PREFACE.
Not long ago, having published two narratives of voyages in the Pacific, which, in many quarters, were received with incredulity, the thought occurred to me, of indeed writing a romance of Polynesian adventure, and publishing it as such; to see whether, the fiction might not, possibly, be received for a verity: in some degree the reverse of my previous experience.
This thought was the germ of others, which have resulted in Mardi.
New York, January, 1849.
MARDI.
CONTENTS VOL.

I CHAPTER 1.

Foot in Stirrup 2.

A Calm 3.

A King for a Comrade 4.