Подорож Гулівера

           Thattheweatherbeingcalm,herowedroundmeseveraltimes,observedmywindowsandwirelatticesthatdefendedthem.Thathediscoveredtwostaplesupononeside,whichwasallofboards,withoutanypassageforlight.Hethencommandedhismentorowuptothatside,andfasteningacabletooneofthestaples,orderedthemtotowmychest,astheycalledit,towardtheship.Whenitwasthere,hegavedirectionstofastenanothercabletotheringfixedinthecover,andtoraiseupmychestwithpulleys,whichallthesailorswerenotabletodoabovetwoorthreefeet."Hesaid,"theysawmystickandhandkerchiefthrustoutofthehole,andconcludedthatsomeunhappymanmustbeshutupinthecavity."Iasked,"whetherheorthecrewhadseenanyprodigiousbirdsintheair,aboutthetimehefirstdiscoveredme."Towhichheanswered,thatdiscoursingthismatterwiththesailorswhileIwasasleep,oneofthemsaid,hehadobservedthreeeaglesflyingtowardsthenorth,butremarkednothingoftheirbeinglargerthantheusualsize:"whichIsupposemustbeimputedtothegreatheighttheywereat;andhecouldnotguessthereasonofmyquestion.Ithenaskedthecaptain,"howfarhereckonedwemightbefromland?"Hesaid,"bythebestcomputationhecouldmake,wewereatleastahundredleagues."Iassuredhim,"thathemustbemistakenbyalmosthalf,forIhadnotleftthecountrywhenceIcameabovetwohoursbeforeIdroppedintothesea."Whereuponhebeganagaintothinkthatmybrainwasdisturbed,ofwhichhegavemeahint,andadvisedmetogotobedinacabinhehadprovided.Iassuredhim,"Iwaswellrefreshedwithhisgoodentertainmentandcompany,andasmuchinmysensesaseverIwasinmylife."Hethengrewserious,anddesiredtoaskmefreely,"whetherIwerenottroubledinmymindbytheconsciousnessofsomeenormouscrime,forwhichIwaspunished,atthecommandofsomeprince,byexposingmeinthatchest;