Midnight
Indeed , the maidens of the island were passionately fond of flowers , and never wearied of decorating their persons with them ; a lovely trait of character , and one that ere long will be more fully alluded to . Though in my eyes , at least , Fayaway was indisputably the loveliest female I saw in Typee , yet the description I have given of her will in some measure apply to nearly all the youthful portion of her sex in the valley . Judge ye then , reader , what beautiful creatures they must have been . Officiousness of Kory-Kory -- His devotion -- A bath in the stream -- Want of refinement of the Typee damsels -- Stroll with Mehevi -- A Typee highway -- The Taboo groves -- The hoolah hoolah ground -- The Ti -- Timeworn savages -- Hospitality of Mehevi -- Midnight musings -- Adventure in the dark -- Distinguished honours paid to the visitors -- Strange procession , and return to the house of Marheyo . When Mehevi had departed from the house , as related in the preceding chapter , Kory-Kory commenced the functions of the post assigned him . He brought us various kinds of food ; and , as if I were an infant , insisted upon feeding me with his own hands . To this procedure I , of course , most earnestly objected , but in vain ; and having laid a calabash of kokoo before me , he washed his fingers in a vessel of water , and then putting his hand into the dish , and rolling the food into little balls , put them one after another into my mouth .