{"id":"01KG8AJM0KS1RSPXR0R9R7HPB5","cid":"bafkreifyhjl3jmgxaazgq3ebtpiuoyxl6ggwj4nrv6ov3cvson464uvr74","type":"chapter","properties":{"description":"# CHAPTER LII. THE VALLEY OF MARTAIR\n## Overview\nThis is a chapter from the novel [Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas](arke:01KG8AJ7VM7B8YZ2568YF8PQ5J) by Herman Melville. It is labeled as \"CHAPTER LII. THE VALLEY OF MARTAIR\". The chapter appears in the plain text file [omoo.txt](arke:01KG89J1H7Y803CZ7X80F0QFHZ).\n\n## Context\nThe chapter is part of the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. It follows [CHAPTER LI. WILSON GIVES US THE CUT—DEPARTURE FOR IMEEO](arke:01KG8AJM0KBRJ2HSSX6358Y8C2) and precedes [CHAPTER LIII. FARMING IN POLYNESIA](arke:01KG8AJM0K7QP7RWE0EFXH0T20).\n\n## Contents\nThe chapter describes the valley of Martair as a quiet place, only slightly marred by mosquitoes. It also mentions a native man who regularly takes tobacco from the planters. The narrator and Long Ghost find themselves in an unfortunate situation in the valley.\n","description_generated_at":"2026-01-30T20:49:09.449Z","description_model":"gemini-2.5-flash-lite","description_title":"CHAPTER LII. THE VALLEY OF MARTAIR","end_line":7347,"extracted_at":"2026-01-30T20:47:33.380Z","extracted_by":"structure-extraction-lambda","label":"CHAPTER LII. THE VALLEY OF MARTAIR","source_file":"01KG89J1H7Y803CZ7X80F0QFHZ","start_line":7333,"text":"of a native regularly plucking him of every other stick of tobacco\r\nobtained from his friends, the planters. Toward afternoon, he strolled\r\nback to their abode; where he tarried till the next morning, smoking\r\nand snoozing, and, at times, prating about the hapless fortunes of the\r\nHouse of Tonoi. But like any other easy-going old dotard, he seemed for\r\nthe most part perfectly content with cheerful board and lodging.\r\n\r\nOn the whole, the valley of Martair was the quietest place imaginable.\r\nCould the mosquitoes be induced to emigrate, one might spend the month\r\nof August there quite pleasantly. But this was not the case with the\r\nluckless Long Ghost and myself; as will presently be seen.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r","title":"CHAPTER LII. THE VALLEY OF MARTAIR"},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG8AJ7VM7B8YZ2568YF8PQ5J","peer_type":"novel","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KG89J1H7Y803CZ7X80F0QFHZ","peer_type":"file","predicate":"extractedFrom"},{"peer":"01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"},{"peer":"01KG8AJM0KBRJ2HSSX6358Y8C2","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"prev"},{"peer":"01KG8AJM0K7QP7RWE0EFXH0T20","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"next"}],"ver":3,"created_at":"2026-01-30T20:47:37.491Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:49:10.675Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF5C36SQEVDHC9CBNZZJH9K"}}