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Chapter 4

           Theislandbeingthenhoveringoveramountainabouttwomilesfromit,Iwasletdownfromthelowestgallery,inthesamemannerasIhadbeentakenup.

           Thecontinent,asfarasitissubjecttothemonarchoftheflyingisland,passesunderthegeneralnameofBalnibarbi;andthemetropolis,asIsaidbefore,iscalledLagado.Ifeltsomelittlesatisfactioninfindingmyselfonfirmground.Iwalkedtothecitywithoutanyconcern,beingcladlikeoneofthenatives,andsufficientlyinstructedtoconversewiththem.Isoonfoundouttheperson’shousetowhomIwasrecommended,presentedmyletterfromhisfriendthegrandeeintheisland,andwasreceivedwithmuchkindness.Thisgreatlord,whosenamewasMunodi,orderedmeanapartmentinhisownhouse,whereIcontinuedduringmystay,andwasentertainedinamosthospitablemanner.

           Thenextmorningaftermyarrival,hetookmeinhischariottoseethetown,whichisabouthalfthebignessofLondon;butthehousesverystrangelybuilt,andmostofthemoutofrepair.Thepeopleinthestreetswalkedfast,lookedwild,theireyesfixed,andweregenerallyinrags.Wepassedthroughoneofthetowngates,andwentaboutthreemilesintothecountry,whereIsawmanylabourersworkingwithseveralsortsoftoolsintheground,butwasnotabletoconjecturewhattheywereabout:neitherdidobserveanyexpectationeitherofcornorgrass,althoughthesoilappearedtobeexcellent.

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