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- # CHAPTER XLVI. Wherein Babbalanja Bows Thrice
## Overview - What this is (type, form, dates, scope)
This is a chapter from the novel *Mardi: And a Voyage Thither*, labeled "CHAPTER XLVI. Wherein Babbalanja Bows Thrice". The chapter was extracted from the text file [mardi_vol2.txt](arke:01KG89J1954N2G0NAERBNJXEX9) as part of the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. The text spans lines 6250 to 6261 of the source file and was extracted on January 30, 2026.
## Context - Background and provenance from related entities
This chapter is part of the novel [Mardi: And a Voyage Thither](arke:01KG8AJ8ZNB03D0FWFP362WQEN), which is included in the "Melville Complete Works" collection. The chapter follows "CHAPTER XLV. They Behold King Bello’s State Canoe" and precedes "CHAPTER XLVII. Babbalanja Philosophizes, And My Lord Media Passes Round The Calabashes". The text was extracted from the file mardi_vol2.txt.
## Contents - What it contains, key subjects and details
The chapter opens with the description of the morning twilight and the silence of the characters, except for Media. It then describes a scene with Tartar tents and sunbeams. The chapter's title suggests the presence of the character Babbalanja.
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- CHAPTER XLVI.
Wherein Babbalanja Bows Thrice
The next morning’s twilight found us once more afloat; and yielding to
that almost sullen feeling, but too apt to prevail with some mortals at
that hour, all but Media long remained silent.
But now, a bright mustering is seen among the myriad white Tartar tents
in the Orient; like lines of spears defiling upon some upland plain,
the sunbeams thwart the sky. And see! amid the blaze of banners, and
the pawings of ten thousand thousand golden hoofs, day’s mounted
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- CHAPTER XLVI. Wherein Babbalanja Bows Thrice