Подорож Гулівера

Chapter 8

           IroaredasloudasIcould,andthenagcamegallopingtowardsme,whereuponshequittedhergrasp,withtheutmostreluctancy,andleapedupontheoppositebank,whereshestoodgazingandhowlingallthetimeIwasputtingonmyclothes.

           Thiswasamatterofdiversiontomymasterandhisfamily,aswellasofmortificationtomyself.FornowIcouldnolongerdenythatIwasarealYahooineverylimbandfeature,sincethefemaleshadanaturalpropensitytome,asoneoftheirownspecies.Neitherwasthehairofthisbruteofaredcolour(whichmighthavebeensomeexcuseforanappetitealittleirregular),butblackasasloe,andhercountenancedidnotmakeanappearancealtogethersohideousastherestofherkind;forIthinkshecouldnotbeaboveelevenyearsold.

           Havinglivedthreeyearsinthiscountry,thereader,Isuppose,willexpectthatIshould,likeothertravellers,givehimsomeaccountofthemannersandcustomsofitsinhabitants,whichitwasindeedmyprincipalstudytolearn.

           AsthesenobleHouyhnhnmsareendowedbynaturewithageneraldispositiontoallvirtues,andhavenoconceptionsorideasofwhatisevilinarationalcreature,sotheirgrandmaximis,tocultivatereason,andtobewhollygovernedbyit.Neitherisreasonamongthemapointproblematical,aswithus,wheremencanarguewithplausibilityonbothsidesofthequestion,butstrikesyouwithimmediateconviction;asitmustneedsdo,whereitisnotmingled,obscured,ordiscoloured,bypassionandinterest.

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