hes--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.
XXIV BEAUTY OF THE TYPEES 196
General information gathered at the festival--Personal
beauty of the Typees--Their superiority over the
inhabitants of the other islands--Diversity of
complexion--A vegetable cosmetic and ointment--Testimony
of voyagers to the uncommon beauty of the Marquesans--Few
evidences of intercourse with civilized
beings--Dilapidated musket--Primitive simplicity of
government--Regal dignity of Mehevi.
XXV MARRIAGE CUSTOMS 204
King Mehevi--Conduct of Marheyo and Mehevi in certain
delicate matters--Peculiar system of marriage--Number of
population--Uniformity--Embalming--Places of
sepulture--Funeral obsequies at Nukuheva--Number of
inhabitants in Typee--Location of the dwellings--Happiness
enjoyed in the valley.
XXVI SOCIAL CONDITIONS 210
The social condition and general character of the
Typees.
XXVII FISHING PARTIES 216
Fishing parties--Mode of distributing the fish--Midnight
banquet--Timekeeping tapers--Unceremonious style of eating
the fish.
XXVIII NATURAL HISTORY 220
Natural history of the valley--Golden lizards--Tameness of
the birds--Mosquitoes--Flies--Dogs--A solitary cat--The
climate--The cocoa-nut tree--Singular modes of climbing
it--An agile young chief--Fearlessness of the
children--Too-too and the cocoa-nut tree--The birds of the
valley.
XXIX TATTOOING 228
A professor of the fine arts--His persecutions--Something
about tattooing and tabooing--Two anecdotes in
illustration of the latter--A few thoughts on the Typee
dialect.
XXX MUSIC 238
Strange custom of the