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Chapter 4

           WhenIassertedthattheYahoosweretheonlygoverninganimalsinmycountry,whichmymastersaidwasaltogetherpasthisconception,hedesiredtoknow,"whetherwehadHouyhnhnmsamongus,andwhatwastheiremployment?"Itoldhim,"wehadgreatnumbers;thatinsummertheygrazedinthefields,andinwinterwerekeptinhouseswithhayandoats,whereYahooservantswereemployedtorubtheirskinssmooth,combtheirmanes,picktheirfeet,servethemwithfood,andmaketheirbeds.""Iunderstandyouwell,"saidmymaster:"itisnowveryplain,fromallyouhavespoken,thatwhatevershareofreasontheYahoospretendto,theHouyhnhnmsareyourmasters;IheartilywishourYahooswouldbesotractable."Ibegged"hishonourwouldpleasetoexcusemefromproceedinganyfurther,becauseIwasverycertainthattheaccountheexpectedfrommewouldbehighlydispleasing."Butheinsistedincommandingmetolethimknowthebestandtheworst.Itoldhim"heshouldbeobeyed."

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