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Travels into several remote nations of the World by Lemule Gulliver
Travels into several remote nations of the World by Lemule Gulliver Author:Jonathan Swift Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ' several partitions, round which they sat oh their Launches upon Losses of straw. In the middle was a large rack , with angles answering to every partition o... more »f the manger; so that each horse and mare eat their own hay, and their own mash of oats and milk, with much decency and regularity. The behaviour of the young colt and fole appeared very modest, and that of the master and mistress extremely cheerful and complaisant to their guest. The grey ordered me to stand Ly him, and much discourse passed between him and his friend concerning me, as I found by the stranger's often looking on me, and the frequent repetition of the word Yahoo-. I happened to wear my gloves, which themaster grey observing , seemed perplexed , discovering signs of wonder what I had done to my fore-feet; he put his hoof three or four times to them, as if he would signify, that I should reduce them to their former shape : which I presently did, puliing off both my gloves, and putting them both into my pocket. This occasioned further talk , and I saw the company was pleased with my behaviour, whereof I soon found the good effects. I was ordered to speak. the few words I understood, and while they were at dinner, the master taught me the names for oats , milk , fire', water , and some others; which I could readily pronounce after him, having from my youth a great facility in learning languages. When dinner was done, the master horse took me aside, and by signs and words made me understand the concern that he was in , that I had nothing to eat. — Oats in their tongue are called hluuuh. This word I pronounced two or three times; for although I had refused them at first, yet, upon second thoughts, I considered that I could contrive to make of them a kind of bread, which might be sufficient withimilk to keep...« less