heart--Melancholy reflections--Mysterious conduct
of the islanders--Devotion of Kory-Kory--A rural couch--A
luxury--Kory-Kory strikes a light _a la_ Typee.
XIV KINDNESS OF THE ISLANDERS 120
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 126
Melancholy condition--Occurrence at the Ti--Anecdote of
Marheyo--Shaving the head of a warrior.
XVI IMPROVEMENT 132
Improvement in health and spirits--Felicity of the
Typees--A skirmish in the mountain with the warriors of
Happar.
XVII A STRANGER ARRIVES 140
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 155
Reflection after Marnoo's departure--Battle of the
pop-guns--Strange conceit of Marheyo--Process of making
tappa.
XIX DANCES 162
History of a day as usually spent in the Typee
valley--Dances of the Marquesan girls.
XX MONUMENTS 167
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 171
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 178
The Feast of Calabashes.
XXIII RELIGION OF THE TYPEES 185
Ideas suggested by the Feast of Calabas
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