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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 [1849], Mardi and a voyage thither, volume 1 (Harper & Brothers, New York) [word count] [eaf275v1].
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CONTENTS.

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VOL. I.

CHAPTER

PAGE


1. Foot in Stirrup 13

2. A Calm 20

3. A King for a Comrade 23

4. A Chat in the Clouds 29

5. Seats secured and Portmanteaus packed 32

6. Eight Bells 35

7. A Pause 38

8. They push off, Velis et Remis 40

9. The Watery World is all before Them 44

10. They arrange their Canopies and Lounges, and try to
make Things comfortable 47

11. Jarl afflicted with the Lockjaw 50

12. More about being in an open Boat 52

13. Of the Chondropterygii, and other uncouth Hordes infesting
the South Seas 54

14. Jarl's Misgivings 59

15. A Stitch in time saves Nine 62

16. They are Becalmed 64

17. In high Spirits they push on for the Terra Incognita 67

18. My Lord Shark and his Pages 69

19. Who goes there? 72

20. Noises and Portents 79

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21. Man ho! 83

22. What befel the Brigantine at the Pearl Shell Islands 86

23. Sailing from the Island they pillage the Cabin 93

24. Dedicated to the College of Physicians and Surgeons 96

25. Peril a Peace-maker 99

26. Containing a Pennyweight of Philosophy 102

27. In which the past History of the Parki is concluded 104

28. Suspicions laid, and something about the Calmuc 108

29. What they lighted upon in further searching the Craft,
and the Resolution they came to 113

30. Hints for a full length of Samoa 119

31. Rovings Alow and Aloft 121

32. Xiphius Platypterus 125

33. Otard 129

34. How they steered on their Way 131

35. Ah, Annatoo! 137

36. The Parki gives up the Ghost 141

37. Once more they take to the Chamois 144

38. The Sea on Fire 146

39. They fall in with Strangers 150

40. Sire and Sons 156

41. A Fray 158

42. Remorse 162

43. The Tent entered 165

44. Away! 167

45. Reminiscences 171

46. The Chamois with a roving Commission 173

47. Yillah, Jarl, and Samoa 175

48. Something under the Surface 177

49. Yillah 181

50. Yillah in Ardair 183

51. The Dream begins to fade 188

52. World ho! 190

53. The Chamois Ashore 193

54. A Gentleman from the Sun 196

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55. Tiffin in a Temple 199

56. King Media a Host 202

57. Taji takes Counsel with himself 205

58. Mardi by Night and Yillah by Day 210

59. Their Morning Meal 212

60. Belshazzar on the Bench 215

61. An Incognito 220

62. Taji retires from the World 222

63. Odo and its Lord 225

64. Yillah a Phantom 228

65. Taji makes three Acquaintances 231

66. With a fair Wind at Sunrise they sail 234

67. Little King Peepi 237

68. How Teeth were regarded in Valapee 241

69. The Company discourse, and Braid-Beard rehearses a
Legend 244

70. The Minstrel leads of with a Paddle-Song; and a Message
is received from Abroad 250

71. They land upon the Island of Juam 253

72. A Book from the Chronicles of Mohi 256

73. Something more of the Prince 261

74. Advancing deeper into the Vale, they encounter Donjalolo 263

75. Time and Temples 266

76. A pleasant Place for a Lounge 270

77. The House of the Afternoon 272

78. Babbalanja solus 275

79. The Center of many Circumferences 278

80. Donjalolo in the Bosom of his Family 280

81. Wherein Babbalanja relates the Advanture of one Karkeke
in the Land of Shades 285

82. How Donjalolo, sent Agents to the surrounding Isles;
with the Result 288

83. They visit the Tributary Islets 291

84. Taji sits down to Dinner with five-and-twenty Kings, and
a royal Time they have 293

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85. After Dinner 302

86. Of those Scamps the Plujii 304

87. Nora-Bamma 307

88. In a Calm, Hautia's Heralds approach 309

89. Braid-Beard rehearses the Origin of the Isle of Rogues 311

90. Rare Sport at Ohonoo 314

91. Of King Uhia and his Subjects 317

92. The God Keevi and the Precipice of Mondo 319

93. Babbalanja steps in between Mohi and Yoomy; and Yoomy
relates a Legend 322

94. Of that jolly old Lord, Borabolla; and that jolly Island of
his, Mondoldo; and of the Fish-ponds, and the Hereafters
of Fish 328

95. That jolly old Lord Borabolla laughs on both Sides of his
Face 334

96. Samoa a Surgeon 338

97. Faith and Knowledge 341

98. The Tale of a Traveler 343

99. “Marnee Ora, Ora Marnee.” 345

100. The Pursuer himself is pursued 350

101. The Iris 355

102. They depart from Mondoldo 356

103. As they sail 358

104. Wherein Babbalanja broaches a diabolical Theory, and
in his own Person proves it: 361

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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 [1849], Mardi and a voyage thither, volume 1 (Harper & Brothers, New York) [word count] [eaf275v1].
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