Путешествие Гулливера

Chapter 8

           Thisgentlemantreatedmewithkindness,anddesiredIwouldlethimknowwhatplaceIcamefromlast,andwhitherIwasbound;whichIdidinafewwords,buthethoughtIwasraving,andthatthedangersIunderwenthaddisturbedmyhead;whereuponItookmyblackcattleandsheepoutofmypocket,which,aftergreatastonishment,clearlyconvincedhimofmyveracity.IthenshowedhimthegoldgivenmebytheemperorofBlefuscu,togetherwithhismajesty’spictureatfulllength,andsomeotherraritiesofthatcountry.Igavehimtwopursesoftwohundredssprugseach,andpromised,whenwearrivedinEngland,tomakehimapresentofacowandasheepbigwithyoung.

           Ishallnottroublethereaderwithaparticularaccountofthisvoyage,whichwasveryprosperousforthemostpart.WearrivedintheDownsonthe13thofApril,1702.Ihadonlyonemisfortune,thattheratsonboardcarriedawayoneofmysheep;Ifoundherbonesinahole,pickedcleanfromtheflesh.TherestofmycattleIgotsafeashore,andsetthema-grazinginabowling-greenatGreenwich,wherethefinenessofthegrassmadethemfeedveryheartily,thoughIhadalwaysfearedthecontrary:neithercouldIpossiblyhavepreservedtheminsolongavoyage,ifthecaptainhadnotallowedmesomeofhisbestbiscuit,which,rubbedtopowder,andmingledwithwater,wastheirconstantfood.TheshorttimeIcontinuedinEngland,Imadeaconsiderableprofitbyshowingmycattletomanypersonsofqualityandothers:andbeforeIbeganmysecondvoyage,Isoldthemforsixhundredpounds.SincemylastreturnIfindthebreedisconsiderablyincreased,especiallythesheep,whichIhopewillprovemuchtotheadvantageofthewoollenmanufacture,bythefinenessofthefleeces.

           Istayedbuttwomonthswithmywifeandfamily,formyinsatiabledesireofseeingforeigncountries,wouldsuffermetocontinuenolonger.

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