Подорож Гулівера

Chapter 5

           InanotherapartmentIwashighlypleasedwithaprojectorwhohadfoundadeviceofploughingthegroundwithhogs,tosavethechargesofploughs,cattle,andlabour.Themethodisthis:inanacreofgroundyoubury,atsixinchesdistanceandeightdeep,aquantityofacorns,dates,chestnuts,andothermastorvegetables,whereoftheseanimalsarefondest;thenyoudrivesixhundredormoreofthemintothefield,where,inafewdays,theywillrootupthewholegroundinsearchoftheirfood,andmakeitfitforsowing,atthesametimemanuringitwiththeirdung:itistrue,uponexperiment,theyfoundthechargeandtroubleverygreat,andtheyhadlittleornocrop.Howeveritisnotdoubted,thatthisinventionmaybecapableofgreatimprovement.

           Iwentintoanotherroom,wherethewallsandceilingwereallhungroundwithcobwebs,exceptanarrowpassagefortheartisttogoinandout.Atmyentrance,hecalledaloudtome,"nottodisturbhiswebs."Helamented"thefatalmistaketheworldhadbeensolongin,ofusingsilkworms,whilewehadsuchplentyofdomesticinsectswhoinfinitelyexcelledtheformer,becausetheyunderstoodhowtoweave,aswellasspin."

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