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- # CHAPTER LVI. MOSQUITOES
## Overview - What this is (type, form, dates, scope)
This is a chapter from the novel [Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas](arke:01KG8AJ7VM7B8YZ2568YF8PQ5J) by Herman Melville. It is chapter LVI, titled "MOSQUITOES," and was extracted from the text file [omoo.txt](arke:01KG89J1H7Y803CZ7X80F0QFHZ). The chapter was extracted on January 30, 2026. This chapter is part of the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection.
## Context - Background and provenance from related entities
This chapter follows "CHAPTER LIV. SOME ACCOUNT OF THE WILD CATTLE IN POLYNESIA" ([arke:01KG8AJM0X5X1TW97VPMKQ49XM]) and precedes "CHAPTER LVII. THE SECOND HUNT IN THE MOUNTAINS" ([arke:01KG8AJM0K36F6WVVK47R75E50]). The novel "Omoo" was extracted from the file "omoo.txt".
## Contents - What it contains, key subjects and details
This chapter describes the narrator's experience with mosquitoes. It begins with the narrator and Long Ghost being driven from their house by mosquitoes. The chapter then recounts a story about how the insects were introduced to the island. The narrator also describes seeking refuge from the mosquitoes in an old war canoe and eventually in the water. The chapter contains two chunks of text, "Chunk 1" ([arke:01KG8AKT6WS131NYF5C1VPVKQ7]) and "Chunk 2" ([arke:01KG8AKTS09JMYA6BTDPQGB9QN]).
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