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 trepidity of thee diminutive Mortals, who durt venture to mount and walk upon my Body, while one of my Hands was at liberty, without trembling at the very ight of o prodigious a Creature as I mut appear to them. After ome time, when they oberved that I made no more demands for Meat, there appeared before me a Peron of high Rank from his Imperial Majety. His Excellency having mounted on the mall of my right Leg, advanced forwards up to my Face, with about a dozen of his Retinue. And producing his Credentials under the Signet Royal, which he applied cloe to mine Eyes, poke about ten Minutes, without any igns of Anger, but with a kind of determinate Reolution; often pointing forwards, which, as I afterwards found, was towards the capital City, about half a mile ditant, whither it was agreed by his Majety in Council that I mut be conveyed. I anwered in few words, but to no purpoe, and made a Sign with my Hand that was looe, putting it to the