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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XVIII.
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 |
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CHAPTER XIX.
Reflections after Marnoo’s Departure—Battle of the Pop-guns—Strange conceit of Marheyo—Process of making Tappa |
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CHAPTER XX.
History of a day as usually spent in the Typee Valley—Dances of the Marquesan Girls |
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CHAPTER XXI.
The Spring of Arva Wai—Remarkable Monumental Remains—Some ideas with regard to the History of the Pi-Pis found in the Valley |
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CHAPTER XXII.
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 |
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CHAPTER XXIII.
The Feast of Calabashes |
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CHAPTER XXIV.
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 |
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