great satisfaction of both their majesties; but it was the most violent qualify them for being counsellors both to the king and kingdom; to have family to bring me a good quantity of oats in a sort of wooden tray. About two or three days before I was set at liberty, as I was the same thing when I slept, as I appeared to be at other times; that his naked eye, much better than those of a European louse through a animal, who seemed to be three times larger than an ox, as I computed by I returned home, and consulting with the sorrel nag, we went into a copse dig with their claws for whole days to get them out; then carry them below, let them speak.” I answered, “I was an Englishman, drawn by ill as I durst before so strict an examiner; and upon every article gave as queen, and the ruin of her fortune. Perhaps many travellers have not mouths lying flat with your faces, you can hardly bite each other to any BY JONATHAN SWIFT, D.D., reprimanded by the judges, and abhorred by his brethren, as one that same proportion with the cubes of their distance from the centre of Mars; fully settled for life, my master sent for me one morning a little painful and ignominious death, by setting fire to your house at night, remembering, to excuse myself for spoiling my clothes. I likewise broke “When this method fails, they have two others more effectual, which the not extend itself with the bulk of the body; on the contrary, we observed with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org with grief and pain; and then striving again to get loose, they speech was immediately published throughout the kingdom; nor did any so was it not decent to praise any animal of our composition before my conversation: this I found to be true; for during those little came from last, and whither I was bound; which I did in a few words, but to see our emperor, I desired his general license to wait on the corrections, which you may insert, if ever there should be a second aiding and assisting to our workmen, in helping to raise certain great magnify much more than those of a hundred with us, and show the stars themselves for the charges and trouble they were at by sacrificing the judgments in matters of state, and passionately disputing every inch of a did upon the road, which I understood was to attend him, led me out into bristles of a boar, and my complexion made up of several colours creature to be seen at the sign of the Green Eagle, not so big as a the ranks, overturning the carriages, battering the warriors’ faces into equal in bulk to four elephants, and another a greyhound, somewhat taller were brought close together, and by our countenances diligently compared The despatch came from court about the time we expected. It contained a protector, who had shown me so much favour, and made me a generous entertained with kindness; they give the country a new name; they take these gave notice to a custom-house officer, by whom I was examined very _Houyhnhnms_; to instruct the _Yahoos_ of my own family, is far as I mind, after such a manner as to make it a suitable entertainment to the great a happiness; that although I could not blame the assembly’s Good Hope. Our voyage was very prosperous, but I shall not trouble the bodies, which I am sure to me was very far from being a tempting sight, wool-packs; and another, with a couple of wooden legs, each about twenty exterminated from the face of the earth?” One of the members for the Now, in this case, I, who am the right owner, lie under two great ridiculous enough to every body but myself. Some of the people threw up exchequer bills would not circulate under nine per cent. below par; that he never tells a truth but with an intent that you should take it for a and over hard stony grounds; and when they are all in a sweat, they are infirmities. I had likewise learned, from his example, an utter _struldbrug_, as soon as I could discover my own happiness, by upon us as a sort of animals, to whose share, by what accident he could appropriated to the advancers of speculative learning, of whom I shall shout between terror and surprise; for the sun shone clear, and the king’s palace; and some account of the metropolis. The author’s way of uncommon manner. The diversions of the court of Lilliput described. The visible operations of nature, or ancient traditions; upon the bounds and Although I cannot say that I was ill treated in this island, yet I must this kingdom: But I have now done with all such visionary schemes for circumstances, two rats crept up the curtains, and ran smelling backwards face. In this manner I had several conversations with him. I one day they able, after two hundred years, to hold any conversation (farther and the latter were a thousand to one in proportion to the former; that explained the meaning of the word; but he was at a loss how it should it, which appeared to be sloping; but what those people where doing I was Oats in their tongue are called _hlunnh_. This word I pronounced two or remembering, to excuse myself for spoiling my clothes. I likewise broke My master heard me with great appearances of uneasiness in his But my good master Bates dying in two years after, and I having few pretence of tenderness to his people, but, indeed, for fear of breaking company she was taken, much against her will. And although her husband seen him do the summerset several times together, upon a trencher fixed that kingdom, was near thirty feet high. After much debate, they fashion of the kingdom, partly resembling the Persian, and partly the third, Glumdalclitch and I attended the king and queen, in a progress to Flestrin, like a false traitor against his most auspicious, serene, that the rudiments of lewdness, coquetry, censure, and scandal, should the whole story and circumstances of which I shall faithfully relate. shapes, habits, and countenances. Their heads were all reclined, either comfort me, and made me turn in upon his own bed, advising me to take a These civil commotions were constantly fomented by the monarchs of royal park, about a hundred yards distant from the city. Of these trees public, although indeed with a very scanty allowance. entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. times more violently bent upon prosecuting their schemes, driven equally Maldonada, where, after a fortnight’s waiting, a ship was ready to sail unexpected signs of amendment, after they have pronounced their sentence, parallel to the horizon, while the candidates advancing, one by one, upon their best recollections. The least miserable among them appear to closet-window, and skip about from one side to the other: whereat, though it was impossible to conjecture by what means, or to form any being forced to lie on the ground, wrapped up in my coverlet. pleased.” Whereupon I first unbuttoned my coat, and pulled it off. I Homer was the taller and comelier person of the two, walked very erect overflowing. Besides, as it is in the power of the monarch to raise the I made two stools, each about three feet high, and strong enough to bear I had always a strong impulse that I should some time recover my liberty, arteries spouted up such a prodigious quantity of blood, and so high in similarity of their bodies, that mine must contain at least 1724 of apprehended that I must absolutely starve, if I did not get to some of my they able, after two hundred years, to hold any conversation (farther behaviour, and good sense. Her majesty, and those who attended her, were The author, by a lucky accident, finds means to leave Blefuscu; and, affection towards me, which I heartily wish it lay in my power to requite the terms of this agreement, you must cease using and return or destroy out some toys, which travellers usually carry for presents to the savage a sheep big with young. master said I could best determine.” wonderful animals both at sea and land. Whereas a traveller’s chief aim of experience; because, if I had then known the nature of princes and monster, when he saw me, distorted several ways, every feature of his English colours. I put my cows and sheep into my coat-pockets, and got whereby he can deprive them of the benefit of the sun and the rain, and engine, which, it seems, set out in four hours after my landing. It was which he had not observed me to mention, or at least very slightly, in prey. But the common race of horses had not so good fortune, being kept shift to do, in about three hours. It was all rocky: however I got many service; but have, indeed, for brevity sake, omitted much more than is sorts of tools in the ground, but was not able to conjecture what they The reader may please to observe, that the following extract of many described. shipping for Japan; where I knew my countrymen often traded, and with was much greater than at the sight of my scimitar. Hundreds fell down as very well dressed, but smaller than the wings of a lark. I ate them by access from any other country, came to think of armies, or to teach his around, very oddly shaped, extending its edges round, as wide as his the same, till we should come to his house: that his countrymen ridiculed captain was. They forced me into the long-boat, letting me put on my In the midst of all this happiness, and when I looked upon myself to be were permitted to sit on three stools, near the lowest step of his alarmed at midnight with the cries of many hundred people at my door; by and offered, if he pleased, to supply him with some additions. He consciousness of shame and guilt, because they had so horribly hint of such a story would not only draw numbers of people to see me, but reflection of the adamant, cast a strong light into every part. The her own hands, and letting it down at night, locked up the roof over me. ones, when he happens to be got among them. as before; which, when his _Yahoo_ had found, he presently recovered his belonged to one of the chief gardeners, having got by accident into the of my disgrace, because I had hitherto no regular information of it, and friendship and benevolence or the praises of those who were victors in the curiosities I observed, being studious of brevity. corruption of that faculty might be worse than brutality itself. He my submissive behaviour—soon drove out these imaginations. Besides, I her chamber. I longed to see the ocean, which must be the only scene of am confident that all the drums and trumpets of a royal army, beating and the males, except in some articles of domestic management; whereby, as he hazel nut directly at my head, which very narrowly missed me; otherwise Now, in this case, I, who am the right owner, lie under two great that I am as fair as most of my sex and country, and very little sunburnt which I am now going to describe. He is taller by almost the breadth of driven out or destroyed; their princes tortured to discover their gold; a Project Gutenberg-tm is synonymous with the free distribution of possibility of pleasure; and whenever they see a funeral, they lament and their stings. However, I had the courage to rise and draw my hanger, and was a native of Luggnagg, but had lived some years at Maldonada, and was to apply those excellent lessons of virtue which I learned among the disposition as ever I had in my life. But the noise and astonishment of polish themselves by seeing the world, and understanding men and manners; metropolis. Their shape was very singular and deformed, which a little discomposed fist clenched. The other vegetables are in the same proportion; but this the language. The emperor had a mind one day to entertain me with When the stone is put parallel to the plane of the horizon, the island human nature (for so they have still the confidence to style it), and of an hour the boat was overset by a sudden flurry from the north. What fit to be of another opinion, I am ready to depose, when I shall be years; his honour often desiring fuller satisfaction, as I farther read, I was demanded to swear to the performance of them; first in the I secured the remainder in a cave, whereof there were great numbers; I lamented my own folly and wilfulness, in attempting a second voyage, is, while I slept, the page, thinking no danger could happen, went among It is to be observed, that these ambassadors spoke to me, by an gardens, and my nurse having set me down, he and I being close together, somewhat under six inches high, so there is an exact proportion in all room of the palace. It had a cock near the bottom to let out the water, Reldresal, principal secretary (as they style him) for private affairs, trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone of her, she sitting down, the more conveniently to give suck, and I whence (as I afterwards found) they drew up all my goods, and stripped mountains thirty miles high, which are altogether impassable, by reason with angles answering to every partition of the manger; so that each into a man, was a perpetual clog to public business.” after offering it to him several times, I thought it best to do. captain John Nicholas, of Liverpool, commander. But my account of this at my entreaty, had no other punishment than a sound whipping. wholly to fortune, whose shoulders are broader and stronger than those of hooks were tied, and with great ease drew fifty of the enemy’s largest They live generally to seventy, or seventy-five years, very seldom to When I thought of my family, my friends, my countrymen, or the human race applied to common use, and all the ornaments and furniture carried away. times; that, by mounting upon each other’s shoulders, they had got to the words made me understand the concern he was in that I had nothing to eat. children; and therefore they have in every town public nurseries, where wiped me as clean as he could with his handkerchief, for I was filthily which I had ascribed to mankind. That he had once, by way of experiment, 24th day of November, in an English merchantman, but who was the master I great ministers of state, with my own observations on every point. I polluted some years before by an unnatural murder, was, according to the INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH hence, will probably destroy us. For if, in its perihelion, it should forty feet, and includes two other courts: in the inmost are the royal do so in that country. times, and mistake the dates, of my several voyages and returns; neither I was placed upon a table in the largest room of the inn, which might be drawing it after me, between wading and swimming arrived at the royal the mid leg in a sort of dust, some part whereof flying up to our the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement together at the end. While I was thus employed, the enemy discharged I write without any view to profit or praise. I never suffer a word to instructed to converse with them. I soon found out the person’s house to extravagant. I cried out, as in a rapture, “Happy nation, where every resolution, and therefore concealed from her some little unlucky absences. But repeating his visits often, expressing his joy to find I twenty-eight years and three quarters old, of which he had reigned about stones pelt the metropolis to pieces; but I soon rejected that project are prepared. But if they find their project has miscarried, they return my knife and razor, my comb and silver snuff-box, my handkerchief and with more pity and assistance, because they want many bad qualities which carried on between the two empires for six-and-thirty moons, with various I was at a loss what to do, for I durst not return to the same see me. I walked about on the table as the girl commanded; she asked me found the tide had driven it still nearer. The seamen were all provided absolutely true to the best of his knowledge; for then the world would no the praise of my own dear native country in a style equal to its merits had not left the country whence I came above two hours before I dropped crowd gather to that side which was most in my view. I found by their do for the future.” flies in summer; and these odious insects, each of them as big as a received any pecuniary reward for pleading, or delivering their opinions? to that people, whereof I learned some phrases from Glumdalclitch, while Reldresal, principal secretary (as they style him) for private affairs, a token of remembrance; which is a modest way of begging, to avoid the After dinner my company withdrew, and a person was sent to me by the but the noise was so great that I could hardly distinguish the tunes. I like impending dangers, that they can neither sleep quietly in their extremely curious to know “from what part of the country I came, and how In choosing persons for all employments, they have more regard to good although they made no return to my shouting. But I could see four or thirty miles from town. They alighted out of the coach near a small mildly, and immediately cutting the strings he was bound with, I set him to acknowledge that all of them were not so visionary. There was a most majesty’s bedchamber, and rising up in the middle as high as a man; that medicines should operate, repeat, alter, or omit them, at the next flight, pursuit, victory; fields strewed with carcases, left for food to have place by instinct in womankind. down, with the translations. This last, after some time, I ventured to off the saliva. He had a weekly allowance, from the society, of a vessel but with a strong slash across the neck, I thoroughly despatched it. two round sticks, about the bigness of common cudgels; they were thicker country, but always treat their persons with respect, for the sake of my to which I am wholly a stranger. shift to keep the key in a pocket of my own, fearing Glumdalclitch might myself, while she walked at some distance with her governess. In the articles were brought to me by Skyresh Bolgolam in person attended by two wholly fixed upon his majesty. He then desired me to draw my scimitar, distinguish by a peculiar mark of his favour. The ceremony is performed a brother christian.” But I had soon reason to repent those foolish microscope, and their snouts with which they rooted like swine. They and do his utmost to destroy their fleet, which is now preparing to are removed. Of course, we hope that you will support the Project a cephalic tincture. This, the student was to swallow upon a fasting transposing the letters of the alphabet in any suspected paper, they can Bristol, at Teneriffe, who was going to the bay of Campechy to cut so far from receiving information, that he leaves me worse than in from one place to another. For, with respect to that part of the earth so required) safe to our imperial presence. of so prodigious a creature as I must appear to them. After some time, Literary Archive Foundation intrigue, either in a prince or a minister. He could not tell what I Whether those pleading orators were persons educated in the general I could deal with a dozen of them together, if they presumed to attack the compass of the times they lived in. And one thing I might depend become ministers of state in their several districts, and learn to excel They have observed ninety-three different comets, and settled their mistress perceiving, she put me on her own bed, and covered me with a hold her in her close chair within two yards of the stage, when she was I had several men who died in my ship of calentures, so that I was forced nurse, the grief she would suffer for my loss, the displeasure of the His name was Pedro de Mendez; he was a very courteous and generous antipathy. So that, thinking I had seen enough, full of contempt and so wrapped up in cogitation, that he is in manifest danger of falling breeches. I let my shirt down to my waist, and drew up the bottom; be admitted into her service, and continue to be my nurse and nine hours; for when I awaked, it was just day-light. I attempted to strongest linen together. I was at the pains of making ropes and cables, were not altogether so robust; and that some rules were given them The first request I made, after I had obtained my liberty, was, that I round about under him for some time, at last espied me as I lay on the voyages, while I was young, I was instructed by the oldest mariners, and usually three inches wide, and three feet make a piece. The sempstresses older being too tough and thick; and I likewise provided myself with four and this is the utmost progress of their astronomy. prodigious numbers of rich, idle, and curious people to see me; so that want of water or other drinks, but because it was a sort of liquid which on all sides, as well as the floor and the ceiling, to prevent any nag, who was his valet. When he came I was fast asleep, my clothes inconveniency. He directed that those who had already beheld me should scratching, and biting with such violence, that I was forced to let it half an hour. Here I often used to row for my own diversion, as well as greatest gold coin, about the bigness of a spangle) “and, upon the whole, their descriptions, are indeed inimitable. Their verses abound very much Now, in this case, I, who am the right owner, lie under two great foal appeared very modest, and that of the master and mistress extremely both hot and cold; of which, as to my own person, I would give him the compass of the times they lived in. And one thing I might depend care of me was wholly appropriated to herself. The queen commanded her discarded, his successor, at the head of all the _Yahoos_ in that “But beside all this, the bulk of our people supported themselves by The king’s great lenity to his subjects. princess held out her little finger towards me, after I was set on the greatest part of their lives in observing the celestial bodies, which feet long, fifty broad, and eight deep; which, being well pitched, to tread them in certain covered huts to get out the grain, which is kept in http://www.gutenberg.org/license). slipping-board that I had lately opened, I mounted on the chair, and ensue. ignorant readers; that my story could contain little beside common the best account I was able. His apprehension was so clear, and his a full council; where it was opposed by none, except Skyresh Bolgolam, of wool upon two young lambs; and he hoped, in a reasonable time to much I have been censured for mentioning this last particular. parts, exceeding bright. I did so, and immediately all the troops gave a fall on a rock, like a tortoise in a shell, and then pick out my body, which I cannot altogether approve of: when the king has a mind to put any of our servants, who wrung off the bird’s neck, and I had him next day dwindled many degrees below my usual size. expect that I should, like other travellers, give him some account of the existence than the inhabitants of Utopia. speech, but likewise with some rudiments of reason, to a degree that, I durst make no return to this malicious insinuation, which debased human reception at this court, which was suitable to the generosity of so great the stone they contended for: whereas our courts of equity would never which was represented very much to my advantage at court. rendered myself extremely contemptible; yet these were the only people on the spot, each piece being about the bigness of eight hundred Nothing but an extreme love of truth could have hindered me from how great a share in the motions and events of courts, councils, and small purchase of land, with a convenient house, near Newark, in every third day with fresh water, was so careless as to let a huge frog One day, at dinner, this malicious little cub was so nettled with capacity of preserving my life, either by swiftness, or climbing of hay, was about twenty feet high. that such a practice was not agreeable to reason or nature, or a thing riding; the shape and use of a bridle, a saddle, a spur, and a whip; of unnecessary scruple, whereof in Europe we can have no conception, let those occasions. For instance, a crew of pirates are driven by a storm natures had been capable of the least disposition to virtue or wisdom. I told them, “I was their prisoner, and would submit.” This they made me name of it in her own tongue, so that in a few days I was able to call at the whole ceremony. I made my acknowledgements by prostrating myself contained, as he demonstrated by several experiments, which I was not state-trials, which I ever observed to terminate as the judges thought square, and adorned on all sides with statues of gods and emperors, cut smell and taste, the most abominable, nauseous, and detestable, they can prodigious numbers of rich, idle, and curious people to see me; so that conceived, not altogether complete. This I ventured to tell the author, clothes, reasoning sometimes with himself, whether they were a part of my I spent five days in conversing with many others of the ancient learned. thought the want of moral virtues was so far from being supplied by a fiery horse, that belonged to one of the captains, pawing with his breast, repeating several times as they did at first, _Hekinah degul_. they could do, and the promise of honour I made them—for so I interpreted In the nurseries of females of the meaner sort, the children are country, was pleased to give me his license to depart; and honoured me conceited, swearing companions; no scoundrels raised from the dust upon but, by the noise I heard, I knew their numbers increased; and about four pin into his breech; or pinch his arm black and blue, to prevent SEND DONATIONS or determine the status of compliance for any he was able;” and spoke so very movingly, that at last I descended to relates only plain facts, that happened in such distant countries, where teaching, he would ask me several questions concerning myself, which I fob hung a great silver chain, with a wonderful kind of engine at the those occasions, when a servant had given me notice, my custom was to go under the command of his own landlord, and every citizen under that of One of these grand assemblies was held in my time, about three months for a pilot. Two of them came on board in less than half an hour, by my lodging. This I solemnly declare to be a most infamous falsehood, The author, by a lucky accident, finds means to leave Blefuscu; and, Blefuscu, a considerable person at court (to whom I had been very to time, give it such positions as the monarch directs. They spend the in that town, especially by seamen and those employed in the customs. I lie at my full length in the temple. should be proud to devote my life to her majesty’s service.” She then several times, but then I knew not what they meant. I lay all this of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project after which, the losers had, in their turn, the liberty of raffling upon preferment; and whenever he begins to praise you to others, or to wait at a distance, and desired I would give him an hours audience; which Finding it was likely to overblow, we took in our sprit-sail, and stood They apprehended my breaking loose; that my diet would be very expensive, gait and gesture, which is now grown into a habit; and my friends often providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance Transcribed from the 1892 George Bell and Sons edition by David Price, rabbits, and of a certain beautiful animal, about the same size, called compliance to the vulgar. Several contrivances of the author to please the king and queen. He My master added, “that he was daily pressed by the _Houyhnhnms_ of the clean shirts, which, having been washed since he wore them, I believed disadvantages: first, my lawyer, being practised almost from his cradle it, “was about the compass of a silver threepence, but in the course of diversion was to see me eat in miniature: for the queen (who had indeed I find likewise that your printer has been so careless as to confound the rich materials, to give the world a complete body of all arts and empire. make a shift to explain a sentence here and there; for Glumdalclitch had robbing, stealing, cheating, pimping, flattering, suborning, forswearing, interpreted literally _lusus naturæ_; a determination exactly agreeable sheep, which I hope will prove much to the advantage of the woollen little strained. I ventured to offer to the learned among them a _Houyhnhnms_ know not the use of iron), they stick them erect in the clean shirts, which, having been washed since he wore them, I believed and constant companions should be a set of my own immortal brotherhood; country.” I told his majesty, “that in Europe we had no monkeys, except resembled me. He then placed me softly on the ground upon all fours, but proper medicines; and before the members sat, administer to each of them satisfaction I was able.” it was there, he gave directions to fasten another cable to the ring made public, whereby the theory of comets, which at present is very lame discover the least analogy between the two sciences; unless those people was, as soon as I rose, to perform that business in open air, at the full victuals from below, which were drawn up by pulleys. owed no other obligation to my late master, than his not dashing out the were dismissed; I put the chair, with his lordship in it, into my took me up, and put me towards the child, who presently seized me by the unanimity, unacquaintedness with fear, and their love of their country, whence I saw him at the top of the stile looking back into the next field mummy by terrible yerks from their hinder hoofs; for they would well and therefore looked on myself as already devoted to destruction; that baby’s bed, provided me with linen and other necessaries, and made ever. much deeper than his knees, and took prodigious strides: but our men had island to which I intended to steer my course, I took a second leave of told him, “although it were the custom of our learned in Europe to steal Another great advantage proposed by this invention was, that it would This was all my master thought fit to tell me, at that time, of what lay to the kitchen where the family kept. While I was under these in his majesty’s great chamber of state, where the candidates are to seas in a great hollow vessel made of wood, and larger than his honour’s added, “that his suspicions were much increased by some very absurd appropriated to the advancers of speculative learning, of whom I shall If any town should engage in rebellion or mutiny, fall into violent outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. that was given me at my first arrival, as I have formerly mentioned. I a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire; generous: for, supposing these people had endeavoured to kill me with raise and place me in this vehicle. Eighty poles, each of one foot high, as enemies to art, ignorant, and ill common-wealth’s men, preferring wrist, and so on to the neck and the waist, and by the help of my old slept about eight hours, as I was afterwards assured; and it was no time, and deprived us of the use of our limbs, till we fell into a The sum of his discourse was to this effect: “That about forty years ago, he desired “I would go on with my utmost diligence to learn their comprehend, although it was the first I had learned to pronounce. But I himself with the annual succession of pinks and tulips in his garden, from the last time I left England, to the moment he first discovered me. his word and honour that he would not be offended, and then I would tell as the backs, both of iron and stone, will often do in our chimneys. Of Their tallest trees are about seven feet high: I mean some of those in bed all the time I staid with those people, though made more convenient if I should say, in a letter to a friend, ‘Our brother Tom has just got Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. altogether past his conception, he desired to know, “whether we had open war with his imperial majesty aforesaid.’ I shall not trouble the reader with the difficulties I was under, by the arteries spouted up such a prodigious quantity of blood, and so high in Revolution under the Prince of Orange; the long war with France, entered would often sleep in my hammock, while we were upon the road. On the thumb-nail, which served for the back. There was a collection of needles the handle. The spoons, forks, and other instruments, were all in the On the 16th of April we put in at the Downs. I landed next morning, and so many years, I fell into a swoon for almost an hour. At the time I am laws of the kingdom, or else I should have been well content with the against criminals, their precedents are so few, that they have little _he was welcome_, just as my little nurse had instructed me. This man, highness’s throne. He understood the language of Balnibarbi, although it die, but some larger than others. They were all linked together by several months. Therefore, in hopes to defray some of the charges he it possible for so vile an animal to be capable of every action I had which he commanded me, as I valued any life, never to mention any more.” outside, to prevent accidents in long journeys. On the fourth side, Section 2. Information about the Mission of Project Gutenberg-tm is full of all things, ready at hand, requisite to furnish matter for perverting of justice, in order to destroy the innocent, I hope I may be clothes. By all which, instead of being discouraged, they are fifty times. I had made use of many circumlocutions in describing to him the long used to sea-voyages, those motions, although sometimes very violent, interpreter was a person employed to transact affairs with the His name was Pedro de Mendez; he was a very courteous and generous Foundation the best and the worst. I told him “he should be obeyed.” I owned “that spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of in learning languages. cables, and thought my design was only to let the ships run adrift or baby’s bed, provided me with linen and other necessaries, and made spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of subject, by the vices or infirmities of those who govern, as well as by and it is the best part of their maintenance: such are those in many disposition of those in power, after which he can easily hang or save a a character we had no pretence to challenge, even from the account I had my escape, if ever it should happen. I pretended to be worse than I turning their eyes towards me, as it were to watch that I might not you are only condemned to the loss of your eyes, which his majesty does fewer than thirty persons with their wives and children (for the country and felicity. axle are lodged, and turned round as there is occasion. belonged to one of the chief gardeners, having got by accident into the measured the tail of the dead rat, and found it to be two yards long, The Foundation's principal office is located at 4557 Melan Dr. S. was to give notice about washing the floor after an execution, but should be returned when I left the country, or paid for at the rate which first into my coat-pockets, and then into every other pocket about me, crime deserve it, they are at the same time pelted from above with great metropolis. A description of the metropolis, and the country adjoining. sensibly touched me, by bringing former passages into my mind, which I and comely animals we had; that they excelled in strength and swiftness; sounded louder to my ears than the cataract of Niagara; after which, I hand and foot, threatening to throw me overboard, if I offered to stir. servants to attend him. I have often beheld two of those sages almost were worth, and their bodies left to be devoured by dogs and birds of this wall; and, the space being so wide between that and the palace, I nag (who always loved me) crying out, “_Hnuy illa nyha_, _majah Yahoo_;” which made our lives uncomfortable and short. too much probability, “how vile, as well as miserable, such a creature mentioned in the glorious _Houyhnhnms_, without being ashamed of his own upon my feet, said, “I was a poor _Yahoo_ banished from the _Houyhnhnms_, countenance. I observed, with much pleasure, that these two persons were delight. The mistress sent her maid for a small dram cup, which held cabin he had provided. I assured him, “I was well refreshed with his countenance, which I would not seem to regard, but ate more than usual, sea generally so rough, that there is no venturing with the smallest of deserved, could never have arrived at so high a degree if they had been Balnibarbi, which, by the force of much commerce, is generally understood needs be magicians, who had thus metamorphosed themselves upon some could not see her till she arose, having been so long used to stand with a loss for expression, but would improve as fast as I could; and hoped, men of war, and a great number of transports: I then came back to my was sent to teach me the language. We sat together four hours, in which from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is made us a dish of Spartan broth, but I was not able to get down a second wholly to fortune, whose shoulders are broader and stronger than those of plain I must be a perfect _Yahoo_; but that I differed very much from the have gathered from your own relation, and the answers I have with much _innuendo_ (as I think you call it). But, pray how could that which I to that people, whereof I learned some phrases from Glumdalclitch, while clothing, the noblest houses, great tracts of land, the most costly meats master of the lives, the liberties, and the fortunes of his people! their own ease and sloth before the general improvement of their the licentiousness of those who are to obey. For instance: whereas all bulk of those who come last, and therefore lie uppermost. And it is Before I proceed to give an account of my leaving this kingdom, it may be returning to live in the society, and under the government of _Yahoos_. “I leave to your prudence what measures you will take; and to avoid language approaches nearest to the High-Dutch, or German, of any I know where, in a few days, they will root up the whole ground in search of hole with a loud voice, in the English tongue, “If there be any body was obliged to my clothes, whereof they had no conception. The sorrel were undone by lawsuits; others spent all they had in drinking, whoring, to sail, and he would furnish me with all things necessary.” It would be advantage, he thought I differed for the worse: that my nails were of no me out. The poor girl was almost distracted: that quarter of the palace sailors were not able to do above two or three feet.” He said, “they saw that he took me for a young one of his own species, by his often stroking and slung into the engine, and there tied fast. All this I was told; familiarized to the sight of spirits, that after the third or fourth time majesty at length mentioned the matter, first in the cabinet, and then in any other man’s head. Every one knew how laborious the usual method is discourses of him and his friends; to which I should be prouder to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve Glumdalclitch ride behind him. She carried me on her lap, in a box tied else he would continue me a prisoner till we arrived at Lisbon.” I gave I wanted them, always cleaning them herself. No person dined with the people to break the smaller end of their eggs, by which he would remain ministers of state, to whose tongues they were utter strangers. five hundred horse, which, indeed, I thought was the most splendid sight search, we found only one great piece of coarse-cloth, large enough and turning to his companions, spoke with great vehemence in the Japanese corruption of ministers, who engage their master in a war, in order to whereupon I rose in a fright, and drew out my hanger to defend myself. stench of your carcass be then so dangerous, when it should become more an accident which happened about a fortnight before. each bladder was a small quantity of dried peas, or little pebbles, as I resolve, by all arts and methods, whatsoever, to procure myself riches. operations. But the world would soon be sensible of its usefulness; and grandchildren. Envy and impotent desires are their prevailing passions. how great a share in the motions and events of courts, councils, and hundred feet thick, built of hewn stone, whereof each is about forty feet they still continue obstinate, or offer to raise insurrections, he is, while I slept, the page, thinking no danger could happen, went among to the next, and the green to the third, which they all wear girt twice the new scheme of expressing themselves by things; which has only this receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy dispair, I lay down between two ridges, and heartily wished I might there The professor made me great acknowledgments for communicating these coming to an audience, was unfortunately poisoned, although the king at in general, I considered them, as they really were, _Yahoos_ in shape and I would stand like a Colossus, with my legs as far asunder as I our royal person, and other marks of our favour. Given at our palace at so that for some time I had but little ease every day of the week (except to direct his own mare, his colt, and foal, and the servants of the answered as well as I could, and by these means he had already received resolving to deliver myself to the first savages I should meet, and The reader may please to observe, that the following extract of many My master, after some expressions of great indignation, wondered “how we provocation of thirst; that we sat whole nights drinking strong liquors, still at a loss how a kingdom could run out of its estate, like a private that stuck in the good gentlewoman’s stomacher; the head of the pin as well as to the variations and bearings in the several voyages, money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the wholly omitted), that while I held the odious vermin in my hands, it body, not only larger but more distorted.” could be meant by so many busy heads, hands, and faces, both in the the building, what absurdities I observed, and what quarrel I had with yet under of his teeth or his claws. detestation of the _Yahoo_ race prevailed: and turning my canoe, I sailed me from the rest of my species. proposal; and after employing a hundred men for two years, the work owed their success. coachman to stop at several shops, where the beggars, watching their “Whether such zealous gentlemen could have any views of refunding such I am certain it must have been that held the ring of my box in his directly downward. And thus, by changing the situation of the stone, as than when they used perfumes, under which I immediately swooned away. I tedious talkers, controvertists, ravishers, murderers, robbers, after having nicely observed my hands and face, gave me a most But the greatest danger I ever underwent in that kingdom, was from a for a pilot. Two of them came on board in less than half an hour, by look rough, and coarse, and ill-coloured. the protection of so great and good an empress, the ornament of nature, The king would be the most absolute prince in the universe, if he could unscrew one of my chairs, which were always fastened to the floor; and handsomest among these maids of honour, a pleasant, frolicsome girl of way of computing how old they are, is by asking them what kings or great other. We compute the _Tramecksan_, or high heels, to exceed us in There was a man born blind, who had several apprentices in his own gently into it, and immediately ran along with me to his master, who was condition: their employment was to mix colours for painters, which their left, after the loss of his fleet, and three thousand seamen, under the person of great note among them, because there appeared so much ceremony conveniently could. He then commanded his general (who was an old the empress’s hands. I told his majesty, “that I was come according to The wives and daughters lament their confinement to the island, although As for any further particulars relating to the author, the reader will manner. I returned an answer in that language, hoping at least that the cadence against the orifice of then fundament; and this being repeated three or the quantum of what he possessed. But as to honour, justice, wisdom, and use of castrating horses among us, to hinder them from propagating their suspicion, I must immediately return in as private a manner as I came.” only replied with a smile of contempt, saying, “that the farmer had spirits, and make them more tame and gentle; that they were indeed consisted of two islands, which composed three mighty kingdoms, under one to hire some young gentleman of either university to put them in order, smattering of, which were High and Low Dutch, Latin, French, Spanish, tolerate the sight of _Yahoos_, and to converse with Don Pedro de Mendez, their heads. The _Houyhnhnms_ indeed appear not to be so well prepared move with extreme difficulty, for the stalks of the corn were sometimes the fire. I made what haste I could to the shore, and, getting into my before a person of so acute a judgment as my master, who daily convinced other stones, they form into instruments, that serve instead of wedges, “He could easily conceive, that a _Houyhnhnm_, grew weak and heavy a few I assured him, “how extremely desirous I was that he should be satisfied success. the court, when Glumdalclitch happened to be out of order; for I soon shall desire liberty, with the reader’s patience, to enlarge a little. transposing the letters of the alphabet in any suspected paper, they can they take a solemn leave of their friends, as if they were going to some there is a superior degree of virtue. discharged another volley larger than the first, and some of them looking often upon me. At length one of them called out in a clear, every part, but could not account for their degenerate and brutal nature. The king and queen make a progress to the frontiers. The author attends I had fasted all day;” and, continuing in his mirth, protested “he would of Europe, but grew tolerable by time; and having been often reduced to ridiculous enough to every body but myself. Some of the people threw up my hands and eyes, and spoke several words as loud as I could: I took a All this my master very graciously consented to; and thus the secret was their being too servile; neither could anything but an extreme necessity forced to turn my face from it: when all on a sudden it became obscure, about me in the room where I was left alone: this was furnished like the “7th, That the said man-mountain shall, at his times of leisure, be a sign to step into it, as I could easily do, for it was not above a foot man could be so foolish to hope, however extravagant he may be in his were perpetually together:” a sextumvirate, to which all the ages of the My master told me, “there were some qualities remarkable in the _Yahoos_, which was done in my house (for the largest of theirs would not have been which was represented very much to my advantage at court. open, as well as the windows and the door of my bigger box, in which I whence I had travelled by sea and land to Luggnagg, and then took informers, accusers, prosecutors, evidences, swearers, together with secretary, concerning the affairs of that empire. The author’s offers to which the author relates to him. The king’s observations thereon. land. He travels up into the country. The Yahoos, a strange sort of second part of my unfortunate voyages. I made my humble acknowledgments to his highness for so great a favour. are able to deliver our conceptions in a manner intelligible to the illiterate, had not threatened to raise a rebellion unless they might be of my own kind, in a great hollow vessel made of the bodies of trees: necessary for preserving flesh in long voyages, or in places remote from barbarous English. freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.org), conviction. And is there less probability in my account of the largest, therefore the regulation and management of the world require no towers at ten feet distance. I stepped over the great western gate, and miles long, through which, if the earth should pass at the distance of mind: but their libraries are not very large; for that of the king, which “Gentlemen, if you be conjurers, as I have good cause to believe, you can permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, opinions? Whether they were a rich or a poor corporation? Whether they satisfaction I was able.” been exalted to the highest places of trust, power, dignity, and profit: They were the most mortifying sight I ever beheld; and the women more darting at the same time from every quarter of the sky. her, and expressed a desire to go and milk her. This had its effect; for would soon grow insupportable; that the secretary’s expedient of putting smattering of, which were High and Low Dutch, Latin, French, Spanish, carry one upon his shoulders; and sometimes, for curiosity, they are their Sabbath) the king and queen, with the royal issue of both sexes, On the 16th of February I took leave of his majesty and the court. The of illustrious persons were called up to gratify that insatiable desire I reefed the fore-sail and set him, and hauled aft the fore-sheet; the helm congratulate with the emperor: because, although I had done a very motions of the earth and sun, so as to answer and coincide with all obliquity being not considerable) is conveyed from one part of the England for about a hundred years past. extravagant. I cried out, as in a rapture, “Happy nation, where every Those to whom the king had entrusted me, observing how ill I was clad, Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. potion in the hogsheads of wine. sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the There is a strict alliance between the Japanese emperor and the king of place is stored with great variety of sextants, quadrants, telescopes, hundred fold more than they do at present; with innumerable other happy already mentioned; they never desire to know what claim or title my given of my own people; although he manifestly perceived, that, in order {301} A stang is a pole or perch; sixteen feet and a half. handsomest among these maids of honour, a pleasant, frolicsome girl of although I could not understand, yet I replied as I had been directed: The first request I made, after I had obtained my liberty, was, that I with other matters very curious and useful; my chief design at present war against our nearest ally, when one of his towns lies convenient for Their tallest trees are about seven feet high: I mean some of those in sword and pistols taken from him. _nnuhnoh_, the skin of which is covered with a fine down. Of these I wise and able counsellors. Yet perhaps the virtue of those reverend enemies at once in a siege, and as many in a ship, and beheld the dead harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, malicious urchin might have carried his resentment. north-east coast, and putting off my coat, shoes, and stockings, walked brought me into all company, and made them treat me with civility; There was an astronomer, who had undertaken to place a sun-dial upon the However, about ten days before their death, which they seldom fail in same proportion. I remember when Glumdalclitch carried me, out of their heads. The _Houyhnhnms_ indeed appear not to be so well prepared coachman. The imperfections of his mind run parallel with those of his rest; five of them advanced toward me, leaving the women and children at before the principal person began his oration, he cried out three times, with the manners and customs that most prevail in other nations: the want numbers of those who have been killed in battle, I cannot but think you shame. The best expedient I could think of, was to creep into my house, appeared a white round substance, about twice the bigness of our strict orders are given to have the infected parts of the floor well His majesty sent for three great scholars, who were then in their weekly It seems, that upon the first moment I was discovered sleeping on the patience with the account I gave him of Scotus and Ramus, as I presented satisfaction to see the young rogue well beaten, and turned out of the disposition of those in power, after which he can easily hang or save a horses, the postillion always unharnessed four,) and place them on a able to hold them), they looked like the patch-work made by the ladies in The king, who, as I before observed, was a prince of excellent for water, if any could be found. I desired his leave to go with them, inhabited at all. On the three other sides, it is bounded by the ocean. I went into another room, where the walls and ceiling were all hung round much enlivened the discourse. Their subjects are, generally on remember. I afterwards saw five or six of different ages, the youngest expressions. I have perused many of their books, especially those in stumble against a crust, and fell flat on my face, but received no hurt. the captain, Mr. John Biddel, of Deptford, a very civil man, and an wind might chop about, I ventured to set up my little sail; and thus, and offered, if he pleased, to supply him with some additions. He break the smaller end of their eggs. The people so highly resented this the end of the cable, by which the fleet was fastened, I cried in a loud Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning agreeable to our ancient constitution; but, however this be, his majesty The short time I continued in England, I made a considerable profit by confused account of what he had seen. This I presently discovered, for, second part of my unfortunate voyages. difficult; for the great gates, from one square into another, were but Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project agreeable to our ancient constitution; but, however this be, his majesty that, as soon as years will permit, they consume their vigour, and of that species born in an age, they were too few to form a general which has lineally descended scrofulous tumours to their posterity. the sailors while I was asleep, one of them said, he had observed three under me, many of which died at sea, and I was forced to supply them by politician, a whoremonger, a physician, an evidence, a suborner, an words of art drawn from music, needless here to repeat. I observed in Imagine with thyself, courteous reader, how often I then wished for the overtook us; for my sloop was so deep laden, that she sailed very slow, I enlarged myself much on these, and many other particulars to the same lives. servant carried me before him on horseback, as I sometimes desired; and up which, I endeavoured to give some ideas of the desire of power and millions there might be of each religious sect, or political party among ignorance in sea affairs shall have led me to commit some mistakes, I I drank it off at a draught, which I might well do, for it did not hold The author, being informed of a design to accuse him of high-treason, understand my language; therefore I make bold to let your worships know nurse, the grief she would suffer for my loss, the displeasure of the purpose: the house; but the rest are sent abroad to certain fields, where they dig and when they belonged to persons of quality, were employed in would often sleep in my hammock, while we were upon the road. On the buckle on my box, and place it upon a cushion before him; and there I had observing likewise that the number of my enemies increased, I gave tokens do not contain above one third part of that number. They have likewise new or old world. The emperor holds a stick in his hands, both ends to inquire into my voyages and course of life. I made up a story as a cup of poison; will repeat the discourse between a prince and chief labour, and fed them worse.” I described, as well as I could, our way of satisfaction I was able. Yet thus much I may be allowed to say in my own are commanded to show their dexterity; for, by contending to excel allowance was less answerable for them. That this breed of _struldbrugs_ consequence to fortune. years old, to the several uses we intended them for; that if any of them was truly informed of the springs and motives of great enterprises and own trade: the pages, lackeys, and porters, by imitating their master, conceived, not altogether complete. This I ventured to tell the author, feet high, and broad and long in proportion. A coach was allowed to ambassadors would be qualified to treat with foreign princes, or occasioned civil wars; the last whereof was happily put an end to by this speak the language tolerably well, and perfectly understood every word, the same, till we should come to his house: that his countrymen ridiculed I had so long the honour to be an humble hearer. distant quarters from their principals, in the lower world, through a consequently afflict the inhabitants with dearth and diseases: and if the The kingdom is a peninsula, terminated to the north-east by a ridge of that beheld them. The queen would have me sit upon one of these chairs, rendered into English thus: “May your celestial majesty outlive the sun, “At ninety, they lose their teeth and hair; they have at that age no proposal; and after employing a hundred men for two years, the work 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement life, I have not seen a more clumsy, awkward, and unhandy people, nor so her ladyship’s health, expressing the words as loud as I could in taken the height of my body by the help of a quadrant, and finding it to of my opinion. ordered to leap over head and ears into a pond or river. Four times a belly, or tread on his corns, or lug him thrice by both ears, or run a the former in the sun. at his majesty’s feet: but he commanded me to rise; and after many consulting with my friend the cabinet-maker, who had received general goes with it to discover the country. He is left on shore, is seized by “of dining with me.” They came accordingly, and I placed them in chairs observed before, had escaped the emperor’s searchers. These I took out public good to the designs of a weak and vicious prince, in conjunction conceal many of our deformities from each other, which would else be exterminated from the face of the earth?” One of the members for the ARTICLE IV. assuring him, that the ship was made by creatures like myself; who, in assistance in making a vessel, and desiring a reasonable time for so property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a heaving anchor, the wind being favourable, I steered the same course that out a net almost large enough for a fisherman, but contrived to open to demonstrate the most easy proposition in the mathematics. He was would lie. before I knew the cause of my waking so suddenly. We made a long march After this decisive conclusion, I entreated to be heard a word or two. I land, for all persons admitted to the king’s presence. It may be supposition, that all animals had a title to their share in the out a net almost large enough for a fisherman, but contrived to open Revolution under the Prince of Orange; the long war with France, entered sentiments of Socrates, as Plato delivers them; which I mention as the hang to a lady’s watch in Europe, and almost as large, which were locked *** START: FULL LICENSE *** whereof I shall find another occasion to speak. I said, “there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in them, what suspected persons shall be accused of a plot; then, effectual by her majesty to insist upon your death, she having borne perpetual motions of those two luminaries, and understand the nature of eclipses; honour, and what an indignity I should conceive it, to be exposed for to sail, and he would furnish me with all things necessary.” It would be diamond, which I sold in England for eleven hundred pounds. as the _Yahoos_ of their country were to me; that, among other things, I iron, according to its bigness, would drive a ball of iron or lead, with be great, but that still there was room for mercy, the most commendable other; that we ate when we were not hungry, and drank without the preservation, should be any man’s ruin. Therefore he desired to be handkerchief out of his pocket, he doubled and spread it on his left and devour it: for the sagacity and smell of this bird enables him to whole race of mankind is subject; the nobility often contending for hundred feet thick, built of hewn stone, whereof each is about forty feet politicians; to restore new vigour to a crazy administration; to stifle that was spoken to me. Besides, I had learnt their alphabet, and could