MARDI: AND A VOYAGE THITHER VOL. I

 

By

 

Herman Melville

 

IN TWO VOLUMES

 

1864

 


DEDICATED TO

 

My Brother, ALLAN MELVILLE.

 


CONTENTS:

 

PREFACE. 6

CHAPTER I Foot In Stirrup. 7

CHAPTER II A Calm.. 12

CHAPTER III A King For A Comrade. 14

CHAPTER IV A Chat In The Clouds. 18

CHAPTER V Seats Secured And Portmanteaus Packed. 20

CHAPTER VI Eight Bells. 22

CHAPTER VII A Pause. 24

CHAPTER VIII They Push Off, Velis Et Remis. 25

CHAPTER IX The Watery World Is All Before Them.. 28

CHAPTER X They Arrange Their Canopies And Lounges, And Try To Make Things Comfortable  30

CHAPTER XI Jarl Afflicted With The Lockjaw.. 32

CHAPTER XII More About Being In An Open Boat 33

CHAPTER XIII Of The Chondropterygii, And Other Uncouth Hordes Infesting The South Seas  34

CHAPTER XIV Jarl's Misgivings. 38

CHAPTER XV A Stitch In Time Saves Nine. 40

CHAPTER XVI They Are Becalmed. 41

CHAPTER XVII In High Spirits, They Push On For The Terra Incognita. 43

CHAPTER XVIII My Lord Shark And His Pages. 44

CHAPTER XIX Who Goes There?. 46

CHAPTER XX Noises And Portents. 50

CHAPTER XXI Man Ho! 52

CHAPTER XXII What Befel The Brigantine At The Pearl Shell Islands. 54

CHAPTER XXIII Sailing From The Island They Pillage The Cabin. 58

CHAPTER XXIV Dedicated To The College Of Physicians And Surgeons. 60

CHAPTER XXV Peril A Peace-Maker 62

CHAPTER XXVI Containing A Pennyweight Of Philosophy. 64

CHAPTER XXVII In Which The Past History Op The Parki Is Concluded. 65

CHAPTER XXVIII Suspicions Laid, And Something About The Calmuc. 68

CHAPTER XXIX What They Lighted Upon In Further Searching The Craft, And The Resolution They Came To  71

CHAPTER XXX Hints For A Full Length Of Samoa. 75

CHAPTER XXXI Rovings Alow And Aloft 77

CHAPTER XXXII Xiphius Platypterus. 79

CHAPTER XXXIII Otard. 82

CHAPTER XXXIV How They Steered On Their Way. 84

CHAPTER XXXV Ah, Annatoo! 88

CHAPTER XXXVI The Parki Gives Up The Ghost 91

CHAPTER XXXVII Once More They Take To The Chamois. 93

CHAPTER XXXVIII The Sea On Fire. 95

CHAPTER XXXIX They Fall In With Strangers. 98

CHAPTER XL Sire And Sons. 102

CHAPTER XLI A Fray. 104