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HE wall of the city of Milendo is two feet and a half high, and ſeven inches broad, ſo that a coach may be driven upon the top of it, and there are ſtrong towers at the diſtance of every ten feet. Mr Gulliver eaſily ſtrode over the wall, and went carefully through the principal ſtreets, in his waiſtcoat only, for fear the ſkirts of his coat might damage the roofs and walls of the houſes. The garret windows, and the tops of houſes, were ſo crowded with ſpectators, that Mr Gulliver imagined the city muſt contain at leaſt five hundred thouſand ſouls. Some of the houſes were five ſtories high, the markets well provided, and the ſhops very rich. The city is an extra ſquare of five hundred feet; two great ſtreets, which divide it into quarters, are five feet wide; the lanes and allies are from twelve to eighteen inches The emperor's palace, which is in the center, is incloſed by a wall two feet high; the outward court is a vaſt ſquare of forty feet, and here ſtand the royal apartments. Theſe Mr Gulliver, by lying down on his ſide, and applying, his face to the windows, had the pleaſure of viewing, and he found them more ſplendid than could be imagined. He ſaw the empreſs and the young princeſs in their ſeveral lodgings, and her majeſty was pleaſed to put her hand out at the window for him to kiſs. About a fortnight after Mr Gulliver obtained his liberty, he was viſited by Reldreſal, the principal ſecretary. Reldreſal complimented him on his liberty, and entered into a political converſation with great