• Contents 
• Preface
• Chapter 1 
• The Sea • Longings for Shore • A Land-sick Ship • Destination of the Voyagers • The Marquesas • Adventure of a Missionary's Wife among the Savages • Charactestic Anecdote of the Queen of Nukuheva
• Chapter 2 
• Passage from the Cruising Ground to the Marquesas • Sleepy times aboard Ship • South Sea Scenery • Land ho! • The French Squadron discovered at Anchor in the Bay of Nukuheva • Strange Pilot • Escort of Canoes • A Flotilla of Cocoa-nuts • Swimming Visitors • The Dolly boarded by them • State of affairs that ensue
• Chapter 3 
• Some Account of the late operations of the French at the Marquesas • Prudent Conduct of the Admiral • Sensation produced by the Arrival of the Strangers • The first Horse seen by the Islanders • Reflections • Miserable Subterfuge of the French • Digression concerning Tahiti • Seizure of the Island by the Admiral • Spirited Conduct of an English Lady
• Chapter 4 
• State of Affairs aboard the Ship • Contents of her Larder • Length of South Seamen's Voyages • Account of a Flying Whaleman • Determination to Leave the Vessel • The Bay of Nukuheva • The Typees • Invasion of their Valley by Porter • Reflections • Glen of Tior • Interview between the old King and the French Admiral
• Chapter 5 
• Thoughts previous to attempting an Escape • Toby, a Fellow Sailor, agrees to share the Adventure • Last Night aboard the Ship
• Chapter 6 
• A Specimen of Nautical Oratory • Criticisms of the Sailors • The Starboard Watch are given a Holiday • The Escape to the Mountains
• Chapter 7 
• The other side of the Mountain • Disappointment • Inventory of Articles brought from the Ship • Division of the Stock of Bread • Appearance of the Interior of the Island • A Discovery • A Ravine and Waterfalls • A sleepless Night • Further Discoveries • My Illness • A Marquesan Landscape
• Chapter 8 
• The Important Question, Typee or Happar? • A Wild-Goose Chace • My Sufferings • Disheartening Situation • A Night in a Ravine • Morning Meal • Happy Idea of Toby • Journey towards the Valley
• Chapter 9 
• Perilous Passage of the Ravine • Descent into the Valley
• Chapter 10 
• The Head of the Valley • Cautious Advance • A Path • Fruit • Discovery of Two of the Natives • Their singular Conduct • Approach towards the inhabited parts of the Vale • Sensation produced by our Appearance • Reception at the House of one of the Natives
• Chapter 11 
• Midnight Reflections • Morning Visitors • A Warrior in Costume • A Savage AEsculapius • Practice of the Healing Art • Body Servant • A Dwelling-house of the Valley described • Portraits of its Inmates
• Chapter 12 
• Officiousness of Kory-Kory • His Devotion • A Bath in the Stream • Want of Refinement of the Typee Damsels • Stroll with Mehevi • A Typee Highway • The Taboo Groves • The Hoolah-Hoolah Ground • The Ti • Time-worn Savages • Haspitality of Mehevi • Midnight Misgivings • Adventure in the Dark • Distinguished Honors paid to the Visitors • Strange Procession and Return to the House of Marheyo
• Chapter 13 
• Attempt to procure Relief from Nukuheva • Perilous Adventure of Toby in the Happar Mountain • Eloquence of Kory-Kory
• Chapter 14 
• 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
• Chapter 15 
• Kindness of Marheyo and the rest of the Islanders • A full Description of the Bread-fruit Tree • Different Modes of preparing the Fruit
• Chapter 16 
• Melancholy condition • Occurrence at the Ti • Anecdote of Marheyo • Shaving the Head of a Wanior
• Chapter 17 
• Improvement in Health and Spirits • Felicity of the Typees • Their enjoyments compared with those of more enlightened Communities • Comparative Wickedness of civilized and unenlightened People • A Skirmish in the Mountain with the Warriors of Happar
• Chapter 18 
• Swimming in company with the Girls of the Valley • A Canoe • Effects of the Taboo • A pleasure Excursion on the Pond • Beautiful freak of Fayaway • Mantua-making • A Stranger arrives in the Valley • His mysterious conduct • Native Oratory • The Interview • Its Results • Departure of the Stranger
• Chapter 19 
• Reflections after Marnoo's Departure • Battle of the Pop-guns • Strange conceit of Marheyo • Process of making Tappa
• Chapter 20 
• History of a day as usually spent in the Typee Valley • Dances of the Marquesan Girls
• Chapter 21 
• The Spring of Arva Wai • Remarkable Monumental Remains • Some ideas with regard to the History of the Pi-Pis found in the Valley
• Chapter 22 
• Preparations for a Grand Festival in the Valley • Strange doings in the Taboo Groves • Monument of Calabashes • Gala costume of the Typee damsels • Departure for the Festival
• Chapter 23 
• The Feast of Calabashes
• Chapter 24 
• Ideas suggested by the Feast of Calabashes • Inaccuracy of certain published Accounts of the Islands • A Reason • Neglected State of Heathenism in the Valley • 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
• Chapter 25 
• 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
• Chapter 26 
• King Mehevi • Allusion to his Hawiian Majesty • 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 • A Warning • Some ideas with regard to the Civilization of the Islands • Reference to the Present state of the Hawiians • Story of a Missionary's Wife • Fashionable Equipages at Oahu • Reflections
• Chapter 27 
• The Social Condition and General Character of the Typees
• Chapter 28 
• Fishing Parties • Mode of distributing the Fish • Midnight Banquet • Timekeeping Tapers • Unceremonious style of eating the Fish
• Chapter 29 
• Natural History of the Valley • Golden Lizards • Tameness of the Birds • Mosquitos • 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
• Chapter 30 
• 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
• Chapter 31 
• Strange custom of the Islanders • Their Chanting, and the peculiarity of their Voice • Rapture of the King at first hearing a Song • A new Dignity conferred on the Author • Musical Instruments in the Valley • Admiration of the Savages at beholding a Pugilistic Performame • Swimming Infant • Beautiful Tresses of the Girls • Ointment for the Hair
• Chapter 32 
• Apprehensions of Evil • Frightful Discovery • Some remarks on Cannibalism • Second Battle with the Happars • Savage Spectacle • Mysterious Feast • Subsequent Disclosures
• Chapter 33 
• The Stranger again arrives in the Valley • Singular Interview with him • Attempt to Escape • Failure • Melancholy Situation • Sympathy of Marheyo
• Chapter 34 
• The Escape
• Appendix • Provisional cession to Lord George Paulet of the Sandwich Islands
• Sequel • The Story of Toby
• EDITORIAL APPENDIX
• Portrait of Herman Melville
• Historical Note
• Howard, Leon
• Textual Record
• the Editors,
• Note on the Text
• Discussions of Adopted Readings
• List of Emendations
• Report of Line-End Hyphenation
• List of Substantive Variants
• Related Documents
• Preface to the Revised Edition
• Map from the English Edition
• Manuscript Leaf

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