{"id":"01KG8AM7AK80TA8PMVTCXWHX22","cid":"bafkreiapmmytlqbw7guvzx2berelv6cxtzn6qbo5pj5yt2qn2rpwzbb72q","type":"chunk","properties":{"end_line":4251,"extracted_at":"2026-01-30T20:48:25.200Z","extracted_by":"structure-extraction-lambda","label":"Chunk 1","source_file":"01KG89J1JYRSHWXR7JM0HYS9D4","start_line":4192,"text":"CHAPTER TWELVE\r\n\r\nOFFICIOUSNESS OF KORY-KORY--HIS DEVOTION--A BATH IN THE STREAM--WANT\r\nOF REFINEMENT OF THE TYPEE DAMSELS--STROLL WITH MEHEVI--A TYPEE\r\nHIGHWAY--THE TABOO GROVES--THE HOOLAH HOOLAH GROUND--THE TI--TIMEWORN\r\nSAVAGES--HOSPITALITY OF MEHEVI--MIDNIGHT MUSINGS--ADVENTURES IN THE\r\nDARK--DISTINGUISHED HONOURS PAID TO THE VISITORS--STRANGE PROCESSION AND\r\nRETURN TO THE HOUSE OF MARHEYO\r\n\r\n\r\nWhen Mehevi had departed from the house, as related in the preceding\r\nchapter, Kory-Kory commenced the functions of the post assigned him.\r\nHe brought out, various kinds of food; and, as if I were an infant,\r\ninsisted upon feeding me with his own hands. To this procedure I, of\r\ncourse, most earnestly objected, but in vain; and having laid a calabash\r\nof kokoo before me, he washed his fingers in a vessel of water, and then\r\nputting his hands into the dish and rolling the food into little balls,\r\nput them one after another into my mouth. All my remonstrances against\r\nthis measure only provoked so great a clamour on his part, that I\r\nwas obliged to acquiesce; and the operation of feeding being thus\r\nfacilitated, the meal was quickly despatched. As for Toby, he was\r\nallowed to help himself after his own fashion.\r\n\r\nThe repast over, my attendant arranged the mats for repose, and, bidding\r\nme lie down, covered me with a large robe of tappa, at the same time\r\nlooking approvingly upon me, and exclaiming ‘Ki-Ki, nuee nuee, ah! moee\r\nmoee motarkee’ (eat plenty, ah! sleep very good). The philosophy of\r\nthis sentiment I did not pretend to question; for deprived of sleep for\r\nseveral preceding nights, and the pain of my limb having much abated, I\r\nnow felt inclined to avail myself of the opportunity afforded me.\r\n\r\nThe next morning, on waking, I found Kory-Kory stretched out on one side\r\nof me, while my companion lay upon the other. I felt sensibly refreshed\r\nafter a night of sound repose, and immediately agreed to the proposition\r\nof my valet that I should repair to the water and wash, although\r\ndreading the suffering that the exertion might produce. From this\r\napprehension, however, I was quickly relieved; for Kory-Kory, leaping\r\nfrom the pi-pi, and then backing himself up against it, like a porter\r\nin readiness to shoulder a trunk, with loud vociferations and a\r\nsuperabundance of gestures, gave me to understand that I was to mount\r\nupon his back and be thus transported to the stream, which flowed\r\nperhaps two hundred yards from the house.\r\n\r\nOur appearance upon the verandah in front of the habitation drew\r\ntogether quite a crowd, who stood looking on and conversing with one\r\nanother in the most animated manner. They reminded one of a group of\r\nidlers gathered about the door of a village tavern when the equipage\r\nof some distinguished traveller is brought round previously to his\r\ndeparture. As soon as I clasped my arms about the neck of the devoted\r\nfellow, and he jogged off with me, the crowd--composed chiefly of young\r\ngirls and boys--followed after, shouting and capering with infinite\r\nglee, and accompanied us to the banks of the stream.\r\n\r\nOn gaining it, Kory-Kory, wading up to his hips in the water, carried me\r\nhalf way across, and deposited me on a smooth black stone which rose a\r\nfew inches above the surface. The amphibious rabble at our heels plunged\r\nin after us, and climbing to the summit of the grass-grown rocks with\r\nwhich the bed of the brook was here and there broken, waited curiously\r\nto witness our morning ablutions.\r\n\r","title":"Chunk 1"},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG8AJQ78EX3KNDMBF2ER8JQ1","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KG89J1JYRSHWXR7JM0HYS9D4","peer_type":"file","predicate":"extractedFrom"},{"peer":"01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"},{"peer":"01KG8AM7Y9YQZ76YYVY96ZMSG4","peer_type":"chunk","predicate":"next"}],"ver":2,"created_at":"2026-01-30T20:48:30.035Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:48:36.656Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF0H3YRP9ZSM033AM0QJ47H"}}