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- # CHAPTER LXXVI.
AN ISLAND JILT—WE VISIT THE SHIP
## Overview
This is a chapter from the novel [Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas](arke:01KG8AJ7VM7B8YZ2568YF8PQ5J) by Herman Melville. It is extracted from the source file [omoo.txt](arke:01KG89J1H7Y803CZ7X80F0QFHZ) and is part of the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. The chapter is preceded by [CHAPTER LXXV.
A RAMBLE THROUGH THE SETTLEMENT](arke:01KG8AJNHZR4WX524RGQ4NXZZD) and followed by [CHAPTER LXXVII.
A PARTY OF ROVERS—LITTLE LOO AND THE DOCTOR](arke:01KG8AJNJBVQN60JP52BFDZV22).
## Context
This chapter appears within the larger narrative of Melville's *Omoo*, which recounts the author's adventures in the South Seas. The chapter was extracted from the text file [omoo.txt](arke:01KG89J1H7Y803CZ7X80F0QFHZ) as part of a structure extraction process.
## Contents
The chapter contains an [Introduction](arke:01KG8AKGC2C38HHHNDNQ0266VY) and two subsections: "AN ISLAND JILT" [arke:01KG8AKGC7V6NVTBWDA4XP4JV6] and "WE VISIT THE SHIP" [arke:01KG8AKGC2GZCR9BZ6F72176WA]. "AN ISLAND JILT" tells the story of a ship's carpenter named William who is in love with an islander named Lullee but is prevented from marrying her due to a local law. "WE VISIT THE SHIP" describes the narrator and Doctor Long Ghost's visit to the ship Leviathan in the harbor of Taloo. They encounter sailors who give them a negative impression of the ship, but the narrator is pleased by the appearance of the ship and the voice of the mate.
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