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Narrative of a four months' residence among the natives of a valley of the Marquesas Islands, or, A peep at Polynesian life

Melville, Herman (1819-1891)
  
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THE MARQUESAS ISLANDS; OR, A PEEP AT POLYNESIAN LIFE.
  
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TO LEMUEL SHAW, CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, THIS LITTLE WORK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED
  
PREFACE.
  
CONTENTS.

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A RESIDENCE IN THE MARQUESAS.
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CHAPTER I.
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CHAPTER II.
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CHAPTER III.
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CHAPTER IV.
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CHAPTER V.
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CHAPTER VI.
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CHAPTER VII.
 VIII. 
CHAPTER VIII.
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CHAPTER IX.
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CHAPTER X.
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CHAPTER XI.
 XII. 
CHAPTER XII.
 XIII. 
CHAPTER XIII.
 XIV. 
CHAPTER XIV.
 XV. 
CHAPTER XV.
 XVI. 
CHAPTER XVI.
 XVII. 
CHAPTER XVII.
 XVIII. 
CHAPTER XVIII.
 XIX. 
CHAPTER XIX.
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CHAPTER XX.
 XXI. 
CHAPTER XXI.
 XXII. 
CHAPTER XXII.
 XXIII. 
CHAPTER XXIII.
 XXIV. 
CHAPTER XXIV.
 XXV. 
CHAPTER XXV.
 XXVI. 
CHAPTER XXVI.
 XXVII. 
CHAPTER XXVII.
 XXVIII. 
CHAPTER XXVIII.
 XXIX. 
CHAPTER XXIX.
 XXX. 
CHAPTER XXX.
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CHAPTER XXXI.
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CHAPTER XXXII.
 XXXIII. 
CHAPTER XXXIII.
 XXXIV. 
CHAPTER XXXIV.

  
APPENDIX.
  
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MR. MURRAY'S
  
History.
  
Biography.
  
Religion.
  
Poetry.
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Popular Travels.
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XXIII.
  
Art, Science, and General Literature.
  
Sporting.
  
Natural History.
  
Agriculture.
  
Rural and Domestic Economy.
  
Instruction and Amusement for Young Persons.
  
Classical and School Books.
  
MR. MURRAY'S
  
Popular Reading for all Classes.
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Works already Published.
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NARRATIVE
OF A
FOUR MONTHS' RESIDENCE
AMONG THE NATIVES OF A VALLEY OF
THE MARQUESAS ISLANDS;
OR,
A PEEP AT POLYNESIAN LIFE.

By HERMAN MELVILLE.

LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.
1846.
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