Mardi ; and, A Voyage Thither, by Herman Melville

Preface

VOLUME I

1. Foot In Stirrup
2. A Calm
3. A King For A Comrade
4. A Chat In The Clouds
5. Seats Secured And Portmanteaus Packed
6. Eight Bells
7. A Pause
8. They Push Off, Velis Et Remis
9. The Watery World Is All Before Them
10. They Arrange Their Canopies And Lounges, And Try To Make Things Comfortable
11. Jarl Afflicted With The Lockjaw
12. More About Being In An Open Boat
13. Of The Chondropterygii, And Other Uncouth Hordes Infesting The South Seas
14. Jarl’s Misgivings
15. A Stitch In Time Saves Nine
16. They Are Becalmed
17. In High Spirits, They Push On For The Terra Incognita
18. My Lord Shark And His Pages
19. Who Goes There?
20. Noises And Portents
21. Man Ho!
22. What Befel The Brigantine At The Pearl Shell Islands
23. Sailing From The Island They Pillage The Cabin
24. Dedicated To The College Of Physicians And Surgeons
25. Peril A Peace–Maker
26. Containing A Pennyweight Of Philosophy
27. In Which The Past History Op The Parki Is Concluded
28. Suspicions Laid, And Something About The Calmuc
29. What They Lighted Upon In Further Searching The Craft, And The Resolution They Came To
30. Hints For A Full Length Of Samoa
31. Rovings Alow And Aloft
32. Xiphius Platypterus
33. Otard
34. How They Steered On Their Way
35. Ah, Annatoo!
36. The Parki Gives Up The Ghost
37. Once More They Take To The Chamois
38. The Sea On Fire
39. They Fall In With Strangers
40. Sire And Sons
41. A Fray
42. Remorse
43. The Tent Entered
44. Away
45. Reminiscences
46. The Chamois With A Roving Commission
47. Yillah, Jarl, And Samoa
48. Something Under The Surface
49. Yillah
50. Yillah In Ardair
51. The Dream Begins To Fade
52. World Ho!
53. The Chamois Ashore
54. A Gentleman From The Sun
55. Tiffin In A Temple
56. King Media A Host
57. Taji Takes Counsel With Himself
58. Mardi By Night And Yillah By Day
59. Their Morning Meal
60. Belshazzar On The Bench
61. An Incognito
62. Taji Retires From The World
63. Odo And Its Lord
64. Yillah A Phantom
65. Taji Makes Three Acquaintances
66. With A Fair Wind, At Sunrise They Sail
67. Little King Peepi
68. How Teeth Were Regarded In Valapee
69. The Company Discourse, And Braid–Beard Rehearses A Legend
70. The Minstrel Leads Off With A Paddle–Song; And A Message Is Received From Abroad
71. They Land Upon The Island Of Juam
72. A Book From The Chronicles Of Mohi
73. Something More Of The Prince
74. Advancing Deeper Into The Vale, They Encounter Donjalolo
75. Time And Temples
76. A Pleasant Place For A Lounge
77. The House Of The Afternoon
78. Babbalanja Solus
79. The Center Of Many Circumferences
80. Donjalolo In The Bosom Of His Family
81. Wherein Babbalanja Relates The Adventure Of One Karkeke In The Land Of Shades
82. How Donjalolo, Sent Agents To The Surrounding Isles; With The Result
83. They Visit The Tributary Islets
84. Taji Sits Down To Dinner With Five–And-Twenty Kings, And A Royal Time They Have
85. After Dinner
86. Of Those Scamps The Plujii
87. Nora–Bamma
88. In A Calm, Hautia’s Heralds Approach
89. Braid–Beard Rehearses The Origin Of The Isle Of Rogues
90. Rare Sport At Ohonoo
91. Of King Uhia And His Subjects
92. The God Keevi And The Precipice Op Mondo
93. Babbalanja Steps In Between Mohi And Yoomy; And Yoomy Relates A Legend
94. Of That Jolly Old Lord, Borabolla; And That Jolly Island Of His, Mondoldo; And Of The Fish–Ponds, And The Hereafters Of Fish
95. That Jolly Old Lord Borabolla Laughs On Both Sides Of His Face
96. Samoa A Surgeon
97. Faith And Knowledge
98. The Tale Of A Traveler
99. “Marnee Ora, Ora Marnee”
100. The Pursuer Himself Is Pursued
101. The Iris
102. They Depart From Mondoldo
103. As They Sail
104. Wherein Babbalanja Broaches A Diabolical Theory, And, In His Own Person, Proves It

VOLUME II

1. Maramma
2. They Land
3. They Pass Through The Woods
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5. They Visit The Great Morai
6. They Discourse Of The Gods Of Mardi, And Braid–Beard Tells Of One Foni
7. They Visit The Lake Of Yammo
8. They Meet The Pilgrims At The Temple Of Oro
9. They Discourse Of Alma
10. Kohl Tells Of One Ravoo, And They Land To Visit Revaneva, A Flourishing Artisan
11. A Nursery–Tale Of Babbalanja’s
12. Landing To Visit Hivohitee The Pontiff, They Encounter An Extraordinary Old Hermit; With Whom Yoomy Has A Confidential Interview, But Learns Little
13. Babbalanja Endeavors To Explain The Mystery
14. Taji Receives Tidings And Omens
15. Dreams
16. Media And Babbalanja Discourse
17. They Regale Themselves With Their Pipes
18. They Visit An Extraordinary Old Antiquary
19. They Go Down Into The Catacombs
20. Babbalanja Quotes From An Antique Pagan; And Earnestly Presses It Upon The Company, That What He Recites Is Not His, But Another’s
21. They Visit A Wealthy Old Pauper
22. Yoomy Sings Some Odd Verses, And Babbalanja Quotes From The Old Authors Right And Left
23. What Manner Of Men The Tapparians Were
24. Their Adventures Upon Landing At Pimminee
25. A, I, and O
26. A Reception Day At Pimminee
27. Babbalanja Falleth Upon Pimminee Tooth And Nail
28. Babbalanja Regales The Company With Some Sandwiches
29. They Still Remain Upon The Rock
30. Behind And Before
31. Babbalanja Discourses In The Dark
32. My Lord Media Summons Mohi To The Stand
33. Wherein Babbalanja And Yoomy Embrace
34. Of The Isle Of Diranda
35. They Visit The Lords Piko And Hello
36. They Attend The Games
37. Taji Still Hunted, And Beckoned
38. They Embark From Diranda
39. Wherein Babbalanja Discourses Of Himself
40. Of The Sorcerers In The Isle Of Minda
41. Chiefly Of Sing Bello
42. Dominora And Vivenza
43. They Land At Dominora
44. Through Dominora, They Wander After Yillah
45. They Behold King Bello’s State Canoe
46. Wherein Babbalanja Bows Thrice
47. Babbalanja Philosophizes, And My Lord Media Passes Round The Calabashes
48. They Sail Round An Island Without Landing; And Talk Round A Subject Without Getting At It
49. They Draw Nigh To Porpheero; Where They Behold A Terrific Eruption
50. Wherein King Media Celebrates The Glories Of Autumn, The Minstrel, The Promise Of Spring
51. In Which Azzageddi Seems To Use Babbalanja For A Mouth–Piece
52. The Charming Yoomy Sings
53. They Draw Nigh Unto Land
54. They Visit The Great Central Temple Of Vivenza
55. Wherein Babbalanja Comments Upon The Speech Of Alanno
56. A Scene In Tee Land Of Warwicks, Or King–Makers
57. They Hearken Unto A Voice From The Gods
58. They Visit The Extreme South Of Vivenza
59. They Converse Of The Mollusca, Kings, Toad–Stools And Other Matters
60. Wherein, That Gallant Gentleman And Demi–God, King Media, Scepter In Hand, Throws Himself Into The Breach
61. They Round The Stormy Cape Of Capes
62. They Encounter Gold–Hunters
63. They Seek Through The Isles Of Palms; And Pass The Isles Of Myrrh
64. Concentric, Inward, With Mardi’s Reef, They Leave Their Wake Around The World
65. Sailing On
66. A Flight Of Nightingales From Yoomy’s Mouth
67. They Visit One Doxodox
68. King Media Dreams
69. After A Long Interval, By Night They Are Becalmed
70. They Land At Hooloomooloo
71. A Book From The “Ponderings Of Old Bardianna”
72. Babbalanja Starts To His Feet
73. At Last, The Last Mention Is Made Of Old Bardianna; And His Last Will And Testament Is Recited At Length
74. A Death–Cloud Sweeps By Them, As They Sail
75. They Visit The Palmy King Abrazza
76. Some Pleasant, Shady Talk In The Groves, Between My Lords Abrazza And Media, Babbalanja, Mohi, And Yoomy
77. They Sup
78. They Embark
79. Babbalanja At The Full Of The Moon
80. Morning
81. L’ultima Sera
82. They Sail From Night To Day
83. They Land
84. Babbalanja Relates To Them A Vision
85. They Depart From Serenia
86. They Meet The Phantoms
87. They Draw Nigh To Flozella
88. They Land
89. They Enter The Bower Of Hautia
90. Taji With Hautia
91. Mardi Behind: An Ocean Before