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1  I heard a confused noise about me; but in the posture I lay, could see nothing except the sky.
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2  I ate them by two or three at a mouthful, and took three loaves at a time, about the bigness of musket bullets.
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3  When I found myself on my feet, I looked about me, and must confess I never beheld a more entertaining prospect.
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4  The next morning at sun-rise we continued our march, and arrived within two hundred yards of the city gates about noon.
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5  The great gate fronting to the north was about four feet high, and almost two feet wide, through which I could easily creep.
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6  It was a frame of wood raised three inches from the ground, about seven feet long, and four wide, moving upon twenty-two wheels.
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7  We therefore trusted ourselves to the mercy of the waves, and in about half an hour the boat was overset by a sudden flurry from the north.
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8  We rowed, by my computation, about three leagues, till we were able to work no longer, being already spent with labour while we were in the ship.
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9  He was then past his prime, being twenty-eight years and three quarters old, of which he had reigned about seven in great felicity, and generally victorious.
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10  One of them was covered, and seemed all of a piece: but at the upper end of the other there appeared a white round substance, about twice the bigness of our heads.
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11  I was extremely tired, and with that, and the heat of the weather, and about half a pint of brandy that I drank as I left the ship, I found myself much inclined to sleep.
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12  Towards night I got with some difficulty into my house, where I lay on the ground, and continued to do so about a fortnight; during which time, the emperor gave orders to have a bed prepared for me.
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13  These gentlemen, having pen, ink, and paper, about them, made an exact inventory of every thing they saw; and when they had done, desired I would set them down, that they might deliver it to the emperor.
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14  I lay down on the grass, which was very short and soft, where I slept sounder than ever I remembered to have done in my life, and, as I reckoned, about nine hours; for when I awaked, it was just day-light.
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15  All these orders were duly put in execution; and in about three weeks I made a great progress in learning their language; during which time the emperor frequently honoured me with his visits, and was pleased to assist my masters in teaching me.
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16  The chains that held my left leg were about two yards long, and gave me not only the liberty of walking backwards and forwards in a semicircle, but, being fixed within four inches of the gate, allowed me to creep in, and lie at my full length in the temple.
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17  In his right waistcoat-pocket we found a prodigious bundle of white thin substances, folded one over another, about the bigness of three men, tied with a strong cable, and marked with black figures; which we humbly conceive to be writings, every letter almost half as large as the palm of our hands.
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