The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-10-16

Swift wrote "Gulliver's Travels" OF
which the Voyage to Liliput and the
Voyage to Brobdingnag are the two best
known parts. while he was in Ireland
exercising his functions as Dean of st.
Patrick's, the Dublic cathedral Swift
was out of humor with the world. His
ambitions had been brought to nadght
by the accession of the Hanoverian
George and the downfall of the tory
party Some of his fellow tories fled
abroad to save their heads and some
who remained in England did SO In fear
and trembling. The dean betook himself
to his deanery-his Irish exile he called
A.it-where he ate out his heart and rallied
at all mankind, but especially at his
he told Pope ito vex the world rather
than to divert IT." "I hate and detest
mankind" he said, land love only indi-
viduals' lie succeeded In both enter
tanning and vexing the world of his day,
but time has made the political satire of
the work a mere bit of curious history,
and while the contempt for mankind
which runs through CULVER still has
It's sting, yet, after all, and in spite of
himself. Swift now principally diverts
the world through CULVER.
"HAT eminent traveller Lemuel Gull
liver, who was an explorer and
= discoverer held in high esteem be-
fore the days of DIR. Cook, wrote down
the account of his voyage to Brobdingnag
not, as he says, because he considered
+ there was anything very wonderful In 1t,
but because Of the earnest solicitations or
his friends. CULVER was of a restless
disposition, and did not remain long at
home after his return from the celebrate
- IN Inn 170o
ne shipped in the Adventure, Capt. John
Nicholas. bound from the Downs to Sur
at 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 driftd
far off her course into 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 wa
ter, the ship lay to off the unknown
coast and a boat was sent ashore to see
IL any spring or streams of fresh water
could be discovered. They found the de-
sired water and while the sailors were
filling the casks Mr.. CULVER. who had
dered off to view the country near the
shore, which he found most rocky and
barren. He was Just about to return to
the boat when lie saw 1t pulling off. the
men rowing as if their lives depended on
their exertions. And also he saw huge
monster, shaped like man, wading out
after the boat, evidently bent on selling
It, But as the sailors had good start
on the monster, and as the water was
filled with sharp rocks. which much i'm
peded his progress, 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 view of the
country, he found it highly cultivated in
land. What first surprised him, however,
was the length of the grass. 1t grew to
the height of about twenty feet and
seemed to be raised for hay. He fell into
a high road, as he thought (afterward he
was told that it was merely footpath
used by the inhabitants), which ran
through a field of barley-and, as 1t was
near harvest time, the barley grew TO
height of forty feet! 1t took him an hour
TO walk to the end of this field, which
was surrounded by hedge at least IN
feet high. Also he saw in the distance
some trees, but of such great height that
he could make no estimate of their att
tude. There was a stie to pass over the
hedge, but so great were the spaces be-
tween the steps that DR.. CULVER could
not possibly 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 CULVER had seen pur-
suing 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
voice far louder than any speaking trum-
pet, to other creatures like himself, who
came up at his call. He was, apparently,
a farmer, and the men he called 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 were only about foot apart, SO
that he could hardly squeeze himself
through between them. At length he
came to a place where the rain had beaten
down the barley, and here the tangled
stalks completely impeded his further
progress.
He threw himself down In despair. The
farmer came striding along and would
have crushed CULVER with his foot had
not the traveller in terror cried out as
A loud as he could. The farmer seemed to
4 hear the noise, shortened his stride,
looked down and saw CULVER lying at
his feet. He was as much astonshed at
the sight of the ships doctor as the medi-
cal gentleman had been at the sight of
him and his companions. Bending down,
he picked Guntyer UP. and. holding him
about three yards from his eyes, ex-
amined him with wonder, calling to the
others to come and see what he had
found.
At first they thought CULVER to be a
new sort of an insect; but when he
placed his hands together. raised them
and his eyes toward heaven, and speak
ing in as loud a voice as he could, be-
sought mercy. they were SO astonished
that thew did not know what IN thinlf