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- # CHAPTER LIX. THE MURPHIES
## Overview
This is a chapter from the novel [Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas](arke:01KG8AJ7VM7B8YZ2568YF8PQ5J) by Herman Melville. The chapter, titled "CHAPTER LIX. THE MURPHIES," appears between "CHAPTER LVIII. THE HUNTING-FEAST; AND A VISIT TO AFREHITOO" [Chapter LVIII. THE HUNTING-FEAST; AND A VISIT TO AFREHITOO](arke:01KG8AJM0XE3DYAXBQAACS7ZWM) and "CHAPTER LX. WHAT THEY THOUGHT OF US IN MARTAIR" [CHAPTER LX. WHAT THEY THOUGHT OF US IN MARTAIR](arke:01KG8AJM11K2YB20W5M6EFZBR2). The chapter was extracted from the source file [omoo.txt](arke:01KG89J1H7Y803CZ7X80F0QFHZ).
## Context
[Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas](arke:01KG8AJ7VM7B8YZ2568YF8PQ5J) is part of the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. The text was digitally extracted from the file [omoo.txt](arke:01KG89J1H7Y803CZ7X80F0QFHZ) by a structure-extraction-lambda process.
## Contents
This chapter describes the narrator and his companion, Long Ghost, assisting Zeke and Shorty with harvesting and transporting potatoes (referred to as "murphies") to a ship in Papeetee. The chapter recounts their laborious efforts, the introduction of a "barrel-machine" to ease the burden, and the eventual recruitment of native islanders to help with the task.
The chapter is divided into two chunks: [Chunk 1](arke:01KG8AKTS6JMR88GWP015699YY) and [Chunk 2](arke:01KG8AKTS8YHTWR21T5VQB29WF).
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