The state herald., 1920-06-29

my story. Not until l had taken sev-
eral head OF cattle from my pockets
would he believe me. To my great
grief, one Of the ships rats carried
OF one Of my sheep on the way home.
On reaching shore I learned that my
uncle John had died and left me his
estate near Epping, and the same be-
Ing sufficient to keep my family from
want and the lust to wander being
still quick within me, set of to sea
once more, this time In the Adventure,
bound for Surat. -
On this voyage, after great temp
est, we put into a strange bay for wa
ter. Rambling on the shore. became
separated from my companions and
fell into the hands of some natives
Of Brobdingnag, colossal men. Of
whom hardly one was under sixty
English feet In height. =.
was here put on exhibition, and
my fame reaching the ears of the king
and queen, they commanded my pres
ence at court; and thither was
brought, In the charge of the daugh-
ter OF one Of my captors. little girl
named Glumdalclitch, nine years Of
age and small for her years, being not
above thirty feet In height.
In the train Of their maJesties trAv-
eled all over the kingdom. which was
six thousand miles In length by three
to five thousand In breadth. The cap
Ital city was fifty-four miles In length
by forty-flve In breadth, wonderful
city where the kings palace was
seven miles around and the chief room
therein two hundred and forty feet
high. and broad and long In proper
tion. The kings stable was also
goodly building. housing Ave hundred
horses. noble creatures Of a height Of
from fifty-four to sixty feet.
OF the Lilliputians, I used to say
that they were people without blem.
ish In their persons. and the Brob-
dingnagians coarse beyond descrip-
tlon: but later reflection induces me
TO think that the LIlliputlans had
blemlshes proportionate to their size.
the same being too tiny for me to es-
timnte; and that possibly the Brob-
dingnagians appeared more vulgar
than they truly were. their colossal
proportions magnifying every defect.
In some matters these large people
were at least lnrger-mInded. Thus. In
the matter Of whether II was proper
TO break nm egg on the little or big
end-whlch had almost split the Lilli-
putlan kingdom In twaln-as to that
matter the BrobdIngnagnns would
have lost little sleep. Judge this
from comment by the BrObdingna.
ginn king on n political matter which
] spoke Of In connection with my own
country-England. at Is tyranny"
he said. ''for a government TO require
those who held differing opinions to
change or not to change them"
His majesty was much Interested
to hear of England: whereat rela,
ed Mt length her history, which aston
ished him. He protested that II
seemed no more than sequence Of
conspirncles. murders. revolutions.
banishments. the worst effects that
nvarIcc. faction. hypocrisy, hatred.
lust. malice md ambition could pro-
duce. "what pernlcIous race Of
odious vermin TO be allowed to crawl
upon the enrthw he sale: which In
furious judgment Of my noble and he
loved country panied me exceedingly
Nnxt .t.I.tIs. n hnI hArnn,n an fopnrlen
Of n great nation, II was upon such
footing ms III became the dignity Of
human kind. I wished to be once
more with people OF my own mind;
also longed for a whiT OF that sea
which looked toward my own land. In
response to my entreatles, was taken
10 the sea coast. My little nurse
Glumdalclltch being III, wns put In
charge Of n page: who left me alone
on the shore while he sought for blris'
eggs. While thus alone. the travelling
cabinet In which lay was seized by .
great bird who took It far out 10 sea
and then let II drop. almost at the ex-
net moment that an English ship hap
pened by to pick me up. Thus wns
J. sIngulnrly rescued and brought once
more safe to England.
I made other voyages and had div
ers adventures. most singular one
being that Of my rescue from n desert
continent by the people Of an island
which few In the air, the same being
made to rise and fall by means Of an
immense iondstonc. The people OF the
lying island held themselves ns a So
perior race. for no greater reason that
could see than that they Ind one
eye turned inward and one turned up
ward
A later voyage took me to the coun-
try OF the Yahoos and the Houy.
hnhnms. The Ynhoos. being servlie
attendants to the Houyhnhnms, were,
of disgusting habits, and so mnchl
resembled human beings that the
wise and vlrtuous Houybnhnmst
took me also for a Yahoo even to the