Eye, much better than those of an European Loufe thro' a Microscope, and their Snouts with which they rooted like Swine. They were the first I had ever beheld, and I fhould have been curious enough to diffect one of them, if I had proper Inftruments (which I unluckily left behind me in the Ship) although indeed the Sight was fo ́naufeous, that it perfectly turned my Stomach.

Befide the large Box in which I was usually carried, the Queen ordered a fmaller one to be made for me, of about twelve Feet fquare and ten high, for the Convenience of Travelling, because the other was fomewhat too large for Glumdalclitch's Lap, and cumbersome in the Coach; it was made by the fame Artift, whom I directed in the whole Contrivance. This Travelling-Clofet was an exact Square with a Window in the Middle of three of the Squares, and each Window was latticed with Iron Wire on the Outfide, to prevent Accidents in long Journies. On the fourth Side, which had no Window, two ftrong, Staples were fixed, through which the Perfon that carried me, when I had a Mind to be on Horfeback, put in a Leathern Belt, and buckled it about his Waste. This was always the Office of fome grave trufty Servant in whom I could confide, whether I attended the King and Queen in their Progreffes, or were difpofed to fee the Gardens, or pay a Vifit to fome great Lady or Minifter of State in the Court, when Glumdalclitch happened to be out of Order: For I foon began to be known and efteemed among the greatest Officers, I fuppofe more upon Account of their Majefty's Favour than any Merit of my own. In Journies, when I was weary of the Coach, a Servant on Horse-back would buckle my Box, and place it on a Cushion before him; and there I had a

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full Profpect of the Country on three Sides from the three Windows. I had in this Clofet a FieldBed and a Hammock hung from the Cieling, two Chairs and a Table, neatly fcrewed to the Floor, to prevent being toffed about by the Agitation of the Horfe or the Coach. And having been long ufed to Sea-Voyages, thofe Motions, although fometimes very violent, did not much difcompofe

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Whenever I had a Mind to fee the Town, it was always in my Travelling-Clofet, which Glumdalclitch held in her Lap in a Kind of open Sedan, after the Fashion of the Country, borne by four Men, and attended by two others in the Queen's Livery. The People, who had often heard of me, were very curious to croud about the Sedan, and the Girl was complaifant enough to make the Bearers ftop, and to take me in her Hand that I might be more conveniently feen.

I was very defirous to fee the chief Temple, and particularly the Tower belonging to it, which is reckoned the highest in the Kingdom. Accordingly one Day my Nurfe carried me thither, but I may truly fay I came back disappointed; for the Height is not above three thousand Feet, reckoning from the Ground to the highest Pinnacle Top; which allowing for the Difference between the Size of those People, and us in Europe, is no great Matter for Admiration, nor at all equal in Proportion (if I rightly remember) to Salisbury Steeple. But, not to detract from a Nation to which during my Life I fhall acknowledge myself extremely obliged, it must be allowed that whatever this famous Tower wants in Height is amply made up in Beauty and Strength. For the Walls are near an hundred Feet thick, built of hewn Stome, where

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of each is about forty Feet fquare, and adorned on all Sides with Statues of Gods and Emperors cut in Marble larger than the Life, placed in their feveral Niches. I measured a little Finger which had fallen down from one of the Statues, and lay unperceived among fome Rubbish, and found it exactly four Feet and an Inch in Length. Glumdalclitch wrapped it up in her Handkerchief; and carried it Home in her Pocket to keep among other Trinkets, of which the Girl was very fond, as Children at her Age ufually are.

The King's Kitchen is indeed a noble Building, vaulted at Top, and about fix hundred Feet high. The great Oven is not fo wide by ten Paces as the Cupola at St. Paul's: For I measured the latter on Purpose after my Return. But if I fhould defcribe the Kitchen-grate, the prodigious Pots and Kettles, the Joints of Meat turning on the Spits, with many other Particulars, perhaps I should be hardly believed; at least a fevere Critic would be apt to think I enlarged a little, as Travellers are often fufpected to do. To avoid which Cenfure, I fear I have run too much into the other Extream; and that if this Treatife fhould happen to be tranflated into the Language of Brobdingnag, (which is the general Name of that Kingdom) and tranfmitted thither, the King and his People would have Reafon to complain that I had done them an Injury by a falfe and diminutive Reprefentation.

His Majefty feldom keeps above fix hundred Horfes in his Stables: They are generally from fifty four to fixty Feet high. But, when he goes abroad on folemn Days, he is attended for State by a Militia Guard of five hundred Horfe, which indeed I thought was the most fplendid Sight that

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could be ever beheld, till I faw Part of his Army in Battalia, whereof I fhall find another Occafion to speak.

Several Adventures that happened to the Author. The Execution of a Criminal. The Author fhews his Skill in Navigation.

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Should have lived happy enough in that Country, if my Littlenefs had not expofed me to feveral ridiculous and troublesome Accidents : Some of which I fhall venture to relate. Glumdalclitch often carried me into the Gardens of the Court in my fmaller Box, and would fometimes take me out of it, and hold me in her Hand, or fet me down to walk. I remember, before the Dwarf left the Queen, he followed us one Day into those Gardens, and my Nurfe having fet me down, he and I being close together, near fome Dwarf Apple Trees, I muft need fhew my Wit, by a filly Allufion between him and the Trees, which happens to hold in their Language, as it doth in ours. Whereupon, the malicious Rogue watching his Opportunity, when I was walking under one of them, fhook it directly over my Head, by which a dozen Apples, each of them near as large as a Bristol Barrel, came tumbling about my Ears; one of them hit me on the Back as I chanced to ftoop, and knocked me down flat on my Face; but I received no other Hurt, and the Dwarf was pardoned at my Defire, because I had given the Provocation.

Another Day Glumdalclitch left me on a fmooth

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Grafs-plot to divert myfelf, while fhe walked at fome Distance with her Governess. In the mean Time there fuddenly fell fuch a violent Shower of Hail, that I was immediately, by the Force of it, ftruck to the Ground: And, when I was down, the Hail-ftones gave me fuch cruel Bangs all over the Body, as if I had been pelted with Tennis Balls; however, I made a Shift to creep on all four, and shelter myself, by lying flat on my Face, on the Lee-fide of a Border of Lemon-Thyme, but fo bruifed from Head to Foot, that I could not go abroad in ten Days. Neither is this at all to be wondered at, because, Nature in that Country obferving the fame Proportion thro' all her Operations, a Hail-ftone is near eighteen hundred Times as large as one in Europe, which I can affert upon Experience, having been fo curious to weigh and measure them.

But a more dangerous Accident happened to me in the fame Garden, when my little Nurfe believing fhe had put me in a fecure Place, which I often entreated her to do, that I might enjoy my own Thoughts, and having left my Box at Home to avoid the Trouble of carrying it, went to ano ther Part of the Garden with her Governess, and fome Ladies of her Acquaintance. While fhe was abfent, and out of Hearing, a fmall white Spaniel belonging to one of the chief Gardeners, having got by Accident into the Garden, happened to range near the Place where I lay: The Dog, following the Scent, came directly up, and, taking me in his Mouth, ran ftrait to his Mafter, wagging his Tail, and fet me gently on the Ground. By good Fortune he had been fo well taught, that I was carried between his Teeth without the least Hurt, or even tearing my Cloaths. But the poor

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