Путешествие Гулливера

Chapter 9

           However,abouttendaysbeforetheirdeath,whichtheyseldomfailincomputing,theyreturnthevisitsthathavebeenmadethembythosewhoarenearestintheneighbourhood,beingcarriedinaconvenientsledgedrawnbyYahoos;whichvehicletheyuse,notonlyuponthisoccasion,butwhentheygrowold,uponlongjourneys,orwhentheyarelamedbyanyaccident:andthereforewhenthedyingHouyhnhnmsreturnthosevisits,theytakeasolemnleaveoftheirfriends,asiftheyweregoingtosomeremotepartofthecountry,wheretheydesignedtopasstherestoftheirlives.

           Iknownotwhetheritmaybeworthobserving,thattheHouyhnhnmshavenowordintheirlanguagetoexpressanythingthatisevil,exceptwhattheyborrowfromthedeformitiesorillqualitiesoftheYahoos.Thustheydenotethefollyofaservant,anomissionofachild,astonethatcutstheirfeet,acontinuanceoffoulorunseasonableweather,andthelike,byaddingtoeachtheepithetofYahoo.Forinstance,hhnmYahoo;whnaholmYahoo,ynlhmndwihlmaYahoo,andanill-contrivedhouseynholmhnmrohlnwYahoo.

           Icould,withgreatpleasure,enlargefurtheruponthemannersandvirtuesofthisexcellentpeople;butintendinginashorttimetopublishavolumebyitself,expresslyuponthatsubject,Ireferthereaderthither;and,inthemeantime,proceedtorelatemyownsadcatastrophe.

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