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Chapter 3

           Heaskedme,"whomadetheship,andhowitwaspossiblethattheHouyhnhnmsofmycountrywouldleaveittothemanagementofbrutes?"Myanswerwas,"thatIdurstproceednofurtherinmyrelation,unlesshewouldgivemehiswordandhonourthathewouldnotbeoffended,andthenIwouldtellhimthewondersIhadsooftenpromised."Heagreed;andIwentonbyassuringhim,thattheshipwasmadebycreatureslikemyself;who,inallthecountriesIhadtravelled,aswellasinmyown,weretheonlygoverningrationalanimals;andthatuponmyarrivalhither,IwasasmuchastonishedtoseetheHouyhnhnmsactlikerationalbeings,ashe,orhisfriends,couldbe,infindingsomemarksofreasoninacreaturehewaspleasedtocallaYahoo;towhichIownedmyresemblanceineverypart,butcouldnotaccountfortheirdegenerateandbrutalnature.Isaidfarther,"thatifgoodfortuneeverrestoredmetomynativecountry,torelatemytravelshither,asIresolvedtodo,everybodywouldbelieve,thatIsaidthethingthatwasnot,thatIinventedthestoryoutofmyownhead;and(withallpossiblerespecttohimself,hisfamily,andfriends,andunderhispromiseofnotbeingoffended)ourcountrymenwouldhardlythinkitprobablethataHouyhnhnmshouldbethepresidingcreatureofanation,andaYahoothebrute."

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