The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-18

has its sting, yet. after al, and II
spite OF hilnself. Swift noW pEinc3-
paliy diyerts the world through Gull
liver.
That eminent traveller. Lemuel Gull
liver, who was an explorer and a dis
coverer held in high esteem before the
days Of DR.. Cook. wrote down the &C
count of his voyage to Brobdingnag,
not, as he says because he considered
there was anything very wonderful in
it, but because Of the earnest solicita-
tons of his friends CULVER was OF
a restless disposition, and did not re-
main long at home after his return
from the celebrated voyaGe to Lilliput.
On June 20. 1902. he shipped in the
Adventure, Captain John Nicholas,
bound from the Downs to Surat. After
doubling the Cape of Good Hope, the
ship made fair progress until the
Straits Of Madagascar were passed,
when she encountered a succession of
gales and Gains, IN which she was
drifted far off her course into a region
OF ocean which had never before been
sailed by any European vessel.
On June 16 land was sighted-a
land not down on any chart. Being
short of water, the ship lay to off the
unknown coast and a boat was sent
ashore to see if any spring or streams
OF fresh water could be discovered.
IItN 1OuIu tuc ueSlItu water, anu
while the sailors were filling the casks
Mr.. CULVER. who had signed on as
surgeon Of the ship, wandered off to
view the country e the shore, which
he found most rocky and barren. He
was just abe ut to return to the boat
when he saw it pulling off. the men
rowing as if their lives depended on
their exertions. And also he saw a
huge monster, shaped like a man,
Wadlng out after the boat, evidently
bent on seeing it. But as the sailors
mad a good start on the monster, and
as the water was filled with sharp
rocks. which much impeded his prog
ress, he was obliged to give it UP and
return to the shore.
CULVER, astOnished and frightened
at the sight of this enormous giant,
turned and ran into the country as he
saw the monster coming back to shore.
Climbing a steep hill, which gave him
a view Of the country, he found it
highly cultivated inland. What first
surprised him, however, was the length
OF the grass; it grew to the height of
about twenty feet and seemed to be
raised for hay. He fell into a high
road. as he thought afterwards he
was told hat it was merely a foot
path used by the inhabitants), which
ran through a field of barley-and, as
1t was near harvest time, the barley
grew to a height-ef forty feet. 1t took
him an hour to walk to the end of his
Ield, which was surrounded by a
hedge at least 12O feet high. Also he
saw in the distance some trees, but of
such great height that he could make
no estimate of their altitude. There
was a~stile to pass V e the hedge, but
SO great were the spaces between the
steps that DR.. CULVER could not pos
slbly negotiate it.
AS he was looking for some hole in
the hedge through which to creep, he
saw in the next field one of the huge
beings which apparently inhabited the
country approaching. He was of the
same size as the monster whom Guilt
Yer mad seen pursuing the boat. and
appeared as tall as an ordinary church
spIre. He took about ten yards at
every stride Mounting to the top Of
the stile the man paused and called
out in a strange language with a voice
Tar louder than any speaking trumpet
to other creatures like himself, who
came up at his call. He was, appa-
rently, a farmer, and h men he call
ed were his field laborers. Struck
with CONSERVATION. CULVER ran to try
to hide himself in the barley, but
could move forward only with great
difficulty. for the stalks Of the grain