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 guards hung it accrossacross [sic] a pole, as the dray men do a barrel of beer in England, and he and the learned men were amazed at the noise it made, and at the motion of the minute hand His money, comb, knife, razor, &c were then given up  The scymiter, pistols, and pouch, were conveyed by broad wheel waggons to the king's stores, but the rest were restored

R. Gulliver's gentle behaviour gained the good opinion of the Emperor, the army, and the people in general, insomuch that he was set at full liberty. They became less apprehensive of danger from him, and at last, the boys and girls would dance country dances on the palm of his hand, as he lay on the ground, or play at hide and seek in his hair.

The Emperor one day had a mind to entertain him with several shews, with none of which he was so much diverted as that of the rope-dancers, who performed upon a slender white thread, about two feet long and raised