 of Tongs, and throw it out of the
Window. Then she set me on a Table, where I shewed her my Hanger all bloody, and
wiping it on the Lappet of my Coat, returned it to the Scabbard. I was pressed
to do more than one Thing, which another could not do for me; and therefore
endeavoured to make my Mistress understand that I desired to be set down on the
Floor; which after she had done, my Bashfulness would not suffer me to express
my self farther than by pointing to the Door, and bowing several Times. The good
Woman with much Difficulty at last perceived what I would be at; and taking me
up again in her Hand, walked into the Garden where she set me down. I went on
one Side about two Hundred Yards; and beckoning to her not to look or to follow
me, I hid my self between two Leaves of Sorrel, and there discharged the
Necessities of Nature.
    I hope, the gentle Reader will excuse me for dwelling on these and the like
Particulars; which however insignificant they may appear to grovelling vulgar
Minds, yet will certainly help a Philosopher to enlarge his Thoughts and
Imagination, and apply them to the Benefit of publick as well as private Life;
which was my sole Design in presenting this and other Accounts of my Travels to
the World; wherein I have been chiefly studious of Truth, without affecting any
Ornaments of Learning, or of Style. But the whole Scene of this Voyage made so
strong an Impression on my Mind, and is so deeply fixed in my Memory, that in
committing it to Paper, I did not omit one material Circumstance: However, upon
a strict Review, I blotted out several Passages of less Moment which were in my
first Copy, for fear of being censured as tedious and trifling, whereof
Travellers are often, perhaps not without Justice, accused.
 

                                   Chap. II.

A Description of the Farmer's Daughter. The Author carried to a Market-Town, and
then to the Metropolis. The Particulars of his Journey.
 
My Mistress had a Daughter of nine Years old, a Child of towardly Parts for her
Age, very dextrous at her Needle, and skilful in dressing her Baby. Her Mother
and she contrived to fit up the Baby's Cradle for me against Night: The Cradle
was put into a small Drawer of a Cabinet, and the Drawer placed upon a hanging
Shelf for fear of the Rats. This was my Bed all the Time I stayed with those
People, although made more convenient by Degrees, as I began to learn their
Language,
