The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-10-14

psrts, Il considered 10 be one Of the
Sreat possessions of literature.
| WAS of q NOttinghamShire fam
| lily and educated at Cambridge.
- Likewise was I educated in medi-
cine, and preferring a ships surgeon
cy to any preferment ashore, it came
about that after several deep-Sea vOy-
ages 1 found myself surgeon of that
ship, the Antelope, which was wrecked
in q violent storm OF a coast north
west of Van DiCI0Cn'S Land.
OF all the ships company l alone
escaped to the land, where. In utter
exhauStiun. | Jay down and fell asleep.
l awakened 10 find myself bound hand
and foot. and surrounded by swarms
of the tiHiest huIaJn creatures. They
brought me food and drink and con-
veyed Ine 20 their capital. where the
taller than any OF his subjects. came
with his court to view me.
In time l learned that l was in the
kingdom Of the Lllliputians. BY them
I was kept a long time In captivity.
Being ultimately satisfied OF the harm
iessness of my intent I also adding
my word OF honor to do them no in
jury, they released me, and set aside
six professors Of education 70 teach
me their language. For my bodily
sustenalce they allowed me a guam
tity of meat and drink sufficient for
fHOA 80 fhnfr n~N nnnnlAs for CO hn-
ing exact in their mathematics, they
estimated the proportions of my bulk
20 theirs. Three hundred cooks and
one hundred and twenty walters were
named to dress my meals, two hundred
seamstresses were apportlOned to
make my linen. and three hundred
tailorS for my outer clothing.
With my wants thus attended to,
I was DESTROYS to be Of service to
them. My first service was not to
damage their people or their property
ss I walked abroad, a most likely dan
ger when the men were Of such size
that I could secrete two or three of
them In n Of my coat pockets. In
walking the streets. were l to step
heavily, there was danger Of my shak-
ing down large buildings; or, by not
having an eye below me. I could cas-
lily tread to death half a dozen of
their cattle.
One day the king, who was most
friendly to me, came to me In great
trouble. The emperor of the neigh
boring kingdom of Blefuscu had
threatened to lay waste the kingdom
Of Lilliputia. The B%lefuscuan navy,
consisting OF fifty great ships OF war,
was even then about to set sail: but
|, by wading and swimming, reached
their chief harbor where they were
yet at anchor. With my pocket knife
cut the cables Of their fifty ships of ,
war, and then. tying each ship to a ,
piece Of Irvine, I drew them after me =,
10 dry land, and 30 compelled the J..
Of Blefuscu. :
While this deed redounded to nv .
glory, It also raised me up powerful :
enemies, n being the high admiral of i,
he Lilliputian navy. Had I wished,
could have crushed them and their /.
entire kingdom under my boots, but !
was my pledged word not to !,
larm them. So when by secret in :
they had me tried and con- ,
to the loss Of my eyes, there :
vas nothing left me but escape. ;
vent to Biefuscu, where I was given a !,
'reat reception and where they would /,
ave me stay; but / was weary of =
.ings and princes, and told them that =
desired nothing except that they =
you'd provision for me a boat, which ;
had found drifting On the shore, and >
How me to 60 my way. :,
They stored the boat with the car =
asses of one hundred oxen, three
undred sheep, with cows, bulls, and r.
> much re~ady-dressed meat as four q
undred cooks could provide. Being 8 8