Mardi, and a voyage thither, Vol. 1 (of 2)MARDI: AND A VOYAGE THITHERReading editionChapter navigation106 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…MARDI: AND A VOYAGE THITHERPREFACEChapter I · Foot In StirrupChapter II · A CalmChapter III · A King For A ComradeChapter IV · A Chat In The CloudsChapter V · Seats Secured And Portmanteaus PackedChapter VI · Eight BellsChapter VII · A PauseChapter VIII · They Push Off, Velis Et RemisChapter IX · The Watery World Is All Before ThemChapter X · They Arrange Their Canopies And Lounges, And Try To Make Things ComfortableChapter XI · Jarl Afflicted With The LockjawChapter XII · More About Being In An Open BoatChapter XIII · Of The Chondropterygii, And Other Uncouth Hordes Infesting The South SeasChapter XIV · Jarl’s MisgivingsChapter XV · A Stitch In Time Saves NineChapter XVI · They Are BecalmedChapter XVII · In High Spirits, They Push On For The Terra IncognitaChapter XVIII · My Lord Shark And His PagesChapter XIX · Who Goes There?Chapter XX · Noises And PortentsChapter XXI · Man Ho!Chapter XXII · What Befel The Brigantine At The Pearl Shell IslandsChapter XXIII · Sailing From The Island They Pillage The CabinChapter XXIV · Dedicated To The College Of Physicians And SurgeonsChapter XXV · Peril A Peace-MakerChapter XXVI · Containing A Pennyweight Of PhilosophyChapter XXVII · In Which The Past History Of The Parki Is ConcludedChapter XXVIII · Suspicions Laid, And Something About The CalmucChapter XXIX · What They Lighted Upon In Further Searching The Craft, And The Resolution They Came ToChapter XXX · Hints For A Full Length Of SamoaChapter XXXI · Rovings Alow And AloftChapter XXXII · Xiphius PlatypterusChapter XXXIII · OtardChapter XXXIV · How They Steered On Their WayChapter XXXV · Ah, Annatoo!Chapter XXXVI · The Parki Gives Up The GhostChapter XXXVII · Once More They Take To The ChamoisChapter XXXVIII · The Sea On FireChapter XXXIX · They Fall In With StrangersChapter XL · Sire And SonsChapter XLI · A FrayChapter XLII · RemorseChapter XLIII · The Tent EnteredChapter XLIV · Away!Chapter XLV · ReminiscencesChapter XLVI · The Chamois With A Roving CommissionChapter XLVII · Yillah, Jarl, And SamoaChapter XLVIII · Something Under The SurfaceChapter XLIX · YillahChapter L · Yillah In ArdairChapter LI · The Dream Begins To FadeChapter LII · World Ho!Chapter LIII · The Chamois AshoreChapter LIV · A Gentleman From The SunChapter LV · Tiffin In A TempleChapter LVI · King Media A HostChapter LVII · Taji Takes Counsel With HimselfChapter LVIII · Mardi By Night And Yillah By DayChapter LIX · Their Morning MealChapter LX · Belshazzar On The BenchChapter LXI · An IncognitoChapter LXII · Taji Retires From The WorldChapter LXIII · Odo And Its LordChapter LXIV · Yillah A PhantomChapter LXV · Taji Makes Three AcquaintancesChapter LXVI · With A Fair Wind, At Sunrise They SailChapter LXVII · Little King PeepiChapter LXVIII · How Teeth Were Regarded In ValapeeChapter LXIX · The Company Discourse, And Braid-Beard Rehearses A LegendChapter LXX · The Minstrel Leads Off With A Paddle-Song; And A Message Is Received From AbroadChapter LXXI · They Land Upon The Island Of JuamChapter LXXII · A Book From The Chronicles Of MohiChapter LXXIII · Something More Of The PrinceChapter LXXIV · Advancing Deeper Into The Vale, They Encounter DonjaloloChapter LXXV · Time And TemplesChapter LXXVI · A Pleasant Place For A LoungeChapter LXXVII · The House Of The AfternoonChapter LXXVIII · Babbalanja SolusChapter LXXIX · The Center Of Many CircumferencesChapter LXXX · Donjalolo In The Bosom Of His FamilyChapter LXXXI · Wherein Babbalanja Relates The Adventure Of One Karkeke In The Land Of ShadesChapter LXXXII · How Donjalolo, Sent Agents To The Surrounding Isles; With The ResultChapter LXXXIII · They Visit The Tributary IsletsChapter LXXXIV · Taji Sits Down To Dinner With Five-And-Twenty Kings, And A Royal Time They HaveChapter LXXXV · After DinnerChapter LXXXVI · Of Those Scamps The PlujiiChapter LXXXVII · Nora-BammaChapter LXXXVIII · In A Calm, Hautia’s Heralds ApproachChapter LXXXIX · Braid-Beard Rehearses The Origin Of The Isle Of RoguesChapter XC · Rare Sport At OhonooChapter XCI · Of King Uhia And His SubjectsChapter XCII · The God Keevi And The Precipice Of MondoChapter XCIII · Babbalanja Steps In Between Mohi And Yoomy; And Yoomy Relates A LegendChapter XCIV · Of That Jolly Old Lord, Borabolla; And That Jolly Island Of His, Mondoldo; And Of The Fish-Ponds, And The Hereafters Of FishChapter XCV · That Jolly Old Lord Borabolla Laughs On Both Sides Of His FaceChapter XCVI · Samoa A SurgeonChapter XCVII · Faith And KnowledgeChapter XCVIII · The Tale Of A TravelerChapter XCIX · “Marnee Ora, Ora Marnee”Chapter C · The Pursuer Himself Is PursuedChapter CI · The IrisChapter CII · They Depart From MondoldoChapter CIII · As They SailChapter CIV · Wherein Babbalanja Broaches A Diabolical Theory, And In His Own Person Proves ItBeginning of this editionNext chapter →PREFACEAll chapters and sections (106)Other sectionsMARDI: AND A VOYAGE THITHERPREFACEChapters123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104By Herman MelvilleIn Two VolumesVol. I1864DEDICATED TO My Brother, ALLAN MELVILLE.PREFACE →