Путешествие Гулливера

Chapter 7

           Hesaid,"thoseanimals,likeotherbrutes,hadtheirfemalesincommon;butinthistheydiffered,thatthesheYahoowouldadmitthemaleswhileshewaspregnant;andthattheheswouldquarrelandfightwiththefemales,asfiercelyaswitheachother;bothwhichpracticesweresuchdegreesofinfamousbrutality,asnoothersensitivecreatureeverarrivedat.

           "AnotherthinghewonderedatintheYahoos,wastheirstrangedispositiontonastinessanddirt;whereasthereappearstobeanaturalloveofcleanlinessinallotheranimals."Astothetwoformeraccusations,Iwasgladtoletthempasswithoutanyreply,becauseIhadnotawordtoofferuponthemindefenceofmyspecies,whichotherwiseIcertainlyhaddonefrommyowninclinations.ButIcouldhaveeasilyvindicatedhumankindfromtheimputationofsingularityuponthelastarticle,iftherehadbeenanyswineinthatcountry(asunluckilyformetherewerenot),which,althoughitmaybeasweeterquadrupedthanaYahoo,cannot,Ihumblyconceive,injustice,pretendtomorecleanliness;andsohishonourhimselfmusthaveowned,ifhehadseentheirfilthywayoffeeding,andtheircustomofwallowingandsleepinginthemud.

           MymasterlikewisementionedanotherqualitywhichhisservantshaddiscoveredinseveralYahoos,andtohimwaswhollyunaccountable.

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