 Luggage.
    My Master's Design was to shew me in all the Towns by the Way, and to step
out of the Road for Fifty or an Hundred Miles, to any Village or Person of
Quality's House where he might expect Custom. We made easy Journies of not above
seven or eight Score Miles a Day: For Glumdalclitch, on Purpose to spare me,
complained she was tired with the trotting of the Horse. She often took me out
of my Box at my own Desire, to give me Air, and shew me the Country; but always
held me fast by Leading-strings. We passed over five or six Rivers many Degrees
broader and deeper than the Nile or the Ganges; and there was hardly a Rivulet
so small as the Thames at London-Bridge. We were ten Weeks in our Journey; and I
was shewn in Eighteen large Towns, besides many Villages and private Families.
    On the 26th Day of October, we arrived at the Metropolis, called in their
Language Lorbrulgrud, or Pride of the Universe. My Master took a Lodging in the
principal Street of the City, not far from the Royal Palace; and put out Bills
in the usual Form, containing an exact Description of my Person and Parts. He
hired a large Room between three and four Hundred Foot wide. He provided a Table
sixty Foot in Diameter, upon which I was to act my Part; and pallisadoed it
round three Foot from the Edge, and as many high, to prevent my falling over. I
was shewn ten Times a Day to the Wonder and Satisfaction of all People. I could
now speak the Language tolerably well; and perfectly understood every Word that
was spoken to me. Besides, I had learned their Alphabet, and could make a shift
to explain a Sentence here and there; for Glumdalclitch had been my Instructer
while we were at home, and at leisure Hours during our Journey. She carried a
little Book in her Pocket, not much larger than a Sanson's Atlas; it was a
common Treatise for the use of young Girls, giving a short Account of their
Religion; out of this she taught me my Letters, and interpreted the Words.
 

                                   Chap. III.

The Author sent for to Court. The Queen buys him of his Master the farmer, and
presents him to the King. He disputes with his Majesty's great Scholars. An
Apartment at Court provided for the Author. He is in high Favour with the Queen.
He stands up for the Honour of his own Country. His Quarrels with the Queen's
Dwarf.
 
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