Omoo

by Melville, Herman; Hayford, Harrison; Tanselle, G. Thomas

• ISBN13: 9780810101609
• ISBN10: 0810101602
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1968-06-01
• Publisher: Northwestern Univ Pr

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Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
Introduction	3	(2)
My Reception Aboard	5	(4)
Some Account of the Ship	9	(4)
Further Account of the Julia	13	(3)
A Scene in the Forecastle	16	(3)
What Happened at Hytyhoo	19	(4)
We Touch at La Dominica	23	(3)
What Happened at Hannamanoo	26	(4)
The Tattooers of La Dominica	30	(3)
We Steer to the Westward &mdot; State of Affairs	33	(5)
A Sea-Parlor Described, with Some of its Tenants	38	(3)
Doctor Long Ghost a Wag &mdot; One of His Capers	41	(3)
Death and Burial of Two of the Crew	44	(6)
Our Destination Change	50	(2)
Rope-Yarn	52	(4)
Chips and Bungs	56	(2)
We Encounter a Gale	58	(3)
The Coral Islands	61	(4)
Tahiti	65	(3)
A Surprise &mdot; More about Bembo	68	(5)
The Round-Robin &mdot; Visitors from Shore	73	(5)
Proceedings of the Consul	78	(5)
The Consul's Departure	83	(3)
The Second Night off Papeetee	86	(5)
Outbreak of the Crew	91	(3)
Jermin Encounters an Old Shipmate	94	(3)
We Enter the Harbor &mdot; Jim the Pilot	97	(4)
A Glance at Papeetee &mdot; We are Sent aboard the Frigate	101	(4)
Reception from the Frenchman	105	(3)
The Reine Blanche	108	(4)
They Take US Ashore &mdot; What Happened There	112	(4)
The Calabooza Beretanee	116	(6)
Proceedings of the French at Tahiti	122	(5)
We Receive Calls at the Hotel de Calabooza	127	(4)
Life at the Calabooza	131	(2)
Visit from an Old Acquaintance	133	(5)
We Are Carried before the Consul and Captain	138	(3)
The French Priests Pay Their Respects	141	(4)
Little Jule Sails Without Us	145	(5)
Jermin Serves Us a Good Turn &mdot; Friendships in Polynesia	150	(7)
We Take unto Ourselves Friends	157	(2)
We Levy Contributions on the Shipping	159	(3)
Motoo---Otoo &mdot; A Tahitian Casuist	162	(4)
One is Judged by the Company He Keeps	166	(2)
Cathedral of Papoar &mdot; The Church of the Cocoa-Nuts	168	(4)
A Missionary's Sermon; with Some Reflections	172	(5)
Something about the Kannakippers	177	(4)
How They Dress in Tahiti	181	(3)
Tahiti As It Is	184	(5)
Same Subject Continued	189	(4)
Something Happens to Long Ghost	193	(4)
Wilson Gives Us the Cut &mdot; Departure for Imeeo	197	(4)
The Valley of Martair	201	(3)
Farming in Polynesia	204	(5)
Some Account of the Wild Cattle in Polynesia	209	(3)
A Hunting Ramble with Zeke	212	(3)
Musquitoes	215	(3)
The Second Hunt in the Mountains	218	(5)
The Hunting-Feast; and a Visit to Afrehitoo	223	(3)
The Murphies	226	(4)
What They Thought of Us in Martair	230	(4)
Preparing for the Journey	234	(3)
Tamai	237	(3)
A Dance in the Valley	240	(3)
Mysterious	243	(2)
The Hegira, or Flight	245	(4)
How We Were to Get to Taloo	249	(3)
The Journey round the Beach	252	(5)
A Dinner-Party in Imeeo	257	(4)
The Cocoa-Palm	261	(4)
Life at Loohooloo	265	(3)
We Start for Taloo	268	(3)
A Dealer in the Contraband	271	(5)
Our Reception in Partoowye	276	(5)
Retiring for the Night &mdot; The Doctor Grows Devout	281	(3)
A Ramble through the Settlement	284	(3)
An Island Jilt &mdot; We Visit the Ship	287	(4)
A Party of Rovers &mdot; Little Loo and the Doctor	291	(4)
Mrs. Bell	295	(2)
Taloo Chapel &mdot; Holding Court in Polynesia	297	(5)
Queen Pomaree	302	(5)
We Visit the Court	307	(5)
Which Ends the Book	312	(7)
EDITORIAL APPENDIX
Historical Note	319	(26)
Gordon Roper
Textual Record By The Editors
Note on the Text	345