 to be of good cheer; assured me that I should soon be better, and
enabled in a few days to return with him to Nukuheva.
    Added to this, he could not bear the idea of again returning to this
dangerous place; and as for the expectation of persuading the Frenchmen to
detach a boat's crew for the purpose of rescuing me from the Typees, he looked
upon it as idle; and, with arguments that I could not answer, urged the
improbability of their provoking the hostilities of the clan by any such
measure; especially as, for the purpose of quieting its apprehensions, they had
as yet refrained from making any visit to the bay. »And even should they
consent,« said Toby, »they would only produce a commotion in the valley, in
which we might both be sacrificed by these ferocious islanders.« This was
unanswerable; but still I clung to the belief that he might succeed in
accomplishing the other part of my plan; and at last I overcame his scruples,
and he agreed to make the attempt.
    As soon as we succeeded in making the natives understand our intention, they
broke out into the most vehement opposition to the measure, and, for a while, I
almost despaired of obtaining their consent. At the bare thought of one of us
leaving them, they manifested the most lively concern. The grief and
consternation of Kory-Kory, in particular, was unbounded; he threw himself into
a perfect paroxysm of gestures, which were intended to convey to us not only his
abhorrence of Nukuheva and its uncivilised inhabitants, but also his
astonishment that, after becoming acquainted with the enlightened Typees, we
should evince the least desire to withdraw, even for a time, from their
agreeable society.
    However, I overbore his objections by appealing to my lameness; from which I
assured the natives I should speedily recover, if Toby were permitted to obtain
the supplies I needed.
    It was agreed that on the following morning my companion should depart,
accompanied by some one or two of the household, who should point out to him an
easy route, by which the bay might be reached before sunset.
    At early dawn of the next day, our habitation was astir. One of the young
men mounted into an adjoining cocoa-nut tree, and threw down a number of the
young fruit, which old Marheyo quickly stripped of the green husks, and strung
together upon a short pole. These were intended to refresh Toby on his route.
    The preparations being completed, with no little emotion I bade my companion
adieu. He promised to return in three
