Подорож Гулівера

Chapter 1

           Igotdownintothecanoe,whiletheDutchman,standinguponthedeck,loadedmewithallthecursesandinjurioustermshislanguagecouldafford.

           AboutanhourbeforewesawthepiratesIhadtakenanobservation,andfoundwewereinthelatitudeof46N.andlongitudeof183.WhenIwasatsomedistancefromthepirates,Idiscovered,bymypocket-glass,severalislandstothesouth-east.Isetupmysail,thewindbeingfair,withadesigntoreachthenearestofthoseislands,whichImadeashifttodo,inaboutthreehours.Itwasallrocky:howeverIgotmanybirds’eggs;and,strikingfire,Ikindledsomeheathanddrysea-weed,bywhichIroastedmyeggs.Iatenoothersupper,beingresolvedtosparemyprovisionsasmuchasIcould.Ipassedthenightundertheshelterofarock,strewingsomeheathunderme,andsleptprettywell.

           ThenextdayIsailedtoanotherisland,andthencetoathirdandfourth,sometimesusingmysail,andsometimesmypaddles.But,nottotroublethereaderwithaparticularaccountofmydistresses,letitsuffice,thatonthefifthdayIarrivedatthelastislandinmysight,whichlaysouth-south-easttotheformer.

           ThisislandwasatagreaterdistancethanIexpected,andIdidnotreachitinlessthanfivehours.Iencompasseditalmostround,beforeIcouldfindaconvenientplacetolandin;whichwasasmallcreek,aboutthreetimesthewidenessofmycanoe.Ifoundtheislandtobeallrocky,onlyalittleintermingledwithtuftsofgrass,andsweet-smellingherbs.

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