVENTURE OF TOBY Attempt to procure relief from Nukuheva - Perilous adventure of Toby in the Happar Mountains - Eloquence of Kory-Kory. XIII A GREAT EVENT 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. XIV KINDNESS OF THE ISLANDERS Kindness of Marheyo and the rest of the islanders - A full description of the bread-fruit tree - Different modes of preparing the fruit. XV MELANCHOLY CONDITION Melancholy condition - Occurrence at the Ti - Anecdote of Marheyo - Shaving the head of a warrior. XVI IMPROVEMENT Improvement in health and spirits - Felicity of the Typees - A skirmish in the mountain with the warriors of Happar. XVII A STRANGER ARRIVES 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. XVIII BATTLE OF THE POP-GUNS Reflection after Marnoo’s departure - Battle of the pop-guns - Strange conceit of Marheyo - Process of making tappa. XIX DANCES History of a day as usually spent in the Typee valley - Dances of the Marquesan girls. XX MONUMENTS The spring of Arva Wai - Remarkable monumental remains - Some ideas with regard to the history of the pi-pis found in the valley. XXI A FESTIVAL 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. XXII THE FEAST OF CALABASHES The Feast of Calabashes. XXIII RELIGION OF THE TYPEES Ideas suggested by the Feast of Calabashes - 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. XXIV BEAUTY OF THE TYPEES 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. XXV MARRIAGE CUSTOMS King Mehevi - 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. XXVI SOCIAL CONDITIONS The social condition and general character of the Typees. XXVII FISHING PARTIES Fishing parties - Mode of distributing the fish - Midnight banquet - Timekeeping tapers - Unceremonious style of eating the fish. XXVIII NATURAL HISTORY Natural history of the valley - Golden lizards - Tameness of the birds - Mosquitoes - Flies - Dogs - A solitary cat - The climate - The cocoa-nut tree - Singular modes of climbing it - An agile young chief - Fearlessness of the children - Too-too and the cocoa-nut tree - The birds of the valley. XXIX TATTOOING 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. XXX MUSIC 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. XXXI CANNIBALISM Apprehensions of evil - Frightful discovery - Some remarks on cannibalism - Second battle with the Happars - Savage spectacle - Mysterious feast - Subsequent disclosures. XXXII ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE The stranger again arrives in the valley - Singular interview with him - Attempt to escape - Failure - Melancholy situation - Sympathy of Marheyo. XXXIII THE ESCAPE The escape SEQUEL NOTE. - The Author of "Typee" was more than two years in the South Seas, after escaping from the valley, as recounted in the last chapter. Some time after returning home the foregoing narrative was published, though it was little thought at the time that this would be the means of revealing the existence of Toby, who had long been given up for lost. But so it proved. The story of his escape supplies a natural sequel to the adventure, and as such it is now added to the volume. It was related to the Author by Toby himself. APPENDIX 285 ILLUSTRATIONS Fayaway and I had a delightful little party on the lake I found him ripe for the enterprise, and a very few words sufficed for a mutual understanding between us At last we gained the top of the second elevation We were soon completely encircled by a dense throng The body was carried into the house and laid on a mat Thus arrayed, I would have matched the charming Fayaway against any beauty in the world Mehevi About midnight I arose and drew the slide  By Herman Melville
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