Chapter 3

           Idesiredleaveofthisprincetoseethecuriositiesoftheisland,whichhewasgraciouslypleasedtogrant,andorderedmytutortoattendme.Ichieflywantedtoknow,towhatcause,inartorinnature,itoweditsseveralmotions,whereofIwillnowgiveaphilosophicalaccounttothereader.

           Theflyingorfloatingislandisexactlycircular,itsdiameter7837yards,oraboutfourmilesandahalf,andconsequentlycontainstenthousandacres.Itisthreehundredyardsthick.Thebottom,orundersurface,whichappearstothosewhoviewitbelow,isoneevenregularplateofadamant,shootinguptotheheightofabouttwohundredyards.Aboveitlietheseveralmineralsintheirusualorder,andoverallisacoatofrichmould,tenortwelvefeetdeep.Thedeclivityoftheuppersurface,fromthecircumferencetothecentre,isthenaturalcausewhyallthedewsandrains,whichfallupontheisland,areconveyedinsmallrivuletstowardthemiddle,wheretheyareemptiedintofourlargebasins,eachofabouthalfamileincircuit,andtwohundredyardsdistantfromthecentre.Fromthesebasinsthewateriscontinuallyexhaledbythesuninthedaytime,whicheffectuallypreventstheiroverflowing.Besides,asitisinthepowerofthemonarchtoraisetheislandabovetheregionofcloudsandvapours,hecanpreventthefallingofdewsandrainwheneverhepleases.Forthehighestcloudscannotriseabovetwomiles,asnaturalistsagree,atleasttheywereneverknowntodosointhatcountry.

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