- description
- # CHAPTER LXXI. WE START FOR TALOO
## Overview
"CHAPTER LXXI. WE START FOR TALOO" is the seventy-first chapter of Herman Melville's novel, [Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas](arke:01KG8AJ7VM7B8YZ2568YF8PQ5J). This chapter spans lines 9653 to 9777 of the source text.
## Context
This chapter is part of the novel [Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas](arke:01KG8AJ7VM7B8YZ2568YF8PQ5J), which is included in the larger [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. The text for this chapter was extracted from the digital file [omoo.txt](arke:01KG89J1H7Y803CZ7X80F0QFHZ). It follows [CHAPTER LXX. LIFE AT LOOHOOLOO](arke:01KG8AJMW6EYWHYSJK1QCY6B0N) and precedes [CHAPTER LXXII. A DEALER IN THE CONTRABAND](arke:01KG8AJMW6K5EVYCY8NXD315S1).
## Contents
The chapter details the narrator's departure from Marharvai with a group of companions, including "three mischievous, dark-eyed young witches," one of whom is Marhar-Rarrar, the Bright-Eyed. Their journey by canoe involves an encounter with a "royal mail-canoe" and a brief stop ashore. The party eventually reaches a solitary house inhabited by old women who are distrustful of the narrator and his doctor companion. Despite the initial coolness, the young women insist on the narrator and doctor staying until sunset. The chapter concludes with a description of the scenic journey along the coast, highlighting the natural coral reef barriers and their significance to the Society Islands.
- description_generated_at
- 2026-01-30T20:49:14.688Z
- description_model
- gemini-2.5-flash-lite
- description_title
- CHAPTER LXXI. WE START FOR TALOO
- end_line
- 9777
- extracted_at
- 2026-01-30T20:47:33.380Z
- extracted_by
- structure-extraction-lambda
- start_line
- 9653
- text
- null
- title
- CHAPTER LXXI. WE START FOR TALOO