CHAPTER XIII. A GREAT EVENT

A great event happens in the valley—The island telegraph—Something befalls Toby—Fayaway displays a tender heart—Melancholy reflections—Mysterious conduct of the islanders—Devotion of Kory-Kory—A rural couch—A luxury—Kory-Kory strikes a light _à la_ Typee.

Kindness of Marheyo and the rest of the islanders—A full description of the bread-fruit tree—Different modes of preparing the fruit.

Melancholy condition—Occurrence at the Ti—Anecdote of Marheyo—Shaving the head of a warrior.

Improvement in health and spirits—Felicity of the Typees—A skirmish in the mountain with the warriors of Happar.