Omoo Chapter Chapters 59-60

In which the labourious task of harvesting and transporting a bounteous potato crop tests the endurance and ingenuity of the hapless mariners amidst the tropical soil and quaint island contraptions. And in the ensuing quietude, their scholarly and social graces foster both admiration and unease among the planters, while the prospect of new voyages and eventual departure quietly looms on the horizon.