Chapter 7

           Thecontinent,ofwhichthiskingdomisapart,extendsitself,asIhavereasontobelieve,eastward,tothatunknowntractofAmericawestwardofCalifornia;andnorth,tothePacificOcean,whichisnotaboveahundredandfiftymilesfromLagado;wherethereisagoodport,andmuchcommercewiththegreatislandofLuggnagg,situatedtothenorth-westabout29degreesnorthlatitude,and140longitude.ThisislandofLuggnaggstandssouth-eastwardofJapan,aboutahundredleaguesdistant.ThereisastrictalliancebetweentheJapaneseemperorandthekingofLuggnagg;whichaffordsfrequentopportunitiesofsailingfromoneislandtotheother.Ideterminedthereforetodirectmycoursethisway,inordertomyreturntoEurope.Ihiredtwomules,withaguide,toshowmetheway,andcarrymysmallbaggage.Itookleaveofmynobleprotector,whohadshownmesomuchfavour,andmademeagenerouspresentatmydeparture.

           Myjourneywaswithoutanyaccidentoradventureworthrelating.WhenIarrivedattheportofMaldonada(forsoitiscalled)therewasnoshipintheharbourboundforLuggnagg,norlikelytobeinsometime.ThetownisaboutaslargeasPortsmouth.Isoonfellintosomeacquaintance,andwasveryhospitablyreceived.Agentlemanofdistinctionsaidtome,"thatsincetheshipsboundforLuggnaggcouldnotbereadyinlessthanamonth,itmightbenodisagreeableamusementformetotakeatriptothelittleislandofGlubbdubdrib,aboutfiveleaguesofftothesouth-west."

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