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JOURNEY 
 
 T O T H E 
 
 World Under-Ground. 
 
 B Y 
 
 NICHOLAS KLIMIU S^:^.^ 
 TranQated from the ORIGINAL, 
 
 LONDON: 
 
 Printed for T. A S T L E Y, at the Kofe in 
 St Paid\ Church-Yard', and E. COLLI NS, 
 Bookfeller, in SaVJfmry. 
 
 MDCCXLII. 
 
THE 
 
 
 CONTENTS. 
 
 Chap. l.tf^H E Author'' s T)efcent to 
 JL the Subterraneous World 
 
 Page r 
 
 Chap. II. His Def cent upon the Planet 
 Nazar 1 3, 
 
 Chap. Ill A Defcription of the City of 
 Keba 2 9 
 
 Chap. IV. ^he Court of the Potuan 
 Empire 43 
 
 Chap. V. Of the Nature of the Coun- 
 try^ and the Manners of the People 
 
 58 
 
 Chap. VI. Of the Religion of the 
 
 Potuan Nation 64 
 
 Chap. VII. Of their Policy 71 
 
 Chap. VIII. Of the Academy 91 
 
 Ch a p. IX. ne Author* s Journey round 
 
 the Planet Nazar 102 
 
 Chap. X. The Author's Banijhment to 
 
 the Firmament 1 7 1 
 
 Chap, 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 Chap. XI. ^he Author'* s Voyage to the 
 
 Land of Wonders Page 206 
 
 Chap. XII. The Author'* s Arrival at 
 
 Quama 235 
 
 Chap. XIII. the Rife of the fifth 
 
 Monarchy 244 
 
 Ch a p . XIV. The Author is elevated to 
 
 the Imperial Dignity ' 280 
 
 Chap. XV. The Catafirophe 297 
 
 Chap. XVI. The Author'* s Return into 
 
 his own Country 309 
 
 ABELINE's Appendix^ ■ 323 
 
JOURNEY 
 
 T O T H E 
 
 World Under-Ground. 
 
 CHAP. I. 
 
 ^he Author's Befcent to the fuiterra* 
 neous World, 
 
 N the Year 1 664, after I had 
 pafsM my feveral Examina- 
 tions in the Univerfity of 
 Copenhagen^ and had defer- 
 vedly obtained the Charac- 
 ter, which is there call'd 
 Laudable^ by the Votes of my Judges, as 
 B well 
 
2 A Journey to the 
 
 well Philofophers as Divines, I prepar'd for 
 my Return into my native Country; and ac- 
 cordingly put myfelf aboard a Ship bound 
 for Bergen in Norway^ dignlfy'd indeed with 
 various Marks of Honour from the Gentle- 
 men of the feveral Faculties, but in my 
 Fortunes quite iinpoverifli'd. This was an 
 Evil that attended myfelf as well as feveral 
 of the Norway Students, who return'd from 
 the Study of the Arts and Sciences into their 
 own Country ftript of all they were worth. 
 As we had a pretty brifk Gale, after a 
 Voyage of fix Days we arrived at Bergen 
 Harbour.. Being thus reftor'd to my Coun- 
 try, fomething wifer indeed, tho' by no 
 Means richer, I was fupported for a Time 
 at the Expence of my near Relations, and 
 led a precarious Sort of Life, yet not alto- 
 gether indolent and inactive. For in order to 
 clear up by Experience fome Points of natu- 
 ral Philofophy, the Study I had devoted 
 myfelf to, I rambled over every Corner of 
 the Province,, with an infatiable Curiofity, 
 to explore the Nature of the Earth, and to 
 fcarch into the very Bowels of our A4oun- 
 tains. No Rock fo {teep but I climbed it ; 
 no Cavern fo hideous and deep, but I made 
 a Defcent into it, to try if haply I could 
 difcover any Thing curious and worthy the 
 Inquiry of a Philofopher. For there are a 
 Multitude of Things in our Country of 
 Norway^ hardly ever feen or heard of, which 
 if France^ Italy^ Germany^ or any other 
 Country fo fruitful of the Marvellous, could 
 
 boaft 
 
World Under-Graund. 3 
 
 boaft of, nothing wouM be more talk'd of, 
 nothing more fifted and examin'd. 
 
 Among thofe Things, which to me ap- 
 pear'd moft worthy of Obfervation, there 
 was a lari^e and deep Cave upon the Top of 
 that Mountain which the Natives call Flo'i'en, 
 And becaufe the Mouth of the Cave us'd to 
 lend forth a gentle murmuring Sound, and 
 that too by Intervals, as if by its frequent 
 Sighs its Jaws were now fhut, and now 
 cpen'd ; hence the Literati of Bergen^ and 
 particularly the celebrated Mafter Aheline^ 
 and Mafter Edward^ one of our firft Ge- 
 niufes in Aftronomy and natural Philofophy, 
 imagined this Affair highly worthy of a phi- 
 lofophical Inquiry ; and fince they them- 
 felves were too old for fuch an Enterprize, 
 they excited the younger Inhabitants to a 
 clofer Examination of the Nature of the 
 Cavern ; efpecially as at ftated Intervals, af- 
 ter the Manner of human Refpiration, the 
 Sound being fometime with-held ifliied out 
 with a certain proportional Force. 
 
 What with thefe Difcourfes, and what 
 with my own natural Inclination, I form'd 
 a Defign of entring into- this Cavern, and 
 communicated my Intention to fome of my 
 Friends. But they by no Means approv'd 
 of it, plainly declaring, that it was a wild 
 and frantick Undertaking. But all they 
 cou'd fay, fo far was it from extinguifhing, 
 that it did not even damp the Ardour of my 
 Mind ; and their Advices, inftead of weak- 
 ning, adminiftred Fuel to my Curiofity. 
 B 2 For 
 
4 A Journey to the 
 
 For that Engernefs with which I purfued 
 the Study, of Nature infpir'd me to face 
 every Danger, and the Straightnefs of my 
 private Circumftances gave a Spur to my 
 natural Inclination. For my own Subftance 
 was quite wafted, and it feem'd to me the 
 greateft Hardfhip to live in a State of De- 
 pendance, in a Country where all Hopes of 
 Preferment were cut off, where I beheld 
 myfelf condemned to Poverty, and every 
 Avenue to Honour and Advantage entirely 
 ftopp'd, unlefs I would make my Way by 
 fome flagrant A(Sl of Diftionour or Immo- 
 rality. 
 
 Thus refolv'd, and having got together 
 what was requifite for fuch an Exploit, upon 
 a Thurfday Morning, when the Heavens 
 were all ferene and cloudlefs, I left the City 
 foon after Twilight, to the End that ha- 
 ving finifb'd my Obfervations, I might re- 
 turn again that fame Day ; becaufc, being 
 ignorant of Futurity, it was not poflible I 
 fhou'd forefee that I, like another Phaeton^ 
 
 Volverer in praccps^ longoqiie per a era traSfu^ 
 
 Ihould be flung upon another World, not to 
 revifit my native Soil, till after a ten Years 
 Peregrination. 
 
 This Expedition was undertaken in the 
 Year of our Lord 1665, Jchn Munthe^ and 
 Lawrence Severini being Confuls of Bergen^ 
 and Chrij?in'n Bcrtholdi and Lawrence Scan- 
 dio being Senators. I went out attended 
 by four Fellows I had hir'd, who brought 
 
 with 
 
World Utider -Ground. 5 
 
 with them fuch Ropes and Iron Crooks as 
 would be neceflary to defcend by. V\'e 
 went dirc6tly to Satiduic^ the moft commo- 
 dious Way to ch'mb the Mountain. Ha- 
 ving with Difficulty reach'd tlie Top, we 
 came to the Place where was the fatal Cave, 
 and being tir'd with fo troublefome a Jour- 
 ney, we all fat down to Break faft. '1 was 
 then my Mind, foreboding as it were the 
 approaching Evil, firft began to be difmay'd. 
 Therefore turning to my Companions, 
 " Will any one, fays I, undertake this 
 " Tafk?" But no Replv being made, my 
 Ardour, that had languifti'd, kindled anew. 
 I ordered them to faften the Rope about me, 
 and thus cquipp'd, I commended my Soul to 
 Almighty God. Being now juft ready to 
 be let down, I gave my Compajiions to un- 
 derhand what I would have done, viz. that 
 they (hould continue Jetting down the Rope 
 till they heard me cry out, upo.i which Sig- 
 nal they (hould flop, and if I perfifted to 
 cry out, that then they fhou'd imniediately 
 draw me up again. In my right hand I 
 held my Harpoon, or Iron Hook, an In- 
 ftrument that might be of Ufe to me to re- 
 move whatever might obftruil my Pallage, 
 and alio to keep my Body fufpended equally 
 between the Sides of the Cavern. But 
 fcarce had I defccnded fo low as about ten 
 or twelve Cubits, when the Rope broke. 
 This Accident was difcover'd to me by the 
 fudden Outcries of the Men I had hir'd. 
 But their Noife foon died away j for with an 
 B 3 amazing 
 
6 A Journey to the 
 
 amazing Velocity I was hurry'cl down Into 
 the Abyfs, and like a fecond Fluto, allowing 
 my Harpoon to be a^Sceptre, 
 
 Lahor^ ^ icia v'lam telliis ad Tariara fecit. 
 
 For about the fourth Part of an Hour (as 
 near as I cou'd guefs, confidering the great 
 Confternation I muft be in) I was in total 
 Darknefs, and in the very Bofom of Night ; 
 when at length a thin fmall Light, like 
 Twilight, broke in upon me, and I beheld 
 at laft a bright fcrene Firmament. I igncr- 
 rantly thought therefore, that either by the 
 Repercuflion or oppofite A6tion of the fub~ 
 terraneous Air, or that by the Force of 
 fome contrary Wind, I had been thrown 
 back, and that the Cave had vomited rr^e 
 up again. But neither the Sun which I 
 then furvey'd, nor the Heavens, or hea- 
 venly Bodies, were at all known to me, 
 fmce they were confiderably lefs than thofe 
 of ours. I concluded therefore, that either 
 all that whole Mafs of new Heavens exiftcd 
 folely in Imagination, excited by the Verti- 
 go my Head had undergone, or elfe that I 
 was arriv'd at the IVlanfions of the Blefled. 
 But this laft Opinion I foon reje(fted with 
 Scorn, fmce I view'd myfelf arm'd with a 
 Harpoon, and dragging a mighty Length of 
 Rope after me, knowing full well, that a 
 Man juft going to Paradife has no Occafion 
 for a Rope or a Harpoon, and that the coe- 
 'leftial Inhabitants cou'd not poffibly be 
 pleas'd with a Drefs, which look'd as if I 
 
 intended. 
 
JVo'rld Under-Ground y 
 
 intended, after the Example of tlie TiiatiSy 
 to take Heaven by Violence, and to cxpt^l 
 them from their divine Abodes. At hit 
 after the matureft Conilderation, I fell to 
 imagining, that I was funk into the fubtcr- 
 raneous World, and that the Conjectures of 
 thofe Aden arc right who hold the Earth to 
 be concave, and that within the Shell or 
 outward Cruft there is another lefler Globe, 
 and another Firmament adorn'd with lefler 
 Sun, Stars, and Planets. And the Event 
 difcover'd that this Conje£lure was right. 
 
 That Violence with which I was hurry'd 
 headlong, had now continued for fome 
 Time, when at length I perceived that it 
 languifli'd gradually in Proportion to my 
 Approach towards a certain Planet, which 
 was the firft 'J hing I met with. That fame 
 Planet increasM fo fcwfibly in Bulk or 
 Magnitude, that at laft, without much Dif- 
 ficulty, I couM plainly diftinguifh Moun- 
 tains, Vallies, and Seas, through that thicker 
 Atmofphere with which it was fur rounded. 
 
 — Sicut avis qu(S c'lrcum llttcra^ circian 
 Pifcofos fcopuhs humil'is volat aqiiora juxta^ 
 Hand aUier terras inter ccelumque volahain. 
 
 Then I perceivM that I did not only fwini 
 in a coeleftial Matter or i^^ther, but that 
 my Motion which had hitherto been per- 
 pendicular, was now alter'd into a circular 
 one. At this my Hair flood an End ; for 
 I was full of Apprehenfion left I Ihould be 
 transform'd into a Planet, or into a Satellite 
 B 4 of 
 
8 j4 Journey to the 
 
 of the neighbouring Planet, and fo be 
 whirl'd about in an everlafting Rotation. 
 But when I refle6ted, that by this Meta- 
 jnorphofis my Dignity would fuffer no great 
 Diminution, and that a heavenly Body, or 
 at Jeatt an Attendant upon a heavenly Body, 
 would furely move with equal Solemnity 
 to a famifh'd Philofopher, I took Courage 
 again, efpccially when I found from tlic 
 Benefit of that pure coelertial i5£thcr, that I 
 was no longer preft by Hunger or Thirft, 
 Yet upon recolIe6ting that I had in my 
 Pocket feme of that Sort of Bread which 
 the People of Bergen call Bolke?!^ and which 
 is of an oval or oblong Figure, I lefolv'd 
 to take it out, and make an Experiment 
 whether in this Situation I had any Appe- 
 tite. But at the firft Bite perceiving it was 
 quite naufeour, I threw it away as a Thing 
 to all Intents and Purpofes uielefs. The 
 Bread thus caft away was not only fufpended 
 in Air, but (what was very marvellous to 
 behold) it defcrib'd a little circular Motion 
 round my own Body, And from thence I 
 learnt the true Laws of Motion, by which 
 ft comes to pafs, that all Bodies placed in 
 ^Equilibrium naturally afFeft a circular Mo- 
 tion. Upon this, inftead of deploring my 
 Wretchednefs, as I had done, for being 
 thus the Sport of Fortune, I began to 
 plume a little, finding that I was not only 
 a fimple Planet, but fuch a Planet as wou^d 
 have a perpetual Attendant conforming it- 
 fclf to my Motions, infomuch that I fhould 
 
 have 
 
World Under-Ground. 9 
 
 have the Houour to be reckon'd m the 
 Number of the greater heavenly Bodies or 
 Stars of the firft Magnitude. And to con- 
 fefs my VVeaknefs, fo elated was I, that if 
 I had then met any of our Confuls or 
 Senators of Bergen^ I fhould have receiv'd 
 them with a fupercilious Air, fhould have 
 regarded them as Atoms, and accounted 
 them unworthy to be faluted or honoured 
 with a Touch of my Harpoon. 
 
 For almoft three Davs I remained in this 
 Condition. For as without any Intermif- 
 fion I was whirl'd about the Planet that was 
 next me, I could diftinguifh Day from 
 Night ; and obferving the fubterraneous Sun 
 to rile, and fet, and retire gradually out of 
 my Sight, I could eadly perceive when it 
 was Night, tho' it was not altogether fuch 
 as it is with us. For at Sun-Tet the whole 
 Face of the Firmament appear'd of a bright 
 Purple, not unlike the Countenance of our 
 Moon fometimes. This 1 took to be occa- 
 fion'd by the inner Surface of our Earth, 
 which borrow'd that Light from the fubter- 
 raneous Sun, which Sun was placM in the 
 Center. This Hvpothefis I fram'd to my- 
 fclf, being not altogether a Stranger to the 
 Study of Aftronomy. 
 
 But while 1 was thus amus'd with the 
 Thoughts of being in the Neighbourhood of 
 the Gods, and was congratulating myfelf 
 as a new Conftellation, together with my 
 Satellite that furrounded me, and hop'd m 
 a (hort Time to be inferted in the Catalogue 
 B 5 of 
 
10 ^f Journey /i? the 
 
 of Stars by the Aftronomers of the neigFr- 
 bourlng Planet, behold ! an enormous wing- 
 ed Monfter hover'd near me, fometimes on 
 this Side, now on that Side, and by and by 
 over my Head. At firft View I took it for 
 one of the twelve heavenly Signs in this 
 new World, and accordingly hop'd, that, 
 if the Conjecture was right, it would be 
 that of Virgo^ fmce out of the whole Num- 
 ber of the twelve Signs, that alone could 
 yield me, in my unhappy Solitude, fome 
 Delight and Comfort. But w^hen the Fi- 
 gure approach'd nearer to me, it appear'd 
 to be a grim, huge Griffin. So great was 
 my Terror, that unmindful of my ftarry 
 Dignity, to which I was newly advancM, 
 in that Diforder of my Soul, I drew out my 
 Univerfity-Teftimonium, which I happen'J 
 to have in my Pocket, to fignify to this ter- 
 rible Adverfary that I had pafs'd my acade- 
 mical Examination, that I was a graduate 
 Student, and could plead the Privilege of 
 my Univerfity againft any one that fnould 
 attack me. But my Diforder beginning to 
 cool, when I came to myfelf, I could not 
 but condemn my Folly. For it was. yet a- 
 Matter of Doubt to what Purpofe this Grif- 
 fin fhould approach me, whether as an Ene- 
 my, or a Friend ; or, what is more likely, 
 whether led by the fole Novelty of theThing, 
 he had only a Mind to feaft his Curiofity. 
 For the Sight of a human Creature whirling 
 about in Air, bearing in his right Hand an 
 Harpoon, and drawing after him a great- 
 Length 
 
World Under 'Ground, ii 
 
 Length of Rope like a Tail, was really a 
 Fhsenomenon which might excite even a 
 brute Creature to behold the Spcdlacle. For 
 the unufual Figure I then exhibited, gave 
 to the Inhabitants of the Globe, round which 
 I revolv'd, an Occafion of divers Conjectures 
 and Converfations concerning me, as I af- 
 terwards learn'd ; for the Philofophers and 
 Mathematicians v/ould have me to be a Co- 
 met, being pofitive that my Rope was the 
 Tail ; and fome there were, who from the 
 Appearance of fo rare a Meteor, prognofti- 
 cated fome impending Misfortune, a Plague, 
 a Famine, or fome other fuch extraordinary 
 Cataflrophe : Some alfo went further, and 
 delineated ray Figure, fuch as it appear'd to 
 them at that Diftance, in very accurate 
 Drawings ; fo that I was defcrib'd, defin'd, 
 painted and engrav'd before ever I touch'd 
 theif "Globe. All this I afterward heard 
 with no fmall Pleafure, and even Laughter, 
 when I was convey'd to that Planet, and 
 had learn'd their Language. 
 
 It muft be noted, that fometimcs there 
 appear new Stars, which the Subterrane- 
 ans call Sc'ifcifi^ or blazing Stars, which 
 they defcribe as fomething looking horrid 
 with fiery Hair, and, after the Manner of 
 our Comets, bufhy on the Top, fo as that 
 it projects in Form of a long Beard ; and 
 thefe, as in our World, (o in that, tliey are 
 reckon'd ominous. 
 
 But to rtfume my Hiftory. The Grif- 
 fin advanc'd fo near at laft, as to incom- 
 mode 
 
12 J Journey to the 
 
 mode me by the Flapping of lils Wing;,, 
 and even did not fcruple to attack my Leg 
 with his Teeth, fo that now it openly ap- 
 pcar'd with what Difpoiition he purfuM me. 
 Upon this I began to attack this trouble- 
 fome Animal with Arms, and grafping my 
 Harpoon w^ith both my Hands, I loon 
 curb'd the Infolence of mv Foe, obliging 
 him to look about for a Way to cfcape ; 
 and at laft, fince he periifted to annoy me, I 
 darted my Harpoon with fiich a Force into 
 the Back of the Animal between his Wings, 
 that I could not pull it out again. The 
 wounded Griffin, fctting up a horrible Cry, 
 fell headlong i^pon the Planet. As for my- 
 felf, quite wtiiry of this ftarry Station, this 
 new Dignity, which I faw expos'd to infi- 
 nite Hazards and Evils, 
 
 Jrbitrio volucr'is rapior, quoque impetus'egit 
 Hue fine lege ruo^ longoque per aera tra^u 
 In terram fercr^ tit de ccelo Jhlla fercno^ 
 Etfi 71071 ceciditj potuit cecidijje videri. 
 
 And now this circular Motion I had de- 
 fcrib*d alter'd once more into a perpendicu- 
 lar one. And being for fome Time agita- 
 tated and toft with great Violence by the 
 oppofite Motions of a thicker Air, at length 
 by an eafy, gentle Defcent, I alighted upon 
 the aforefaiJ Planet, together with the Grif- 
 fin, who foon after died of his Wound. 
 
 It was Night when I was convey'd to 
 that Planet. This I could gather from the 
 fole Abfence of the Sun, and not from the 
 
 Dark- 
 
World Under-Ground, 13 
 
 Darknefs ; for there ftill remained fo much 
 Light, as that I could diftin6lly read my 
 Univerfity-Teftimonium by it. That Light 
 by Night arifes from the inward Surface of 
 our Earth, whofe Surface refledts a Light 
 like that of the Moon among us. And 
 hence, with rcfpe6l to Light alone, there 
 is little Difterence between the Nights and 
 Days, only that the Sun is abfent, and his 
 Abfence makes the Nights a little colder. 
 
 C LI A P. IL 
 
 His Defcent upon the Planet Nazar. 
 
 HAVING thus finifliM this airy Voyage, 
 and being fee down upon the Planet 
 without the lead Hurt, I lay for a confide- 
 rable Time without Motion, waiting till 
 Day-break for the Event. *Twas then I 
 found the ufual Infirmities of Nature re- 
 turn, and that I ffood in great Need of 
 Sleep as well as Food, infimjch that I re- 
 pented 1 had (o rafhly difcarded my Loaf of 
 Biead. 
 
 My Mind thus opprefs'd with various 
 Anxieties, at length I fell into a profound 
 Sleep, and had flept (as near as I could guefs) 
 two Hours, when a horrible Bellowing in- 
 terrupting my Sleep, at leiigth entirely dif- 
 peird it. A Itrange Variety of Notions 
 had filled my Brain during this Sleep. I 
 
 thought 
 
14 ^"i Journey to the 
 
 thought I was returned into Norway^ and 
 holding forth among the Students according 
 to Cuftom ', and at one Time I imagin'd I 
 heard the Voice of the Deacon Nicolas An- 
 dreas chanting in the Church of Fan'oen, 
 jull out of the City, and that it was the 
 Noife of his Voice^, which according to 
 Cuftom had fo cruelly wounded my Ears. 
 And agreeably to this, when I awoke, I 
 really thought it was his horrid Voice that 
 had difturb'd me. But when I faw a Bull 
 landing near me, then, indeed, I conclu- 
 ded my Reft had been broke by his Bellow- 
 ing. Prefently throwing my Eyes around 
 me, the Sun now rifmg, I beheld every 
 where green, fertile Plains and Fields; fome 
 Trees alfo appeared, but (what was moftama- 
 aing) they moved ; tho' fuch was the Silence 
 and Stillnefs of the Air at that Time, that 
 it would not have moved the lighteft Fea- 
 ther from its Place. Immediately the Bull 
 came roaring at me, and I in my Terror 
 and Confternation feeing a Tree juft by me, 
 attempted to climb it ; but wlien I got up 
 into it, it uttered a fine fmall Voice, tho' 
 fomething (lirill, and not unlike an an- 
 gry Lady's; and prefently I reccivM, as it 
 were from the fvvifteft Hiind, fuch a Blow 
 as quite itunn'd mc, and laid m.e proftrate 
 on the Ground. I was almoft expiring with 
 this Thunderbolt of a Stioke, when I heard 
 certain confused Murmu rings round me, 
 like thofe in great IVlarkets, or upon full 
 Change. Having opened my P^yes, I be- 
 held 
 
World Under -Ground. 15 
 
 fjel'd all about me a whole Grove of Trees, 
 all in Motion, all animated, and the Plain 
 overfpread with Trees and Shrubs, tho' juft 
 before there were not above fix or fcven. 
 'Tis not to be exprefs'd what Diforders thJs 
 produced in my Underlianding, and how 
 much my Mind was (hock'd with thefe De- 
 lufions: Sometimes I thought I muft cer- 
 tainly dream ; fometimes I thought I was 
 haunted by Specbrcs and evil Spirits, and 
 twenty abfurdcr Things did I imagine ; but 
 I had no Time to examine thefe Machine?^ 
 or to inquire into their Caufes ; for preient- 
 Iv another Tree advancing to me, let down 
 one of its Branches, which had at the E>}- 
 tremity of it fix large Buds in the Manner 
 of Fingers. With thefe the Tree took me 
 up from the Ground, and carried me off, 
 attended by a Multitude of other Trees of 
 various Kinds and different Sizes, all which 
 kept muttering certain Sounds, articulately 
 indeed, but in a Tone too foreign for my 
 Ears, fo that I could not poff-bly retain any 
 Thing of them, except thefe two Words, 
 Pikel Efnij which I heard them very often 
 repeat. By thefe Words (as I afterward un- 
 derftood) was meant, yf Monkey of an odd 
 Shape \ becaufe from the Make of mv Body^ 
 and Manner of Drefs, they conjed^ur'd I 
 was a Monkev, tho' of a Species different 
 from the Monkeys of that Country. Others 
 took me for an Inhabitant of the Firma- 
 ment, and that fome great Bird had tranf- 
 ported me hither ; a Thing that had once 
 
 before 
 
1 6 A Journey to the 
 
 before happened, as the Hiftory or Annals 
 oF ihxt Globe can teftify. But all thcfe 
 Things I underftood not till after the Space 
 of fome Months, in which Time I became 
 acquainted with the fubterranean Language. 
 For in my prefent Circumftances, what 
 thro' Fear, and what through the Diforder 
 of my Intellects, I was quite regardlefs of 
 niyfelf, nor could conceive how there could 
 be any fuch Thing as living and fpeaking 
 Trees, nor to what Purpofe was this Pro- 
 ^efTion, which was very fiow and folemn. 
 ^ But yet the Voices and Murmurs with which 
 all the Plains echoed feemed to indicate An- 
 ger and Indignation ; and in good Truth it 
 was not without ample Reafon that they 
 had conceived this Refentment againft me; 
 for that very Tree, which I climb'd up in 
 my Flight from the Bull, was the Wife of 
 the Praetor, or principal Magiftrate of the 
 next City ; and (o tiie Quality of the Pcr- 
 iow injur'd aggravated the Crime ; for it 
 look'd as if 1 had a Mind to violate not a 
 Female of mean and plebeian Birth, but a 
 Matron of prime Rank, which was a mod 
 detefted Spedtacle to a People of fo venera- 
 ble a Modefty as thefe were. At length we 
 arri\cd at the City to which I v.'as led Cap- 
 tive. This City was equally remarkable for 
 its {lately Edifices, and for the elegant Or- 
 der and Proportion of the Streets and High- 
 ways ; fo lofty were the Houfes, that they 
 refembled fo many Towers ; the Streets too 
 were full of walking Trees, which by let- 
 ting 
 
TForld Under-Ground. ly 
 
 ting; down their Branches friluted each other 
 as they met, and the greater Number of 
 Branches or Boughs they dropt, the greater 
 was the Coniphmcnt. Thus when an Oak 
 went out of one of the molt eminent 
 Houfes, the reft of the Trees drew back at 
 his Approach, and let down every one of 
 their Branches ; from whence it was eafy 
 to infer, that that Oak was far above the 
 vulgar Sort ; and, indeed, I foon underflood 
 that it was the Praetor himfelf, and the very 
 Perfon whofe Wife I was faid to have fo 
 highly affronted. Forthwith they huriicd 
 me to the Praetor's Houfe ; upon my En- 
 trance into which, the Doors were imme- 
 diately lock'd and bolted upon me, fo that 
 I look'd upon myfelf as one condemned to a 
 Goal. What greatly contributed to this 
 Fear was, that there were three Guards 
 piac'd without, like Centinels, each of 
 them arm'd with fix Axes, according to the 
 Number of their Branches; for as many 
 Branches as they had, fo many Arras they 
 had ; and as many Buds at the Extremities, 
 fo many Fingers. I obfervcd, that on the 
 Top of the I'runks or Bodies of the Trees 
 their Heads were piac'd, not at all unlike 
 human Heads; and inftead oi Roots, I favv 
 two Feet, and thofe very fliort, by Reafon 
 of which the Pace they us'd was almoil as 
 flow as that of a Tortoife; fo that had I 
 been at Liberty, it had been very eafy for 
 me to have efcap'd their Hands, fince my 
 
 Motion 
 
1 8 A Journey to the 
 
 Motion was perfe£l Flying comparM to 
 theirs. 
 
 To be fhort, I now plainly perceived, 
 that the Inhabitants of this Globe were 
 Trees, and that they were endued with 
 Reafon \ and I was loft in Wonder at that 
 Variety in which Nature wantons in ths 
 Formation of her Creatures. Thefe Trees 
 do by no Means equal ours in Height, fcarce 
 any of them exceeding the common and 
 ordinary Stature of a Man ; fome indeed 
 were lefs ; thefe one would call Flowers or 
 Shrubs ; and fuch I conjedur'd were Youths 
 and Infants. 
 
 Words cannot exprefs into what a Laby- 
 rinth of Thought thefe ftrange Appearances 
 threw me, how many Sighs they extorted 
 from me, and how pafTionately I longed af- 
 ter the dear Place of my Nativity. For 
 altho' thefe Trees fecmed to me to be focia- 
 ble Creatures, to enjoy the Benefit of Lan- 
 guage, and to be endued with a certain De- 
 gree or Portion of Reafon, infomuch that 
 they had a Right to be inferted in the Clafs 
 of rational Animals, vet I much doubted 
 whether they could be compar'd to Men ; I 
 could not bring myfelf to think, that Juf- 
 tice, Mercy, and the other moral Virtues 
 had any Refidence among them. Rack'd 
 with thefe Thoughts, my Bowels yearned, 
 and Rivers of Tears flowed down my 
 Cheeks. But while I was thus indulging 
 my Grief, and pouring out my filent Com- 
 plaints in fuch unmanly Sorrows, the Guards 
 
 entered 
 
World Under-Ground. 19 
 
 entered my Chamber, whom I looked upon as 
 fo many Roman Li6lors, confidering the Axes 
 tiiey bore. Thefe marching before me, I 
 was led thro' the City to a very lofty Dome 
 \\\ the Center of the Forum^ or great Mar- 
 ket-Place. I Teemed to myfelf to be greater 
 than a Ro??ian Conful, and to have obtain- 
 ed the Honour of a Dictator; for there 
 were but twelve Axes attended the Confuls, 
 whereas I was attended by eighteen. On 
 the folding Doors of the Dome, to 
 which I W2S led, a Figure of Juftice was 
 carved, holding a Pair of Scales Vv^ith her 
 Branches or Arms : This Image had a Vir- 
 gin-Air, an earned Look, a piercing Sight, 
 with a certain venerable Dejection that 
 made her appear not too proud, nor yet too 
 humble. This Place I clearly perceived 
 was the Senate- H-oufe. Being introduced 
 into Court, the Floor of which flione with 
 Marble of teffellated or Mojaic Workman- 
 fhip ; I there beheld a Tree featcd on a 
 Golden Tribunal, with twelve Ailbciates 
 fitting on either Hand on fo many Benches 
 in the mofl exacl: and elegant Order. The 
 Prefident on the Tribunal was a Palm-Tree, 
 of a miuuiing Stature, but eafily diftinguifh'd 
 from the relt of the Affiftants, by the gre:>t 
 Varietv of her Leaves, which were of va- 
 rious Dyes : The inferior Officers, to the 
 Number of twenty-four, guarded each Side, 
 all armed with fix Axes apiece. A mofl 
 tremendous Profpc6t ! lince from {o much 
 
 Arniuiir 
 
20 ^ Journey /<p tie 
 
 Armour it was natural to infer they were a 
 People that delighted in Blood. 
 
 The Senators, at my Entrance, extended 
 their Branches toward the Skies j which Ce- 
 remony being ended, they fat down again ; 
 and being all feared, I was brought to the 
 Bar between two Trees, whofe Trunks or 
 Bodies were covered with Sheep-Skins. I 
 fufpedled they were Lawyers, and fuch in 
 good Truth they were. Before they began 
 to plead, the Prcfident wrapt his Head in a 
 Garment of a dark Colour. One of thefe 
 Advocates made a very fhort Speech, v/hich 
 he thrice repeated ; to which the other Ad- 
 vocate replied with equal Brevity : Thefe 
 Pleadings were followed by a Silence of 
 Half an Hour : Then the Prefident, remo- 
 ving the Covering from her Head, rofe up, 
 and again extending her Branches toward 
 the Sky, pronounc'd certain Words, which 
 I fuppofed contained my Sentence ; for at 
 the End of the Speech I was difmifsM back 
 to my old Prifon, and confin'd there, as I 
 guefs'd, to be in Readinel's to be brought 
 forth to Punifhment. 
 
 Being left alone, and revolving in my 
 Memory every Thing that had happened, I 
 could not forbear fmiling at the Stupidity of 
 this People ; for they feemed rather to be 
 afting a Play than exercifmg Juftlcc, and 
 every Thing I had feen, their Gefture, 
 their Drefs, and Method of Proceeding 
 feem'd to favour more of the Buffoonery of 
 the Stage, than the awful Tribunal of Juf- 
 
 tice. 
 
JVorld Undcr-Grcund. 21 
 
 tice. Then I coni^ratulatcd the Happinefs 
 of our World, and the Superiority of the 
 Eurcpcaju to all others. But tlio' 1 arraign- 
 ed the Folly and Dulncfs o! this fublcrra- 
 ncous Nation, yet I was forced to own that 
 they ought to be diflinguiihed from the Brute 
 Creation ; for the Elceance of the City, the 
 Symmetry of tlie Buildings, with feveral other 
 Particulars, loudly proclaimed that thefe 
 Trees were not devoid of Reafon, nor alto- 
 gether ignorant of the Arts, efpecially Me- 
 chanicks ; but then it was in this alone that 
 I tho;:ght all their Virtues, all their whole 
 Perfection confifted. 
 
 While I was holding this filciit Confe- 
 rence with mvfelf, a Tree enters holding a 
 Lancet in his Hand ; who unbuttoning my 
 Bofom, and making bare my Arm, opened 
 the middle Vein quite like an Artift. When 
 he had drawn as much Blood as he thought 
 fufficient, he bound Lp my Arm with equal 
 Dextt?rity. This being performed, he in- 
 fpc£ted the Blood with the deepefl: Atten- 
 tion ; and being perfectly fatisfied, he walked 
 away in a Kind of filent Admiration : All 
 this confirmed me in tlie Opinion I had en- 
 tertained of the Stupidity of this Nation. 
 But as foon as I had thoroughly learnt the 
 fubterranean Language, and all thefe Things 
 had been explained to me, my Difdain was 
 turned into Admiration. The Proceedings 
 at Law, which I had fo raflily condemned, 
 were thus explained. From the Make of 
 my Body, they inferred I was an Inh.abi- 
 3 tant 
 
2:2 ^ Journey to the 
 
 tant of the Firmament. I appeared to have 
 attempted the Chaftity of" an honourable 
 Matron, and one of prime Qiiality. For 
 this Crime I was dragged to the Bar of 
 Juftice. One of the Advocates or Lawyers 
 aggravated the Crime, demanding the Pu- 
 Tiifhment due by Law ; the other requefted 
 not that the Punifliment fhould be remitted, 
 but only that it fhould be deferred, till it 
 could be difcovcr'd what, and who I was, 
 alid of what Country ; whether a brute 
 Animal, or a rational one. Moreover I 
 karnt, that the A6tion of the Judges ex- 
 tending tlieir Branches towards Heaven, was 
 t-lie ordinary Ceremony of Religion before 
 they proceeded to Trial. The Lawyers 
 were all covered with Sheep-Skins, as Em- 
 blems of Innocence and Impartiality in the 
 Management of their Caufes ; and indeed 
 all the Lawyers here were Men of Probity ; 
 which (hews that in a well-conftituted Go- 
 vernment it is not impoflible, but that there 
 may be honeft Lawyers. So fevere were 
 the Laws againft knavifh Advocates, that 
 Fraud and foul Plav could not cfcape De- 
 tection, Perfidioufnefs could find no Shelter, 
 Slander no Mercy, Impudence no Counte- 
 nance, and Deceit no Impunity. The 
 three-fold Repetition of Words was made 
 life of to a0ift the Slownefs of their Percep- 
 tion, in which the Natives of this Globe 
 were difringuifhed from all others ; for very 
 few could comprehend what they had only 
 ciiribrily read, or underiland what they had 
 
 only 
 
World Under-G round. 23 
 
 only once heart! . Thofc whofe forward 
 Capacities took a Tiling prefently, were 
 decm'd defective in Judjimcnr, and there- 
 fore it was icldoni that fucli were admitted 
 to any weighty Ports or Offices j for tlicy 
 had learnt by Experience, that the Govern- 
 ment had been endanger'd when in the 
 Hands of thofe who were quick of Appre- 
 henfion, and who were comrnonly itylM 
 great Geniufcs ; but that thofe of flower 
 Capacities had reftored to Order what the 
 others had thrown into Confufion. Thefe 
 Things were Paradoxes to me, yet upon a 
 more ferious Recollection, they Teemed not 
 altogether abfurd. But the Hiflory of the 
 Prefident flH'd me with the greateft Aflo- 
 nifhment. She was a Virgin, and a Native 
 of that City, and by the tlien reigning So- 
 vereign was appointed Kaki^ or fupreme 
 i^d^Q in the City : For among thefe Peo- 
 ple there was no Difference of Sexes ob- 
 ferved in the Diftribution of publick Ports; 
 but an Election beirg made, the Affairs of 
 the Republick were committed to the wifeft 
 and moft worthy. And in order to form a 
 right Judgment of the Proficicnce, or of 
 the intellectual Endowments of every one, 
 there were proper Seminaries inrtituted, the 
 chief Directors of which were ft) I'd Ka- 
 ratti (a Word that rtriiStly ftgnifies Inquili- 
 tors.) It was their OfRce to infpcCt into 
 every one's Abilities, to inquire nicely into 
 the Genius of the Youth, and after fucii 
 Inquiry to tranfmit annually 10 their Prince 
 3 iin 
 
24 A Journey to the 
 
 an Account or Lift of fuch as were to be ad- 
 mitted to all Duties and Pofts of Govern- 
 ment, and to point out at the fame Time, 
 in what Particular every one of them was 
 moft likely to be of Service to the State. 
 The Prince upon the Receipt of fuch Cata- 
 ]og:ue ordered their Names to be infcrib'd in 
 a Book, that lie might never be at a Lofs 
 what Sort of Pcrfons to prefer to the vacant 
 Pofts. The aforcfaid Virgin four Years • 
 before had obtained a moft honourable Tef- 
 timonial from the Karatti^ and upon that 
 Account was by the Sovereign appointed 
 Prefident of the City in which {he was 
 born. This Rule they obferve conftantly 
 and inviolably, becaufe they believe that the 
 Welfare of any Place will be beft confulted 
 and purfued by thofe who are Natives of 
 it, Palmka (that was the Name of the 
 Virgin) for the Space of three Years go- 
 vern'd this truly Spartan Commonwealth 
 with the higheft Applaufe, and waseftcem'd 
 the wifeft Tree in all the City ; for fo great 
 was her Dulnefs of Apprehenfion, that fhe 
 hardly ever conceiv'd a Thing without its 
 being thrice or four times repeated. But 
 what {he once apprehended {lie thoroughly 
 underftood, and v/ith fuch Acumen folv'd 
 everv Difficulty in it, that her Decrees were 
 deem'd {o many Oracles. 
 
 Ncv'it enbn jujiu??! gem'ina fufpendere lance 
 jfndpitis Ubns^ return difaevit, ubi inter 
 Cufva fub'it^ vel cum fallit pede regula raro. 
 
 And 
 
fForld Under-Ground. 25 
 
 And hence there were no judicial Decrees 
 of hers during her Adminiflration of Juf- 
 tice, which were not confirmed and ap- 
 plauded by tlie High Court of Jufticc at 
 Potu, the Capital of the Empire ; There- 
 fore the Inftitution in Favour of the weaker 
 Sex, which at firfl View I had condemn'd, 
 had nothing abfurd in it upon a more 
 accurate Review. Blefs me ! thought I, 
 v.'hat if the Wife of our Mayor of Bergen 
 were to fit in Judgment inftead of her Huf- 
 band ? What if the Daughter of Coun- 
 icllor Severini^ that all-accomplifh'd young 
 Ladv, were to plead at the Bar inftead of 
 ]?cr ftupid Father ? Our Laws would ne- 
 ver receive the leaft Difhonour from them, 
 nor would Juftice be fo often violated. 
 Moreover, I was of Opinion, fince in the 
 European Courts of Law, Caufeswere fofcon 
 determined, that fuch fudden and hafty De- 
 terminations, were they to undergo a ftrict 
 Scrutiny, would by no Means pafs without 
 Cenlure. To proceed to explain fome other 
 Things. The Reafon of the Vena-fe^ion or 
 Letting Blood, I underftood to be this: 
 "iV'licn any one was convi(5^cd of a Crime, 
 inftead of whipping, maiming, or capital 
 Punifhments, he was condemned to the 
 I out-jcclion., that is, to have a Vein open'd, 
 by which it fhould appear, whether his 
 Crime proceeded from Malice, or from the 
 vitiated Blood, and whether by fuch an O- 
 fcration he could be cur'd. So that thefc 
 Courts of Juftice regarded the Amendment, 
 C rather 
 
26 A Journey to the 
 
 rather than thePunifhment of the Offender. 
 Yet the very Method of Amendment had a 
 Sort of Puniftiment in it, becaufe it was a 
 Mark of Ignominy to undergo this Opera- 
 tion by judicial Sentence. If any one fell 
 a fecond Time into the fame Crime, he was 
 deem'd an unworthy Member of the State, 
 and as fuch was to be banifl}\l to the Firma- 
 menty where all were received without J3i- 
 il:in£lIon. But of this fort of Exile we fliall 
 enlarge hereafter. Then as to the Rcafon 
 why upon the Opening of my Vein the Chi- 
 rurgeon was fo aftonifli'd at the Sight of my 
 Blood, it was this, namely, that the Na- 
 tives of this Globe had a white fluid Juice 
 in their Veins. And the whiter this was, fo 
 much the greater Mark it bore of Inno- 
 cence and Probity. 
 
 All thefe Things, when I had perfe<Slly 
 IcarnM the fubtcrranean Tongue, I tho- 
 roughly underftood, and thenceforward be- 
 gan to form a milder Judgment of a Peo- 
 ple I had too haftily cenfur'd. And tho' 
 at firft I was of Opinion that thcfe Trees 
 were exceflively flu pi d and brutifh, ) et I foon 
 found Reafon to think that tliey were not 
 altogether deflitute of Humanity, and that 
 therefore I was in no Danger of my Life. 
 And what confirmed me in this was, that 
 twice a Day I faw myFood duly brought me. 
 This Food confifted of Fruit?, Herbs, and 
 Pulfe, and my Drink was a Liquor the moft 
 dviicious and grateful I ever tafled. 
 
 The 
 
World Under-Ground. 27 
 
 The Magiftrate, in whofe Cuflody I was, 
 f(X)n fcnt Advice to the Sovereign of the 
 Empire, who refided at Potti^ (not far from 
 this City) that a certain rational Animal, 
 of a very unufual Make, had fallen into his 
 Hands. The Sovereign, excited by the 
 Novelty of the Thing, gave Orders that I 
 Ihould be infl:ru£led in their Language, and 
 then fcnt to Court. Hereupon I had a 
 T^anguagc Mafter appointed me, under whofe 
 Care in the Space of fix Months I made fo 
 great a Proficiency, that I was enabled to 
 converfe pretty readily with the Natives. 
 After having pafs'd thro' this firft Exercife, 
 a new Order arriv'd from Court, concern- 
 ing my farther Inftruclion, by which I was 
 commanded to be enter'd into the Seminary, 
 that the natural Powers of my Underftanding 
 might be enquir'd into by the Karatti^ and 
 m what Kind of Learning I gave the moft 
 hopeful Promifes of Succefs. All this was 
 done with great Exa(flnefs. While I was 
 performing my Exercifes here, they were 
 as careful of my Body as they were of my 
 Alind, and particularly, they us'd their ut- 
 inoft Art to bring me into their own Shape, 
 and accordingly they skilfully fitted artificial 
 Branches to my Body. 
 
 During this, the Magiflrate, at whofe 
 Houfc I lodg'd, every Evening as I return'd 
 from the Seminar}', enter'd into various 
 Conferences with me. He heard me with 
 the utmoft Plcafure defcanting on thofe 
 Things that had occur'd to me in this fub- 
 C 2 tcrranean 
 
a8 A Journey to the 
 
 terranean Tour. But he was above Mea- 
 fure amazM at the Defcription I gave him 
 of our Earth, and of that immenfe Heaven 
 that furrounded it, ftudded with infinite 
 Stars. All this he heard with the utmoft 
 •Avidity. But it kindled his Bluflics, when 
 I told him of the Trees of our Globe, which 
 were lifelefs, immoveable, and faftened by 
 the Roots to the Ground ; nay, he beheld 
 me with fome Refentment, when I attefted 
 that our Trees were cut down for Fuel to 
 heat our Furnaces and drefs our Provifions* 
 But confidering the Thing more gravely, his 
 Indignation fubfided, and extending his five 
 Branches to the Sicies (for fo many he had) 
 he ador'd the Wifdom of the great Creator, 
 whofe Ways are paft finding out ; and hence- 
 forward he heard me with ftill greater At- 
 tention. His Wife, who had hitherto a- 
 voided me, when fhe learnt the true Reafon 
 for which I was brought to Judgment, 
 and that I was deceiv'd in the Appearance 
 of a Tree, which in our Country 'twas a 
 cuflomary Thing to climb, now laid afide 
 all Sufpicion, and was entirely reconciled. 
 But yet, that I might not at the Beginning 
 of our Reconciliation open an old Wound, 
 I declin'd all Converfation with her, unlefs 
 in the Prefence, and at the exprefs Command 
 of her Husband. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
World Under-Ground. 2^ 
 
 C H A P. III. 
 
 A Befcripion of the City of Keba. 
 
 IN the mean while, and during the 
 Courfe of this DifcipHne under the Ka- 
 ratti^ my Hoft walk'd me about the City to 
 ftiew me whatever was curious and obferva- 
 ble. We wallcM up and down without any 
 Moleftation, and what was more to be ad- 
 mir'd, without any crowding or jofthng; 
 quite otherwife than it is with us, where 
 People flock in Heaps to any Thing that is 
 new and uncommon, that they may feaft 
 their Curiofity. For the Inhabitants of this 
 Planet have very little Tafle for Novelty, 
 and purfue only f<;lid Things. The Name 
 of this City is Keba^ and it is the fccond 
 in Dignity of the whole Potuan Empire. 
 Thclnhabitants are fo fedate and grave, you 
 would fwear they were all Senators. Age 
 is particularly honourable here ; nor is 
 there a profounder Deference and Venera- 
 tion anywhere paid it ; for it carries Autho- 
 rity not only in its Sentiments, but in its 
 lyooks and Nods. But I much wondcr'd that 
 a Nation fo fober, fo modcft as thi^, (hould 
 be delighted with Comedies and certain lu- 
 dicrous Shews and Spe6^acles that were there 
 exhibited. This did not fecm to fuit with 
 fo much Gravity. Which my Hoft per- 
 ceiving, Through all thefe Dominions, fays 
 he, the Subjects divide their Time between 
 C 3 Things 
 
30 A JouRNiY to the 
 
 Things feriousand Things of a gayer Tur;?, 
 
 Saturnumq'i gravem «2/?r<? 'Jove frangimus una. 
 
 For, among other laudable Inftitutions of 
 this Empire, there is an Indulgence of inno- 
 cent Pleafures, by which it is believ'd the Soul- 
 is llrengthen'd, and prepar'd to fuftain the 
 more arduous Duties, and by which thofe 
 black Clouds of Melancholy are difpelKd,. 
 which are thought to be the Sources of Riots, 
 Seditions, and pernicious Counfels. There- 
 fore they chequer the feverer Toils with 
 Sports and Plays, fo happily tempering Se- 
 rioufnefs with Pleafantry, that the hrft 
 cannot degenerate into Sournef?, nor the 
 latter into Impertinence^ But it was not 
 without Indignation I obferv'd that School- 
 Difputations do there make a Part of the 
 Shews and Theatrical Performances. Yov 
 at fet Times of the Year, Wagers being 
 laid, and a Reward ailign'd to the Conque- 
 rors, the Difputants engage like a Couple 
 of Gladiators, and much upon the iame 
 Terms that fighting Cocks or any fuch bat- 
 tling Animals do among us. Hence it was 
 a Cuftom among the Great, to maintain a 
 Set of Difputants, as we do a Pack of 
 Hounds, and to give them a logical Educa- 
 tion, that they may be fit for Engagement 
 at the ftated Times of the Year. Thus a 
 certain wealthy Citizen in three Years Time 
 had made prodigious Gains, even to the 
 Sum of 4000 Ricatu^ from one Difputant, 
 whom he maintained for that Purpofe. This 
 
 Dif^ 
 
IVorld Under-Gj'ound. gi 
 
 Dirputant, with an amazing Volubility of 
 Tongue, 
 
 Dimity adificat^ inutat qua drat a roiundis^ 
 
 \\y cnfnaring Syllogifms and every Artifice 
 of Logick, by Diftinclions, Refervations, 
 and Exceptions, eluded every Opponent, 
 and lilenc'd whom he would. I was often 
 prefent at thefe Entertainments, and that 
 with no fmall Vexation. For it feem'd to 
 me a horrid and fliameful Thing, that fucii 
 noble Exercifes, which give Luflre to our 
 Schools, fhould here be profcitutcd on the 
 Stage. And when I call'd to Mind, that I 
 myfelf with the higheft Applaufe had dif- 
 puted in Publick, and had obtained the 
 Laurel, I could fcarce withhold my Tears. 
 And not only the Difputc, but the Method 
 of difputing incenfed me. P'or they hir'd 
 certain Stimulators, in their Language Ca- 
 balciy who when they obfervM the Ardor of 
 the Difputants to flag, juft prick*d their Sides 
 with Lancets to re-kindle it, and to rally 
 their declining Spirits. Other lliings thro' 
 Shame I omit, which in io polifli'd a Na- 
 tiofi I could not but condemn. Befides 
 thefe Difputants, cali'd in their Tongue, by- 
 way of Contempt, Masbaki^ that is Ihidtly, 
 Wranglers, there were other Trials of 
 Skill between Beafts, both of the wild and 
 tame Kind, and alfo between Birds of Prey, 
 which were exhibited to the Spediators at a 
 certain Price. I begg'd to kiiow of my 
 Hoft, how it was poilible limt lb judicious 
 
 C 4 a 
 
32 A Journey to the 
 
 a Nation could think of leaving to the: 
 Theatre thofe noble Exercifes, whereby a 
 Faculty of Speaking is acquir'd, Truth is 
 difcover'd, and tht L^nderftanding (harpen'd? 
 He reply'd, that formerly thefe Exercifts 
 were in high Reputation among their bar- 
 barous Anceftors ; but lince they had been 
 convinced by Experience, That Truth was 
 rather flifled by Difputes, that their Youth 
 were render'd petulant and forward thereby, 
 that Difturbanccs arofe from them, and that 
 tlie more generous Studies were fo much 
 the more fctter'd, they turn'd over thefe 
 Exercifes from the Univerfity to the Play- 
 houfe^ and the Event has fhewM us, that 
 by Reading, Silence, and Meditation, the 
 Students now make far greater Advances in 
 Learning. With this Reply, tho' very fpe- 
 cious, I was not however altogether fatif- 
 f/d. 
 
 In this City there was an Academy or 
 School, where with the utmoft Decency and 
 Solidity the Liberal Arts were taught. My 
 Hoft introduc'd me into the Auditory of 
 this School on a particular Day, when a 
 Madic^ or Do6tor of Philofophy, was to be 
 created. The whole Ceremony was this : 
 The Candidate made a learned and elegant 
 DifTertation upon a Problem in natural Phi- 
 lofophy, which being ended, the Governors 
 of the School inferted his Name in the Re- 
 gifter of Doctors, who from thence had 
 Authority to teach publickly. My Hoft 
 asking how I liked it? I anfwer'd that it ap- 
 peared 
 
World Under-Ground. 33 
 
 pear'd to me a mighty dry Bufmefs in Com- 
 parilbn of our Promotions. Then I ex- 
 plain'd to him how Mafters and Dodors 
 were created among us, namely, by exhi- 
 biting certain Specimens of their Skill in 
 Difputation. At this, contracting his Brows, 
 he defir'd to know the Nature of our Dif- 
 putations, and in what they differ from the 
 fubterranean. I reply'd, that they were 
 ufually upon curious and learned Subjedls, 
 particularly fuch as relate to the Manners, 
 Language, or Drefs of two ancient Nations 
 who formerly flourifh'd in Europe^ and that 
 I for my Part had wrote three Diflertations 
 upon the Slippers of the Ancients. With 
 that he fct up fuch a Laugh, as made the 
 whole Houfe ring. His Wife, alarm'd with 
 the Noife, flies to'know the Caufe of it : But 
 I was fo much out of Humour, that I dif- 
 dained to anfwer her ; for 1 thought it a 
 burning Shame, fo grave and folid a Matter 
 fhould be treated with that Ridicule and 
 Contempt. But underftanding from her 
 Husband the Truth of the Cafe, fhe laugh'd 
 as violently. This Thing taking Air, gave 
 a Handle to cndlefs Sneers ; nay, the Wife 
 of a certain Senator, of herfelf exceedingly 
 prone to laugh, was fo delighted, that Ihe 
 had like to have burff herfelf. And fhe fooh' 
 after dying accidentally of a Fever, it was 
 thought her Death was occafion'd by that 
 immoderate Laugh, which had inflam'd her 
 Lungs. They were not indeed quite certain 
 that fuch was the Cafe ; however, fo it was 
 V C 5 whif. 
 
34 ^ JovKNFT fa tie' 
 
 whilper'd. She was otherwife a Matron of jt 
 fine Underftanding, and a moft ufeful Lady,. 
 for {he had feven Branches, which is fome- 
 thing rare in that Sex. All. the better Sort 
 of IVees were much concern'd at her Death. 
 She was buryM at Midnight without the 
 City Gates, and in the Aime Garments flie 
 happened to have on when fhe dy'd. For 
 there is a Provifion by Law, that no Body 
 can be bury*d in the City, becaufe they be- 
 lieve the Air may be corrupted by the Ef- 
 fluvia of the Carcafes. It is alfo by Law 
 provided, that the dead Bodies fhall be in- 
 terr'd without any Funeral Pomp, or rich 
 DreiTes, inafmuch as all is fhortlv to be the 
 Food of Worms. And thefe appeared to 
 me to be very wile Inftitutions. Yet they had 
 Feafts in Honour of the Dead, and alfo Fu- 
 neral Orations, which fimply contained an? 
 Exhortation to a virtuous Life, and which 
 plac'd before their Eyes an Image of Mor- 
 tality. At this the Cenfors were prefent, to 
 obferve whether the Orators rais'd or de- 
 prefs'd the Character of the Deceas'd beyond 
 Juftlce. And hence the fubterranean Ora.- 
 tors were extremely fparing of their En- 
 comiums, fmce to give immoderate Praifes 
 was punifliable by Lav/. Not long after, 
 when I was going to one of thefe Funeral 
 Orations, I ask'd my Hoft what was the 
 State and Condkion of the departed Hero ? 
 He reply*^d, he was an Husbandman who dy'd 
 fuddenly upon the Road to this City. Here- 
 upon, in my Turn, I burfl into an exceffive 
 
 Laughter^ 
 
tVorld Under 'Ground, 35 
 
 Laughter, retorting thus their own Wea- 
 pons upon them. And pray, fays I, v;hy 
 have not Bulls and Oxen, thofe Companions 
 of Husbandmen, the Honour of a Funeral 
 Oration ? They can equally fupply Matter, 
 for they equally perform the fame Office. But 
 mv Hoft defirM me to fpare my Jef1:s; for 
 that in thefe Dominions Husbandmen were 
 held in the highell Efteem, on account of 
 the great Excellence of the Duties they were 
 employed in -, and that no Way of Life was 
 more honourable than that of Agriculture. 
 Thus every honeft and induftrious Farmer 
 was regarded by the Citizens as their Feed- 
 er and Fofter-Father. And hence arofe 
 the Cuftom, that when the f^armers about 
 Autumn, or in the Month cf Palm-Trees^ 
 repair to the City with a Multitude of Car- 
 riages loaden with Corn, the Magiftrates 
 meet them without the Gates, and introduce 
 them into the City with Trumpets and o- 
 ther Inftruments in Concert, after the 
 Manner of a Triumph. At this ftrange 
 Account I was ftruck dumb, efpecially rc- 
 Gollcding the hard Fate of our Husbandmen, 
 groaning under the deepeft Slavery, and 
 whofe Employments are look'd upon as low 
 and illiberal, in Comparifon of thofe which 
 are Pandars to our Pleafures ; fuch as Cooks, 
 Poulterers, Perfumers, and fuch like. And 
 this I fairly own'd to my Hoft:, at the f:une 
 Time enjoining him Silence, fearing left the 
 Subterraneans Ihould pafs very unfavourable 
 Judgments upon Mankind, Having pro- 
 
 xnifed 
 
^6 A Journey to the 
 
 miied Secrecy, he carry M me to the HaI^ 
 where the Funeral Oration was to be made. 
 I own I never heard any Thing executed 
 more folidly, with greater Veracity, or with 
 fo li; tie an Appearance of Flattery as this; 
 and I judgM it a proper Pattern, to which 
 all Funeral Orations (hould conforni. The 
 Orator firft gave us a View of the Virtues 
 of the Deceased, and then enumerated his 
 Vices and Failings, with an Admonition to 
 his Audience to avoid 'em. 
 
 As we return'd from the Hall, we met an 
 Offender in Cultody of three Keepers. The 
 fame by Decree in Court liad lately under- 
 gone the Punijhrnent of the Arm (fo they call 
 the letting Blood) and was now going to be 
 confign'd over to the publick Hofpital or 
 Bedlam. Upon Enquiry into the Reafon of 
 fuch Sentence, I was mform'd, that the 
 XUriminal had difputed publickly about the 
 Qualities and EfTence of the Supreme Being, 
 ^ Thing here prohibited, where all thefe 
 over curious Difquifitions are thought to be 
 fuch exquifite Folly and Rafhnefs, that a 
 Creature of a found Underftanding could 
 not well fall into it. Therefore thefe fubtle 
 Difputants, after the Vena-feSimi^ were, like 
 Madmen, condemned to Confinement, till 
 they got out of this Delirium. Ah ! thought 
 I to m)f<;lf, what would become of our 
 Divines, whom we every Day hear wran- 
 gling about the Quality and Attributes of 
 the Deity, about the Nature of fpiritual Be- 
 ings, and other Myfteries of that Kind ? 
 
 WhaS 
 
World Under-Ground. 37 
 
 What alfo would become of our Meta- 
 phyficlans, who by their tranfcendental Jar- 
 gon, affcct a Degree of Wifdom far above 
 the Vulgar, and even above Human Na- 
 ture itfelf? Certainly, inftead of Hoods, 
 Caps, and other Academical Honours, which 
 in our World are fo liberally granted them, 
 they would in this be Ihew'd the Way to the 
 publick Hofpital. 
 
 All this, and other Things full as parado?^!- 
 cal, I remark'd durinfj:;tlie I'imeof my Pro- 
 bation in the Seminarv. At length the 
 appointed Time arriv'd, when, by Order of 
 the Prince, 1 was to be conducted to Court 
 with aTeftimonial. I flatter'd myfelf, that 
 1 fliould have the moft honourable Enco- 
 miums and Approbations, depending partly 
 upon my own Acccmplifhments, lince I 
 had iearn'd the fubterranean Tongue fooner 
 than could be expected, and partly upon 
 the Intcreft of my Hoft, together with the 
 renown'd Integrity of my Judges. At lait 
 my Teftimonial was deliver'd me, which 1 
 open'd with the utmofl: Tranfport, impa- 
 tient of reading my own Praifcs, and of 
 concluding from thence what my Deftiny 
 was to be. liut the Perufal of it threw me 
 into Fits of Rage and Dcfpair. The Tenor 
 of it was this : 
 
 " In Obedience to the Commands of 
 " your Serene Highnefs, the Animal lately 
 *' arriv'd from another World, and calling 
 " himfclf a AIcui^ wc herewith fend, molt 
 
 '' caic- 
 
g8 A Journey to the 
 
 ^ carefully inftrudted in our Semlnaryr 
 
 " Upon the niceft Inquiry into his Genius 
 
 '' and Manners, we have found him to be 
 
 " of competent Docility, and extremely 
 
 " quick of Apprehenfion, but of fo weak and 
 
 " uneven a Judgment, that he hardly merits 
 
 " to be confider'd as a rational Creature, 
 
 " much lefs to be admitted to any impor- 
 
 " tant Office in the Government. But 
 
 " fmce he excels every one in Sv.'iftnefs of 
 
 " P'oot, we are humbly of Opinion that 
 
 *' he is extremely qualify'd for the Poft of 
 
 *' King's Mejfenger. Given at our Semi- 
 
 *-' nary of Kcba^ in the Month of BramhleSy 
 
 " by your Serene Highnefs's moft humble 
 
 *^ Servants, 
 
 Nehcc^ yochtan^ Rapafi^ Chitac, 
 
 Upon this I went to my Hoft in a Torrent 
 of Tears, and humbly implor'd that he 
 would interpofe his Authority to procure a 
 milder Teitimonial from the Karatti^ and 
 that he would (hew them my Univerfity- 
 Teftimonial, in which I was complimcntedi 
 with Epithets of Ingenious and Honourable. 
 He reply'^d, that that Teftimonial might 
 have its Weight in our World, where they 
 regarded perhaps the Shadow more than the 
 Subflance, the outward Bark more than the 
 inward Texture \ but that it would be of no 
 Value with them, where they penetrate into 
 the inmoft Nature of Things : And exhorted' 
 me moreover to bear my Fate as temperately 
 as I eould, efpecially as the Teftimonia} 
 
 could. 
 
World Under-Ground. 39» 
 
 could be neither revok'd or alter'd ; for that 
 there was no greater Crime than to afcribe 
 undefcrved Virtues to any one. But what 
 Comfort it was in the Power of Words to 
 give, he gave. 
 — Verba facit^ qu'ihus hunc Icnire dolor cm 
 Pojfit^ is" ingtmtcm morbi partem remcvcre, 
 Ne cures hcec^ quce Jhdte miraris i^ opias. 
 ^iQS non preccipitat fubjeiia potentia magncE 
 hv'idice F mcrgit longa ntq\ inftgiiis hononan 
 Pagina ; 7ia?}:q\ homini^ nim'ios qui capiat hono- 
 
 res^ 
 Et nimias venatur cpes, mmierofu parantur 
 Excelfce turris tahidata^ wide altior illi 
 Cafus^ & i?upuljce prcvceps immane riiince. 
 As to the Teftimonial of the Karaiti^ he 
 added, that they were the mod incorrupt 
 and upright Judges, who could he brib'd by 
 no Prefents, nor aw'd by no Threats, to 
 recede a Hair's Breadth from Truth ; and 
 that therefore there was no Room for Suf- 
 picion in this Cafe. He alfo candidly ac- 
 knowledged, that the Poverty of my Judg- 
 ment was a Thing not unobfcrv'd' by him- 
 felf, and that he inferr'd from tlie Rcadi- 
 nefs of my Memory, and the Quicknefs of 
 inv Apprchcnfion, that I was not that S-ort 
 of JVood out of ivhich Mercury was to be 
 made^ and that I could not poflibly meet 
 with Preferment upon account of that re- 
 markable Defect in my Judgment : That 
 he had gatlier'd, from my Difcuurfes and 
 Defcription of Europe^ that I was 
 Stuliorum in patrioy praw^ fub cure natum, 
 I And 
 
'40 A Journey to the 
 
 And with thefe and a great many more Pro- 
 feffions of Friendfhip, he defir'd me with- 
 out Delay to prepare for my Journey. 1 fol- 
 lowed the Advice of this moft fagacious 
 Perfon, efpecially as Neceflity required it, 
 and as it would have been Rafhnefs to have 
 oppos'd the Order of the Prince. 
 
 We now began our Journey in Company 
 with fome other young Trees, which were 
 difmifs'd from the Seminary at the fame 
 Time, and f^nt to Court for the fame 
 End. Oar Leader was one of the Karatti^ 
 who, upon account of his Age and a Weak- 
 nefs in his Feet, was carry'd by an Ox ; 
 for it is an unufual Thing here to have Ve- 
 hicles, thefe being indulg'd only to the De- 
 crepit and Difeas'd ; tho' the Inhabitants of 
 this Planet are really more excufable for it 
 than thofe of our World, bv reafon of the 
 Slownefs of their Gait. I remember, when 
 I gave a Defcriptionof our Vehicles, that is, 
 our Coaches with Horfes, into which we 
 were ftufF'd like fo much Lumber, and 
 drawn thro* the City, the Subterraneans 
 fmird at my Account, efpecially when they 
 heard that no Neighbour envy'd another, 
 unlefs he kept his Coach and was drawn in 
 it through the Streets by a Pair of mettle- 
 fome four-footed Beafts. What with the 
 Slownefs of the Motion of thefe rational ' 
 Trees, we were three Days upon this Jour- 
 ney, tho' Keba is hardly four Miles diftant 
 from the Capital. Had I been alone, a 
 Day would have been fufHciejit. . 'Twas a 
 
 Pleafure 
 
TVorld Under-Ground. 41 
 
 Pleafure indeed that I excelled thcfe Subter- 
 raneans in that Advantage of J'^oot, but it 
 griev'd me to the Soul that for that very 
 Excellence I was ccndemn'd to a vile igno- 
 minious Office. Would to (jod ! faid I, 
 tiiat I labour'd under the fame Infirmity 
 with them, lince by this Defeat alone 1 
 might have efcap'd the low and ignoble 
 Drudgery I was dellin'd to. Our Leader^ 
 over-hearing me, reply'd thus, If Nature 
 iiad not made you Amends for the Defe£^s of 
 your JMind by Tome one Excellence of Body, 
 all would behold you as an unprofitable 
 Load upon the Earth ; for that very Quick- 
 nefs of Parts permits you only to fee the 
 Surface of Things, and not the Subflance ; 
 and fmce you have but two Branches, you 
 are inferior to the Subterraneans in every 
 Thing that depends upon the Hands. Hear- 
 ing this, Ithank'd God who had given me 
 this Swiftnefs of Feet, fmce without this 
 Virtue I had no Chance to be reckon'd 
 in the Number of rational Creatures. 
 
 During our Journey, I was furpriz'd to 
 fee all around me the Natives fo intertt up- 
 on their Labouis, that at the Approach of 
 Paflengers nobody left c ff Work, or even 
 threw ^heir Eyes round, tho' fomethingex- 
 traorJinarv fhould even pafs along, but at 
 the Clofe of Day, their Toils all ended, 
 then they indulg'd in every Amulement of 
 the Mind, the chief Magiftrate conniving 
 and tolerating thefe Di\errton?, as Pv.eliets 
 and Strengtheners cf the Body and Mind, 
 
 and 
 
42 A Journey to the 
 
 and fomething full as necefiary as Meat and 
 Drink. This and other Things made the 
 Journey highly grateful. The whole Coun- 
 try is perfe6!Iy beautiful. Imagine it a fpa- 
 cious Amphitheatre, and fuch an one as 
 Nature alone could make. Where Nature 
 was lefs profufe, all was fupply'd by the In- 
 duftry of the Inhabitants, who were animated 
 to thefe rural Toils, and to the cultivating 
 and improving their Land, by Rewards from 
 the Maoiflrate ; and whoever fuffer'd his 
 Grounds to run to Ruin, afterwards wrought 
 for Hire. We pa fs'd by many fiiir Villages, 
 which from thcMultitudeof them k)ok'dlike 
 one continued Citv, and exhibited the fame 
 Appearance all along. Yet we were fome- 
 thing infefled by the Monkeys from the 
 Woods, which rambling up and down, and 
 from an Affinity in my Shape, imagining 
 I was of their Race, were continually teaz- 
 ing me with their Approaches and Touches. 
 I could fcarce fupprefs my Rage, when I 
 perceiv'd that this was a perfeft Comedy to 
 fome of the Trees ; for I was condu6ted to 
 Court (by exprefs Order of his Majefty) 
 in the fame Drefs, in which I alighted upon 
 the Planet, namely, with my Harpoon in my 
 right Hand, that his Majefty might behold 
 what the Drefs of our World was, and par- 
 ticularly what was my own Appearance upon 
 my Arrival. And very opportunely it was 
 that I had my Harpoon in mv Hand, that I 
 might chace away thofe Swarms of iVIon- 
 kevs that gather'd apace at lait round me ; 
 
 tho' 
 
World Under~Grou?id. 4J 
 
 cho' It was all in vain ; for in the room of thofe 
 that fled more came, fo that I was forced to 
 move every Step like a Alan upon his Guard. 
 
 CHAP. IV. 
 
 T'be Court of the Potuan Empire, 
 
 AT length we came to the Royal City 
 of Potu^ which for Beauty and Mag- 
 nihcence mii^ht vie with any. The Build- 
 ings tlicre are more numerous and extenfivc 
 than at Keba^ and the Streets wider and more 
 commodious. The Forum^ which was the 
 iirft Place we were brought to, was fill'd 
 with Numbers af Merchants, and furround'- 
 ed every Way with Shops of Artifls and 
 Tradefmen. But I f-iw with fome Alto- 
 nifhment in the Middle of the Forum a cer- 
 tain Criminal with a Halter about his Neck, 
 and a large Compciny of grave and elderly- 
 Trees ftandiiig round him. Upon my afk- 
 ing what was the Matter, and for what 
 Clime he defcrved Hanging, cfpecially as I 
 thought no Crime here was Captital, it was 
 told me, that this Offender was a Projedor,. 
 who had advisM the Abolition of a certain 
 old Cultom ; that thofe who Hood round 
 him were the Senators and Lawyers, who 
 then and there examined the Projedlor's 
 Scheme, fo that if it ihould appear that it 
 was a well digcltcd Thing, and falutary ta 
 the Common wealth 5 ihc^OfFonder was not 
 
 only 
 
44 yf Journey /^ the 
 
 only abfolv'd, but rewarded ; but if injurious 
 to the Publick, or if the Projector by the 
 Repeal of this Law appear' d to have glancd 
 at his own Advantage, he was prefently to 
 be hang'd as a Difturber of the Realm. And 
 this is the Reafon why few are found to run 
 tliis Rifque, or have Courage enough to ad- 
 vife the Abrogation of any Law, unlefs the 
 Thing be fo demonftrably evident and juli-, 
 that the Succefs of it cannot be doubted of: 
 So perfuaded are the Subterraneans, tliat 
 the ancient Laws and Liftitutions of their 
 Anceftors are to be maintained and rever'd. 
 For thev beh'eve the Government would be 
 in Danger, if for the Wantonnefs of every 
 Body, thofe Laws were to be changM or 
 difannuTd. What, alas! faid I to myfelf, 
 would become of the Proje6tors of our 
 World, who, under a Pretence of publick 
 Emokiment, are daily hatching and invent- 
 ing new Laws, with an Eye only to their 
 private Gains, inftead of the common Be- 
 nefit ? 
 
 At length we were introduced into a fpa- 
 cious Houfe, which was the ufual Place of 
 Reception for all who were fent from the 
 Seminaries throughout the Empire. \\\ the 
 fame Place are brought up thofe who are 
 to attend upon the Prince. Our Captain, 
 the Karatii^ bid us be in Readineis, while he 
 went to acquaint his Highnefs with our Ar- 
 rival. He had fcarce left us when we heard 
 a Noife, like that of great Rejoicings, and 
 immediately the Air echo'd with the Sound 
 
 of 
 
World Under-Ground. 45 
 
 of Trumpets and Beat of Drums. Alarm'd 
 at this Noife we went out, and beheld a cer- 
 tain Tree magniflccntlyattendedand crown'd 
 with a Chaplet of Flowers, and prefently 
 difcover'd that it was the fame Citizen 
 whom we juft now law in the Forum with 
 his Neck in a Halter. The Reafon of this 
 Triumph was the Approbation of that Law, 
 which at the Peril of his Head he had ad- 
 vifed. But by what Arguments he attacked 
 the old Law, I could never reach to the 
 Knowledge, by Reafon of the great Silence 
 of the People ; and hence it is, that the leaft 
 Matter tranfa^fed in the Senate in relation 
 to the Government never tranfpires, or 
 takes the leaft Air. Farotherwife it is with 
 us, where the Actions of the Senate and the 
 whole of their Debates are reported, v.'cigh'd 
 and criticiz'd upon in every Tavern and 
 Street. 
 
 Li the Space of an Hour the Karatti re- 
 turns, and commarids us all to follow him. 
 We obey'd. As we went, we met certain 
 young Trees, who ofFer'd to Sale little print- 
 ed Books of curious and memorable Things. 
 Among the reft, I caft my Eye upon a 
 fmall Book, the Title of which was, '* A 
 " full and true Account of the flrange 
 " flving Dra2;on, that appear'd in the Eie- 
 " ment laft Year." There did I behold 
 myfelf, that is, my Effigies engrav'd juft as 
 I appear'd when I was whirling round this 
 Planet with my Harpoon and my long Rope. 
 
 1 
 
46 A Journey to tJje 
 
 1 could not help fmiling at the Figure, and 
 fa id to myfelf, 
 
 Hei ! qualis fades ! ^3 quail digna iabella f 
 
 Having bought the Book for three Kilacs^ 
 which is equivalent to about two Shillings of 
 our Money, I vvalk'd on gravely to the Pa- 
 lace. Art and Elegance feem'd to prcfide 
 here, rather than Pro-fufion and a vain Mag- 
 nificence. I obferv'd the Prince had very 
 {tw Attendants ; for fuch was his Tempe- 
 rance, that he had difcarded whatever was 
 fuperfluous. Nor is there indeed the fame 
 Neceffity for as many Servants as our Courts 
 require. For as many Branches as thefe 
 Trees had, fo many Arms ; fo that the com- 
 mon Labours and Bufinefs of the Houfe- 
 hold could be done with at leaft thrice the 
 Expedition. 
 
 It wrs about Dinner-time when we ar- 
 riv'd at Court : And fincc it was his High- 
 nefs's Pleafure to talk with me alone, I was 
 introduced into the Prefence-Chamber. 
 There is in this Prince a very remarkable 
 Mixture of Mildnefs and Gravity. Such 
 was his Steadincfs, that his Countenance 
 was never known to have the leaft Cloud 
 upon it. Seeing the Prince, I inftantly fell 
 upon mv Knees. 7'he Courtiers were afto- 
 nifned at this Adoration, and when I told 
 his Hrghnefs (who afk'd me) the Rcafon 
 whv i bent mv Knee, he commanded me to 
 rife, favinir, that fuch a fort of Reverence 
 was due to tlie Deity alone ; adding, that 
 
 nothing 
 
IVorld Under-Ground, 47 
 
 nothing could obtain the Favour of the 
 Prince but Obedience and Induftry. When 
 1 rofe, he afk'd me fundry Qijeftions, 
 
 ^ta "jeniajn^ caujamq\ via:, nomcnq; rogatuSy 
 Et patriarn : Patria ejt^ refpondco^ grand'r.r 
 
 Orb'is. 
 KUmius cjl Nomcn ; vcni nee puppc per inula s^ 
 Nee pede per terras \ patuit 7nihi pervius JE- 
 
 ther. 
 
 He then proceeded to enquire what I had 
 met with in my Journey, and what were 
 the Cuftoms and Ufages of our World. Af- 
 ter whicli I proceeded to explain, as fenfibly 
 as I could, tiie Wit, the Virtues, the civi- 
 liz'd Manners of the Men of our World, 
 and every Thing tliat Mankind pride them- 
 fclves in. He rcceiv'd my Account very 
 coldlv, and at fome Things which I thought 
 would not have rais'd his Admiration, he 
 perfectly vawn'd. Lord ! faid I to myfelf, 
 how different arc the Taftes of Mortals I 
 that what gives One the molt fenfible 
 Plcafurc, to Another fliall be quite naufeous! 
 But what moft offended his Highncfs v»'as 
 the Relation I gave him of our Lav/-Pro- 
 ccedin2;s, of the Eloquence of our Lawyers, 
 and the quick Difpatch of the Judges in 
 pronouncing Sentence. While I was en- 
 deavouring to make this flill clearer to him, 
 he interrupted me by turning the Difcourfc 
 to fomcthing elfe, and at length h.e proceed- 
 ed to an PZnquiry into our Religion and 
 Worfl'iip. I thiCn c:.'plain'd to Jiim in a 
 
 concifc 
 
48 A Journey to the 
 
 concifc Manner, the feveral Articles of our 
 Paith ; at the Recital of which he fomc- 
 what foften'd his Countenance, attefting 
 that he could readily fubfcribe to them, and 
 he could not chufe but wonder how a 
 Race of People of fuch weak Judgments 
 Ihould entertain fuch found Notions of God 
 and his Worfhip. But when he heard that 
 the Chriftians were divided into Sedls with- 
 out Number, and that upon fome Diffe- 
 rences in Matters of Faith, People of the 
 fame Blood and Family would cruelly per- 
 fecute one another, he anfwer'd thus: " A- 
 ' mong us alfo there are si large Variety of 
 ' different Sentiments concerning Things 
 ' pertaining to divine Woifliip: But one 
 ' Man does not perfecute another for that. 
 ' All Perfecution for fpeculative Matters or 
 ' Errors arifmg from the fole Variety of our 
 ' Perceptions, can fpring from nothing but 
 Pride, one thinking himfelf wifer and 
 more penetrating than the reft. But fuch 
 Pride mud be highly difpleafing in the 
 Eyes of the Supreme Being, whomuft be 
 a Lover of Humilty and Meeknefs in 
 ' Mortals. We never teaze an Aifembly 
 ' of Judges about any one who fhall hap- 
 ' pen to difient from the receiv'd Opinions 
 ' in Points of Speculation, provided he 
 ' docs it fmcerely, and alfo conforms in 
 ' practical A4atters to the publick Worfhip 
 ' of the Deity. And in this we purfue tlie 
 ' Track chalk'd out to us by our Anceifors, 
 * who always thought it inhuman to fetter 
 
 '^ the 
 
World Under-Ground . 49 
 
 -** the Undcrftanding, and tyrannize over 
 ^' the Confcience. In our Politicks we 
 " extremely recommend the Obfervance of 
 *' this Rule, fo that if my Subjects fliould 
 " difter about the Make of my Body, the 
 '' Manner of my Life, or about my Occo- 
 '* nomy or any fuch fort of Thing, yet at 
 *' the fame time acknowledg'd me for their 
 *' lawful Sovereign to whom Obedience is 
 " due, 1 think them all good Subjects." 
 To this I reply'd, May it pleafe your moft 
 Serene Highnefs, fuch a Conduct would in 
 our World be call'd Syncretifm^ and would 
 be highly condemned by the Learned. He 
 did not give me room to fay any more, and 
 feemingto be a little difpleas'd walk'd away, 
 and commanded me to ftay till Dinner was 
 over. 
 
 His Highnefs fat down to Table with his 
 Royal Confort and their Son, together with 
 the High Chancellor, or Kadoki. This fame 
 Kadoki was in the firft Efteem among the 
 Potuans for the Politenefs of his Manners, 
 as well as his Prudence and Warinefs. For ' 
 full twenty Years he never once gave his 
 Sentiments in theSenate-Houfe, but the reft 
 immediately came into them, nor ever decreed 
 any thing with regard to the Publick, but 
 what ftood firm and unfhaken, fo that his 
 Decrees were fo many Axioms. But then 
 he was fo flow of Apprehenfion, that for the 
 Icaltof them he ufed to require the Space of 
 fourteen Davs ; and therefore in our World 
 he would hardlv be thought fit for Bufmefs 
 ' • D cf 
 
50 A Journey to the 
 
 of great Moment, where all Delay pafles 
 for Sloth and Lazinefs But fince whatever 
 he once apprehended he underftood through 
 and through, and fince he executed no- 
 thing but upon the fevereft Examination, 
 hence he might be faid to do more in Rea- 
 lity than ten others, who mighty readily fet 
 about Bufmefs, and are frequently ftyl'd Great 
 Geniufes, but whofe Decrees muft afterwards 
 be mended, alter'd, and lickM into Shape ; 
 infomuch that at the Expiration of their 
 Office, it is difcover'd that they have at- 
 tempted everything and brought nothing to 
 PerfecSlion. Among the Maxims therefore 
 of the Poiuan Court, this is one, That they 
 who are fo forward at Bufmefs, are like 
 thofe who walk to and fro and tread a great 
 deal of Ground, but gain none. 
 
 When the Family were feated, a Virgin 
 enter'd with eight Branches and as many 
 Diihes, fo that in a Moment the whole Ta- 
 ble was cover'd. Prefently another Tree 
 enter'd with eight VefTels of different Kinds 
 of Wine. This latter had nine Branches, 
 and fo was judg'd extremely qualified for 
 the domeftick Bufmefs of the Court. And 
 thus by two Servants only this whole Affair 
 was commodioufly performed, which in 
 terreflrial Courts is not to be done without 
 a perfe6t Army of Servants. With the 
 fame Dexterity the Difhes were remov'd, 
 as they had been at firft placed. It was a 
 frugal but not inelegant Meal. Of the 
 whole Number of Difhes, the Sovereign con- 
 fined 
 
IFcrld Under-Ground. 51 
 
 fiiiM himfelf to one. Not fo the great Ones 
 of our Globe, who never think a Supper 
 grand, unlels one Courfe of Difhes give 
 way to a finer and more exquifiteSuccefTion. 
 During the Repaft, the Converfation run 
 upon Morality or Politicks; fo that even 
 thefe fenfual Pleafures had a Seafoning of 
 Learning* Mention alfo was made of me, 
 whom from the Quicknefs of my Appre- 
 henfion they took to be not the Wood out of 
 ivhich Mercury ivas to be made. 
 
 The Repaft being ended, I was ordered 
 to produce my Teftimonial ; which being 
 perus*d, the Prince dire6ling his Eyes down 
 to my Feet, faid, the Karatti had judg'd 
 right, and that fo it ought to be. Quite 
 thunderftruck with this Anfwer, and over- 
 whelm'd in Tears, I implor'd a Revifal of 
 the Teftimonial, fmce upon a more inti- 
 mate Scrutiny into the Virtues of my Mind, 
 and the Endowments of my Underftanding, 
 I might reafonably expeft a milder Judg- 
 ment to be made. His Highnefs being a 
 merciful and equitable Prince, not at all 
 incenfed at this forward and unullial Re- 
 queft, enjoinM the Karatti then prefent, to 
 examine me anew, and as accurately as 
 pofTibly. During this Trial, the Prince 
 ilept afide to read fome other Teftimonials. 
 Tl;e Prince having withdrawn himfelf, the 
 Karatti propofed a new Set of Queftions to 
 be folv'd by me. I anfwer'd them with 
 my ufual Readinefs ; upon which he fpake 
 thus to me : Tqh take a Thing prefently, but 
 
 D 2 not 
 
5.2 yf Journey /^ the 
 
 not entirely ; for your Solutions J})ew that the 
 ^ejiwi is readily perceived, hut mi inti- 
 mately underjiood. 
 
 The Examinatioji being finlftiM, the 
 Prince went into the Council-Chamber, 
 and foon return'd with a final Sentence to 
 this Purpofe : That I had aiSled imprudent- 
 ly in calling in Qiieftion the Judgment of 
 Karatti^ and that therefore I had incurred 
 the Penalty which the third lejjer Space of 
 the fourth greater Space infli6ls upon Slan- 
 derers (by the greater and leiTer Spaces, or 
 Skibal and Kibal^ they mean Books and 
 Chapters) and that I deferv'd to undergo 
 the Venc8-fe£iion in both my Branches, and 
 alfo to be imprifon'd. The Words of the 
 Law, lib. 4. cap. 3. concerning Defamation 
 are thefe, Spik. antri. Flak. Shak. mak. Tabu 
 Mihalatti Sllac. But tho' the Scnfe of the 
 Words was very clear and evident, and the 
 Law too facred to be evaded, yet his moft 
 Serene Highnefs, by a Stretch of his Prero- 
 gative, thought fit to pardon this Ofi^'cnce 
 of mine, occafioned through an Immatu- 
 rity of Judgment, as well as Ignorance of 
 the Law, which could hardly be faid to be 
 infring'd by this Indulgence to me, inaf- 
 much as I was a Stranger and a Foreigner. 
 And to give me a more ample Teltimony of 
 his moft gracious Favour, he appointed me 
 one of his MeiTengers in Ordinary, an Ho- 
 nour I ought to hold myfelf highly fatisfy'd 
 with. 
 
 Jm- 
 
iVorld Under-Ground. ^'^ 
 
 Immediately the Kiva., or Secretary, was 
 fent for, who enroll'd my Name in the 
 Book oF Promotions, together with the 
 Names of feveral other Candidatei. This 
 Secretary was a moft extraordinary Perfon; 
 for he had eleven Pair of Branches, and 
 could confequently write eleven Letters all 
 at the fame Time, and with the fame Eafe 
 and Expedition that we can- one ; yet he 
 had a very indifferent Judgment, upon 
 which Account he never could expect any 
 farther Promotion, and fo he grew old in 
 the fame Poft which he had fill'd for thirty 
 Years. I contracted a clofe Friendfhip with 
 him, and indeed I could not help cultiva- 
 ting an Affedlion for him, becaufe all the 
 Edicts and Letters of State, which he wrote, 
 I, as Mefienger in Ordinary, difpcrs'd over 
 the Province. I was often aftonifh*d to fee 
 him execute Bufmefs with fo much Dexte- 
 rity ; for it was a common Thing with 
 him to write eleven Letters at once, and 
 afterward feal them all in the fame In- 
 ftant. Among the Bleilings therefore of 
 a Eamily, a large Number of Branches is 
 reclcon'd one. And hence the Women in 
 Child-Bed, immediately after the Birth of 
 the Infant, are wont to fignify to the Neigh- 
 bours how many Branches it has brought 
 into the World with it. It was reported, 
 that the Father of our Secretary was born 
 with twelve, and that his Family had long 
 been famous for a Plurality of Branches. 
 
 D 3 The 
 
54 ^ Journey to the 
 
 The Diploma, which conftituted me in 
 my Office, being order'd to be drawn 
 out, I now retired to my Rcpofe. But th(/ 
 my Limbs were exceffivcly tir'd, yet was I 
 not able to compofe my/elF to Sleep. That 
 ignoble Employment, to which I was con- 
 demned, run continually in my Htad, and 
 I thought it the greateft Dcbafemcnt ima- 
 ginable for one who was a Candidate for 
 Koly Orders, and a Bachelor of Arts in 
 tlie Upper World, to be chang'd into a 
 vile Subterranean Court-MefiisnEer. With 
 thefe mortifying Thoughts did 1 wade a 
 great Part of the Night, and during this 
 Agitation, I feveral Times perus'd my Uni- 
 verfity-Teftimonium, which! had brought 
 with me ; (for as I obferv'd above, the 
 Night is almoft as light as the Day.) At 
 length quite jaded with thinking, I funk in- 
 to the Arms of Sleep. But what a Variety 
 of Scenes prefented tbemfelves to my dif- 
 turb'd Imagination ! I thought I was re- 
 turned to my own Country, and relating 
 aloud to vaft Numbers of People all that 
 had befel me in my fubterranean Tour ; 
 prefently I was failing in the Air again,; 
 and engag'd with the Griffin once more, 
 who gave me fo warm a Reception, as that 
 it wak'd me out of my Sleep. But how 
 was I {hock'd when I beheld by my Bed- 
 fide a Monkey of the largeft Size, which, 
 by Reafon of the Doors being left open, 
 had got into my Chamber. This unlook'd 
 for Spedacle chill'd all my Blood, and made 
 
 m€ 
 
World Under-Ground. ^g 
 
 aie alarm the Houfe with my Cries for 
 Alliftance. Some Trees, which lay In the 
 adjacent Chambers, immediately entering, 
 difengag'd me from the Struggle, and drove 
 the beaftly Creature away. I underftood 
 afterwards, that this Accident afforded the 
 Prince plentiful Matter for Laughter. But 
 that I might run no fuch Rifque for the fu- 
 ture, he gave Command that I fbould be 
 habited after the fubterranean Fafnion, and 
 adorn'd with artificial Branches. As for 
 my European Garments, they were taken 
 from me, and for their Novelty hung up 
 in the Prince's Wardrobe, with this In- 
 fer! ption : " TJm Drefs of a fuperterranean 
 *' Animal^'* Blefs me! faid I to myfelf, if 
 Mailer Andrews^ the Taylor at Bergen^ who 
 made this Suit, fhould know that his Work- 
 manlhip was preferv'd among the Curiofities 
 of a fubterranean Prince, without Doubt 
 he would grow vain, and think himfelf as 
 great a Man as any in the City. 
 
 After this Misfortune Sleep quite forfook 
 me. In theMorninsmvDiplomawasbrouo-ht 
 me, which gave me the full Powers to ex- 
 ecute mv Office. A Multiplicity of Bufi- 
 nefs pour'd in upon me foon, and carrying 
 the Royal Edids and Letters to every City 
 of his Dominions, I was the perpetual Mo- 
 iion itfelf. In thefe Expeditions I explor'd 
 the Genius of the Country, and in many 
 Places difcovei'd an uncommon IVIeafure 
 of Polltencfs and Underftanding. Only the 
 Inhabitants of the City of Maholki^ which 
 
 D 4 were 
 
56 -^Journey io the 
 
 were all Brambles^ feemM to me romething 
 rude and uncultivated. Every Province 
 has its peculiar Trees, or Natives of the 
 Place, particularly the Province of Huf- 
 bandmen. Tho' in the great Cities, and- 
 cfpecially in the Capital, there is a Mix- 
 ture of all Sorts, The high Sentiments I 
 had entertain'd of the Wifdom of this 
 People encreafed, as faft as I had frefh Op- 
 portunities of infpedting into them. Thofe, 
 very Laws and Cultoms, which I had dif- 
 approv'd, upon mature Refle£^ion, extorted 
 all my Admiration. I could eafily bring a 
 Cloud of Inftances of certain Manners and 
 Ufages, which upon a tranfient View ap- 
 peared abfurd, but which to the curious 
 Enquirer, would be full of Solidity and 
 Wifdom. Out of a thoufand I fhall pro- 
 duce but this one, which gives yoa a perfect 
 Idea of this People. A certain Student in 
 Humanity flood Candidate for the vacant 
 Mafterdiip of a School, His Pretenfions 
 were ftrengthen'd in this Manner, to wit, 
 the Inhabitants of the City of Nahami cer- 
 tify'd, that the Candidate had liv'd very 
 quietly for four Years together with a wan- 
 ton and unfaithful Wife, and wore his 
 Horns very patiently. The Certificate was 
 couch'd in the following Style : " Where- 
 *' as the learned and venerable ^octhan Hu 
 *' has required of his Neighbours a Teftimo- 
 " nial of his Life and Morals, We the Ci- 
 " tizens living in that Street or Portion of 
 « the City call'd Poskoy do teftifv, that the 
 
 «< faid 
 
World Under-Ground. 57 
 
 faid 'Jocthan Hu has Ilv'd in Wedlock for 
 full four Years with a difloyal Wife, and 
 that without the leaft Noife or Diftur- 
 bance ; that he has wore his Horns with 
 a laudable Patience, and with fuch Meek- 
 nefs has bore this Misfortune, that we 
 judge him highly worthy to fucceed to 
 the vacant Mafterfhip, if his Learning be 
 but equal to his Morals. Given under 
 our Hands this lOth Day of the iMonth 
 Pahriy in the 3000 ndth Year after the 
 great Deluge.'' 
 To this Recommendation was annex'd a 
 Teftimonial from the Seminary of the Ka- 
 r<itti^ of his Learning and Studies, which 
 feem'd to be more to the Purpofe. For 
 what great Merit Cuckoldom had to bear 
 the Bell from all other Doctors, I could 
 not readily apprehend. But here lay the 
 Senfe and Meaning of this ftrange Tefti- 
 monial, vi%. Among the Virtues that prin- 
 cipally recommend a Teacher.. Moderation 
 is one. For with all his Pomp of Learn- 
 ing, unlefs he has an invincible Patience, he 
 muft be but indifferently qualify 'd for the 
 Scholaftick Employment, which fhould be 
 exercifed without Severity or Pailion, left 
 by untimely- Corrections the Minds of the 
 Youths ftiould be hardened. And fmce a 
 greater Inftance of Moderation could hard- 
 ly be given, than this of the Candidate, 
 therefore his Neighbours infilled chiefly on 
 this Argument, as every Thing was to be 
 hpp'd for from a Teacher fo renown'd for 
 D 5 this 
 
SS A Journey to- the 
 
 this neceflary Virtue. It is faid his Majeffy 
 laugh'd immoderately at fo unufual a Re- 
 commendation, but fince it was far from be- 
 ing abfurd, he conferr'd the vacant Mafter- 
 {hip upon the Petitioner. And in EfFe<3:, 
 he underftood and difcharg'd his Duty with 
 iuch Addrefs, and fo engaged his Pupils byhis 
 Mildnefs and Clemency, that they regarded 
 him rather as a Parent than a Tutor, and 
 fuch was their Paffion for Learning under 
 fuch foft and gentle Government, that thro' 
 the whole Dominions there were few Schools 
 that annually fent out fuch eminent, learned 
 and civiliz'd Trees. 
 
 As during the feveral Years of my Em- 
 ployment, I had frequent Opportunities of in- 
 ipe£ting into the Nature of the Soil, into the 
 Genius and Manners of the People, into 
 their Policy, Religion, Laws and Studies, 1 
 hope it will not be unacceptable to the Reader, 
 if I colle6l into one View what he will meet 
 with feparatel): thoughout the whole Book. 
 
 CHAP. V. 
 
 Of the Nature of the Country^ and the 
 Manners of the People. 
 
 THE Potuan Empire is of no very 
 great Extent. The whole Globe is- 
 cali'd 'Na%ar^ and is about two hundred 
 German IVliles in Circumference, A Tra- 
 
World Under 'Ground, 59 
 
 vellcr may cafily go round it without a 
 Guide, for the (limc'"Language obtains every 
 where, tho' the Potuans differ greatly in 
 their Cuftoms and Manners from the other 
 States and Principalities. And as in our 
 World the Europeans excel the reft of Man- 
 kind, fo the Potuans are diftinguifhed by 
 their fuperior Virtue and Wifdom from the 
 reft of the Globe. The high Roads, at pro- 
 per Diftances, are adornM with Stones, that 
 mark the Miles, and abound with DirecSl- 
 ing-Pofts, which (hew the Ways and Turn- 
 ings to every City and Village. It is indeed 
 a very memorable Circumftance, and wor- 
 thy of Admiration, that the fame Lan- 
 guage is fpoke every where, altho' the fe- 
 veral Kingdoms differ fo widely in other 
 Rcfpedts, namely, in their Manners, Un- 
 derftanding, Cuftoms, and Condition, that 
 we fee here all that Variety which Nature 
 delights in, and which does not only fimply 
 move or aftc(£l the Traveller, but even 
 throws him into an Extafy of Wonder. 
 
 There are alfo Seas and Rivers which 
 bear Veffels, whofe Oars fecm to be mov'd 
 by a Kind of magick Impulfe, for ihey are 
 not workM by the Labour of the Arm, but 
 by Machines like our Clock-work. The 
 Nature of this Device I cannot explain, as 
 being not well vers'd in Mechanicks ; and 
 befides, thcfe Trees contrive every Thing 
 with fuch Subtilty, that no Mortal without 
 the Eyes of Jrgus^ or the Power of Divi- 
 nation, can arrive at the Secret. ^This 
 X Globe, 
 
oo A Journey to the 
 
 Globe, like ours, has a triple Motion,. i(j 
 that the Seafons here, namely, thofe of Day 
 and Night, Winter and Summer, Spring 
 and Autumn, are diftinguifh'd like ours j 
 alfo towards the Poles it grows colder. As to 
 Light, here is little Difference between Day 
 and Night, for the Reafons before affign'd. 
 Nay, the Night may be thought more 
 grateful than the Day ; for nothing caa 
 be conceiv'd more bright and fplendid, than 
 that Light which the folid Firmament re- 
 ceives from the Sun, and refiecls back upon 
 the Planet, infomuch that it looks, (if I 
 may be allowed the ExprefTion) like one 
 univerfal Moon. The Inhabitants confift 
 of various Species of Trees, as Oaks, Limes,. 
 Poplars, Palms, Brambles, t^c. from whence 
 the fixteen Months, into whicli the fub- 
 terranean Year is divided, have their Names^ 
 For every fixteenth Month the Planet Na^ 
 %ar returns to its firft Station, yet not upon 
 the fame Day, upon account of the Ine- 
 quality of its Motion ; for juft like our 
 Moon, by its manifold Phafes^ it perplexes 
 the Literati of the Firmament. Their 
 Dates or i^ras of Time are various ; thefe 
 they fix from fome memorable Circum- 
 ftance, and particularly from the great 
 Comet which appeared 300Q Years ago, 
 and is faid to have caus'd an univerfal De- 
 luge, in which the whole Race of Tree?, 
 and other Animals perifh'd, except a few 
 which on the Tops of Mountains efcap'd 
 the general Wreck, and from whom the 
 
 prefent 
 
JVvrld Under-G round. 6:i 
 
 prcfent Inhabitants are defcendcd. The Soil 
 abounds with Corn, Herbs, and Pulfe ; and 
 produces all the Fruits of Europe, except 
 Oats, of which there is no Want, fnice 
 there are no Horfes. The Seas and Lakes 
 afford delicious Fi(h, and the Shoars and 
 Banks are adorn'd with the moft entertain- 
 ing Variety of Villages, fome contiguous, 
 and forae divided. The Liquor they drink 
 is extracted from certain Herbs which flou- 
 rifh all the Year. The Venders of this 
 Liquor are call'd Alinhalpi, that is, Herb- 
 Drellers, who in every City are retrained 
 to a certain Number, and who alone have the 
 Privilege of preparing.it. Thofe who en-» 
 joy this Advantage, are commanded to ab- 
 llain from all other Bufmefs or lucrative 
 Employment. In particular it is provided, 
 that thofe who already are in any publick 
 Offices, or who have Salaries from theGovern- 
 ment, fhall never concern thcmfelves in this 
 Branch of Trade ; becaufe thefe by their 
 Power and Authority in the City might 
 monopolize the Bufmefs, and be able to un- 
 derfel the refi:, from the Revenues they alrea- 
 dy enjoy. An Artifice often pracflifed by 
 the Courtiers and great Men of our World, 
 who in the Shape of Merchants or Jobbers, 
 become immenfely rich. 
 
 Their Populpufnefs is mightily promo- 
 ted by a certain falutary Law concerning 
 procreation ; for according to the Number 
 of Children, their Privileges and Immuni- 
 ties are incrcas'd. or- diminilh'd. He who is 
 
 the 
 
62 A Journey to the 
 
 the Father of fix Children is exempted from 
 all Taxes, ordinary and extraordinary. Hence 
 a numerous Iflue is deem'd as advantageous 
 there as it is hurtful and inconvenient in our 
 World, where often a Tax is impos'd in 
 the Way of Capitation. No one here fills 
 two Polls at once, becaufe they are of O- 
 pinion, that the leaft Employment requires 
 the whole Activity of the Soul. And there- 
 tore, with the Leave of my fellow Creatures, 
 I muft fay, that Bafmefs is better done with 
 them than with us. So facred is the Obfer- 
 vance of this Law, that a Phyfician does 
 not Axxtdi his Studies to the whole Circle 
 of Phyfick, but bends all his Application to 
 the Nature and Cure of one only Diforder. 
 A Mufician plays upon only one Inftrument, 
 quite otherwife than it is upon our Earth, 
 where by the Variety of our Pretenfions, 
 Humanity is trampled on, BitterneiTes in- 
 creafe, and our Duty is neglefVed ; and 
 where, by aiming at every Thing, we do 
 nothing to good Purpofe. Thus a Phyfician, 
 while he affecls to re6^ify the Diforders of 
 the State, as well as thofe of the Body, per- 
 forms neither well. Thus, if another will 
 be both a Senator and a Mufician, we can 
 expe(5l nothing but Difcord. We are apt 
 to admire fuch daring Spirits as fly at all 
 Things, who mix oificioufly in Matters of 
 the higheft Concern, and think there is no- 
 thing they are unfit for. But it is all Rafh- 
 nefs, Prefumption, and a total Want of 
 Senfe of their own Strength, that we thus 
 
 blindly 
 
World Under-Ground, 6^ 
 
 blindly admire. Did they but thoroughly 
 know the Weight of publick Office, and 
 the Shortnefs of their own Abilities, they 
 would reject the ofFer'd Honours, and trem- 
 ble at the Sound. No one here undertakes 
 the leaft Employment invita Minerva. I re- 
 member to have heard an illuftrious Phi- 
 lofopher, bv Name Rakhafi^ dcfcanting up- 
 on this Subject, and thu;s expreffing himfelf: 
 " Evcrv one of us fiiould be acquainted 
 *' with his own' Abilities, and be the ftridl- 
 " eil Judge of hiis own Virtues and Vices ; 
 *' otherwife Staee-Players will appear to 
 " have more Wifdom than we j for they 
 " do not chufe the fineft Parts, but thofe. 
 " that are the fitted for them. And fhall 
 *' a Player fee that on a Stage, which a 
 *' wife Man cannot fee in Life? " 
 
 The Natives of this Empire are not di- 
 vided into Nobles and Commons. Formerly 
 indeed this Diitin(5lion ohtain'd. But when 
 the Sovereigns obferv'd that the Seeds of 
 Difcord rprang from hence, they wifely re- 
 moved all fuch Privileges as were deriv'd 
 from Birth, fo that Virtue alone is now the 
 Tert: of Honour ; and this will appear 
 plainer hereafter. The fole Prehcminence 
 yf Birth confifts in a Plurality of Branches. 
 The Oft^pring is accounted Noble or Igno- 
 ble, according to the Plenty or Want of 
 thofe, for this Reafon, becaul'e the greater 
 Plenty they have, the litLcr they are ior all 
 manual Operations. 
 
 Enough 
 
64 -^ JouRNEv to the 
 
 Enough has been faid in the foregoing 
 Part of this Work concerning the Genius 
 and Manners of this People ; and therefore 
 referring the Reader to thofe PafTages, I 
 conclude this Chapter, and proceed to fome 
 other Particulars. 
 
 CHAP. VI. 
 
 Of the Religion of the Potuan Nation. 
 
 THE Potuan Syftemof Religion lies in 
 a narrow Compafs, and contains a 
 GonfefTion of Faith, fomething longer than 
 our Apoflrles Creed. It is prohibited here, 
 under Pain of Banilhment to the Firma- 
 ment, to comment upon the facred Books. 
 And if any prefume to difpute about the Ef- 
 fence and Atrributes of God, or about the 
 Nature of Spirits, and Souls, he is condemn'd 
 to the Veyia-fe£lion^ and then confin'd in the 
 publick Bedlam. For they think it the height 
 of Folly to ofter to defcribe or define thofe 
 Things, to which the human Mind is as 
 blind as the Eyes of an Owl to the Light of 
 the Sun. They are all unanimous in adoring 
 one Supreme Being, by whofe Almighty 
 Power all Things were created, and by 
 whofe Providence they fubfift. Let but this 
 Principle beuncontroverted, and they never 
 moleft any one for entertaining different 
 Sentiments concerning a Method of Wor- 
 iliip. Thofe alone who openly attack this 
 
 Religion, 
 
TFcrld Lhider-Gtcund, 6^- 
 
 Religion, as by Law eftablifliecJ, are re- 
 garded aij Difturbers of the publick Tran- 
 quillity. Hence I ha-d the free Exercife of 
 my own Religion, nor fufFer'd the lead Af- 
 front upon that Account. The Poiuans 
 pray but feldum, but then it is with great 
 Ardency, infomuch that they fccm to be 
 in an Extafy. And when I related that we 
 pray and fing Pl'ahns very often while em- 
 ployed about the common Affairs of Life, 
 the Potuans thought it a vicious Cuftom, 
 replying, that an earthly Sovereign would 
 take it extremely ill, to fee any one humbly 
 approaching him with a Petition,- and at 
 the fame l^ime biufhing his Cloaths, or 
 buckling his Hair. Nor had they a much 
 greater Relifh for our Hymns, and An- 
 thems, as holding it ridiculous to exprefs 
 Grief and Penitence in mufical Meafures, 
 fince the Difplcafure of the Deity is to ba 
 appcas'd by Sighs and Tears of real Sorrow, 
 not by the Artifice of Tunes and Inflru- 
 mcnts. This and more 1 heard, but not. 
 without fome Indignation, efpecially as my 
 own Father of blefled Memory, who was 
 once Chanter of a Cathedral, had compos'd 
 feveral Anthems in Vogue to this Day, and 
 as I myfelf intended once to have flood for 
 a vacant Chantcrfliip. But 1 ftif^ed my 
 Refentmcnt ; for the Subterraneans fo ftre- 
 nuoufly defend their Opinions, and fo fpe- 
 cioufly fct every Thing out to View, that it 
 is nocafy Matter to refute even the plaineft 
 ot their Errors, There were alio feveral. 
 
 other 
 
66 A JouRNEV to the 
 
 other Opinions upon religious Subjects, 
 which they maintained with the fame Art, 
 and Appearance of Truth. Thus, when I 
 had often obferv'd to fome Acquaintance, 
 that they could hope for no Salvation after 
 Death, as living in utter Darknefs, they 
 reply *d. That thofewho were fo free of deal- 
 ing Damnation to others, run the greateft 
 Rifque of it themfelves ; that the Source of 
 all that, is Arrogance, which God mult 
 hate and difallow j and that to condemn the 
 Judgment of others, and to ufe Force to 
 convince them, was the fame Thing as to 
 afftime the whole Light of Reafon ; which 
 is juft the Conduct of Fools, who think 
 that they alone are wife. Moreover, when 
 Twas proving a certain Opinion, and had 
 opposed to my Adverfary's Reafonings the 
 Di6lates of my own Confcience, he extol'd 
 mv Argument, and defir'd me ftill to perfift 
 in following thofe DicStates of Confcience, 
 as he himfclf would always do; for that 
 then, every one following the Teflimony of 
 his Confcience, all Contention would ceafe,. 
 and much Matter of Controverfy be cut 
 ofF. 
 
 Among other religious Miftakes main- 
 tained bv the People o^ this Globe, were 
 thefe : They did not deny that good Ac- 
 tions were rewarded, and bad ones punifh'd 
 by God ; but then they thought that Branch 
 of Juftice, confifting in the Diftribution of 
 Rewards and Punifhments took Place only 
 in a future State. I brought various Ex- 
 amples 
 
TForld Under-Ground. (>"] 
 
 amples of fuch as for their Impieties had 
 been punifli'd in this Life ; but they al- 
 ledg'd as many oppofitc Examples of very 
 wicked Trees, who yet were as fortunate as 
 they were wicked to the End of their L ivcs 
 In a Difpute, faid they, we arc too apt to 
 borrow only thofe Weapons, and attend to 
 only thofe Inftances, which make for our 
 Purpofc and ftrengthen our Caufe, over- 
 looking and difregarding fuch as might in- 
 jure it. With tliat i indanc'd in_ myfelf, 
 by fliev/ing that many who had injured mo 
 came to a miferable End. In Anfwer they 
 urg'd, that all this proceeded from SeU- 
 Love, from my over-weenIng Opinion, 
 that in the Eyes of the Supreme Being I 
 was of more Confcquence, than many o- 
 thers, who, like me, had fufFered the fe- 
 vereft Injuries undefervedly, ar.d yet had 
 beheld their Pcrfecutors blefs'd and profpe- 
 rous to the lad Day of their Lives. Again, 
 when accidentallv I was commending the 
 Pradice of dally Prayer, they reply'd, That 
 indeed they did not deny the Neceflity of 
 Prayer, but that they were thoroughly per- 
 fuaded that the trueft Piety confilied in a 
 practical Obfervance of the djvine Law. 
 To prove this, they borrowed an Argument 
 from a Prince, or Lawgiver : This Prince 
 has two Sorts of SubjeasT foi^e are continu- 
 ally oftending and tranfgreffing his Laws 
 thro' Infirmity or Contumacy -, and vet thefe 
 Chall be found continually haunting the 
 Court to procure Pardon fur Faults, to be 
 
 re- 
 
68 A Journey to the 
 
 repeated as foon as pardoned. Others ap- 
 proach the Court very rarely, but remain- 
 ing peaceable at Home, are habitual Obfer- 
 vers of their Sovereign's Laws. Who can 
 doubt but that he muft think this latter Sort 
 more worthy of his Favour, and regard the 
 firft as bad Subjects and troublefome Crea- 
 tures ? 
 
 In thefe and the like Controverfies was I 
 often engag'd, tho' without Succefs j for I 
 was able to bring nobody over to my Way 
 of thinking. And therefore omitting all 
 other religious Difputes, I (hall only give 
 you their general and moft obfervable Doc- 
 trines, leaving it to the intelligent Reader 
 to applaud or cenfure them as he (hall judge 
 beft. 
 
 The Potuans believe in one God, Omni- 
 potent, Creator and Preferver of all Things, 
 whofe Omnipotence and Unity they demon- 
 fl^rate from this ample and harmonious 
 Creation. And fince they are admirably 
 fkill'd in the Study of Nature, they have- 
 fuch magnificent and exalted Sentiments of 
 the Nature and Attributes of the Deity, 
 that they look upon it as a Defe6l in the 
 Underftanding to attempt to define what 
 tranfcends their Capacities. The Year is 
 diftinguiQi'd by five Feftival Days; the 
 firll of which is celebrated with the utmoft 
 Devotion in fuch obfcure Places as that na 
 Rays of Light can pierce them, indicating 
 by this, that the Being they adore is in- 
 comprehenfible. There the Worfhiperj 
 
 remain 
 
World Under-Ground. 69 
 
 rjemain alnioft immoveable, from the Rifmg 
 to the Setting of the Sun, as tho' they were 
 inanExtafy. I'his high Day is called, the 
 Day of the incomprchenfible Gody and it falls 
 on the firft Day of the A-lonth of Oaks. 
 The other FelHvals are celebrated at four 
 other Seafons of the Year, and were infti- 
 tuted to return Thanks to God for the Blef- 
 fmgsof his Providence. The Abfentees, 
 unlefs they are able to give very juft Rea- 
 fons for their Abfence, are deem'd bad 
 Subjects, and live totally difregarded. The 
 Publick Forms of Prayer are fo devis'd, as 
 not to regard the People who pray, but the 
 Welfare of the Prince on the State. None 
 prays in Publick for himfelf. The Defign 
 of which Inftitutionis,that theP^/^^^«i may 
 believe that the Happinefs of Individuals is 
 fo clofcly conneded with that of the Pub- 
 lick, that they cannot be feparated. None 
 are compell'd by Force or by Fines to at- 
 tend the Publick Worfliip, for as they are 
 of Opinion that Piety confifts chiefly in 
 Love, and as Experience teaches them that 
 Love is dampt and not inflam'd by Force, 
 therefore it muft be an unprofitable and a 
 wicked Thing, to ufe Compulfion in the 
 Cafe of Religion. This Point they thus il- 
 luflrate. Should a Husband defire a recipro- 
 cal AfFecfion from his Confort, and ihould 
 he hope to conquer her Coldnefs and In- 
 difference by Blows, he would be To far 
 from kindling up her Love by this Me- 
 thod, 
 
yo A Journey to the 
 
 thod, that her Indifference would increafe, 
 and end in Abhorence and Detcftation. 
 
 Thefe are fome of the principal Doc- 
 trines of the Potuan Divinity, which to 
 fome mufl: appear hke mere natural Reli- 
 gion ; and (o indeed it did at iirft to me. 
 But they aifcrt that all was divinely reveaPd 
 to them, and that fome Ages ago they re- 
 ■ceiv'd a Book which contain'd their Syftem 
 of Faith and Practice. Formerly, fay they, 
 our Anceftors Iiv*d contented with the Reli- 
 gion of Nature only ; but Experience taught 
 •them, that the fole Light of Nature was 
 infufficient, fmce all thofe noble Principles 
 thro' the Sloth and Carelefnefs of fome were 
 forgot, and thro' an airy Philofophy of 
 others, (nothing being able to check 
 their licentious Career) were utterly de- 
 prav'd and corrupted. Hereupon God 
 gave them a written Law. Hence it ap- 
 pears how great is their Error, who obfti- 
 nately deny the NecelFity of a Revelation. 
 For my Part, I freely own, that many 
 Points of this Theology feem'd to me, if 
 not Praife-v/orthv, yet by no Means to be 
 dcfpifed. To fome i could not aflent. But 
 one Thing there is deferving all our Admi- 
 ration, namely, that in Times of War the 
 "Conquerors, returning from the Field, in- 
 ftead of that Jov and Triumph with which 
 we celebrate Vi£torie?, and fmg T^ Z)^«;w, pafs 
 fome Days in deep Silence, as if they Were a- 
 fhamcd of having been obliged to fhed Blood. 
 Therefore there is very little Mention of 
 
 military 
 
World Under-Ground. 71 
 
 military Affairs in the Subterranean Annals, 
 which are chiefly Records of Civil Matters, 
 fuch as their Laws, Inftitutions, and Foun- 
 dations. 
 
 CHAP. VII. 
 
 Of their Policy, 
 
 IN the Potuan Empire an hereditary^ 
 and indeed lineal Succeflion has flou- 
 rilh'd for a full Thoufand Years ; and the 
 fame is at this Day rcligioufly obferv'd. 
 Their Annals indeed difcover, that in one 
 Inftance they departed from this Order of 
 Succeflion. For fince right Reafon feem'd 
 to require, that Rulers fliould excel their 
 Subje6ls in Wifdom and all the Endow- 
 ments of the Mind, hence it was thought 
 necefiary that Virtue fhould be more re- 
 garded than Birth, and that he fhould be 
 ele(5led for their Sovereign, who fhould be 
 thought the mod excellent and worthy a- 
 mong the SubjccEts. Upon this the ancient 
 Succeffion being laid afide, the fupreme 
 Power by the general Voice was conferr'd 
 upon a Fhilofopher, nam'd Rabhacku. At 
 firfl he governed with fuch Prudence and 
 with fuch Mildnefs, that he feem'd a Pattern 
 for fucceeding Princes. But thefe happy Times 
 were but of fliort Duration ; and the Po- 
 iuans were too late convinc'd of the Falf- 
 hood of that Maxim, which holds, ** That 
 
 " the 
 
7'2 A Journey to the 
 
 *' the Kingdom is happv, where aPhilofopher 
 " is at the Helm." For fince the new So- 
 vereign was rais'd from the meaneft Fortune 
 to the Height of Power, his Virtues and all 
 his Arts of Government could not procure 
 or maintain that Veneration, that Refpedt, 
 that Majefty, which is the great Support of 
 a Monarch's Power. Thofe who but lately 
 had been his Equals or Superiors, could 
 hardly be brought to bow to an Equal or In- 
 ferior, or to pay the new Prince that Mea- 
 fure of Obedience due from Subje£ls to their 
 Rulers ; and therefore when any ftri6t or 
 troublefome Commands were laid upon 
 them, they murmur'd loud, and never re- 
 garded what the Prince then was, but what 
 he was before his Exaltation. Hence he 
 was forc'd to have Recourfe to fubmiiiive 
 Flatteries ; and even this availed not ; for 
 after thefe Submiffions, being obliged to 
 ifTue out his Commands and Edi6ts, they 
 were ftill receiv'd with Frowns and with 
 RelucStancc. Rabbacku then perceiving, 
 that other Means were ncceflary to keep 
 the SubjecEls to their Dutv, from a mild and 
 popular Behaviour, he now chang'd his 
 Meafurcs, and treated his People with Seve- 
 ritv. But alas ! by this Extream, thofe 
 Sparks which lay conceal'd under the Afhcs, 
 now broke into an open Flame ; the Subjects 
 rofe in Arms againft their Prince, and one 
 Rebellion not thoroughly fubdued and 
 laid alleep, was the Beginning of another. 
 The Monarch finding at length that the 
 
 Go- 
 
Wcrld Under-Ground. 73 
 
 Government could no longer fubfifl but 
 under a Sovereign of illuftrious Dcfcent, 
 whofc high Birth might extort a Veneration 
 from the People, made a voluntary Abdica- 
 tion of the Empire in Favour of the Prince, 
 who in Right of Birth (hould have fuc- 
 ceeded. The ancient Family being thus 
 reftor'd, Peace was reftor'd with it, and all 
 thofe Storms, which had ftiatterM the Vef- 
 fel of the Commonwealth, at once fubfided. 
 From that Time it was made Capital to at- 
 tempt any Innovation in the Order of Suc- 
 ceiTion. 
 
 The Empire therefore Is now hereditary, 
 a{id probably will remain fo till Time fhall 
 be no more, unlefs the moft urgent and 
 extreme NeceiTity oblige them to deviate 
 from tills Rule. Mention is made \\\ the 
 Potuan Annals, of a Philofopher who de- 
 vis'd an Expedient to break thro* this Law, 
 His Counfel was not to fet afide the Royal 
 Pamily, but to make Choice of that Son 
 of the deceas'd Sovereign, be it elder or 
 younger, whofe Virtues were more eminent, 
 and who fliould be deem'd moft equal to 
 the Weight. This Philofopher, havin^^ 
 propos'd this Law, fubmitted himfclf (ac- 
 cording to the Cuftom of his Country) to 
 the ufual Teft, namely, to have his Neck 
 in a Halter, while they were debating about 
 the Utility of the proposed Law. The Se- 
 nate being allenibicd, and the Votes cafl up, 
 thePropofal was condemn'd as a Thing de- 
 trimcnt;il to the Commonwealth. Th^y 
 
 E be- 
 
74 -^ Journey to the 
 
 believM it would be the Source of perpe- 
 tual Troubles, and would fovv the Seeds of 
 Difcord between the Royal Progeny ; that 
 therefore it was more advifable for the old 
 Law to take Place, and that the Right of 
 Dominion fhould ftill devolve upon the 
 P'irfl-Eorn, altho' the younger IfTue might 
 excel in the Endowments of the Mind. 
 The Law therefore not pafling, the Pro- 
 je6tor was ftrangled. And thefe are the 
 only Species of Criminals that are punifh^d 
 with Death. For th^Potuans are perfuaded, 
 that every Change or Reformation, how- 
 ever well digefted, gives Occafion to Dif- 
 turbance and Commotion, and puts the 
 whole State into a flu6luating and unfettled 
 Condition ; but if it be a rafh and ill-digeft- 
 cd Alteration, it is followed with inevitable 
 Ruin. 
 
 The Power of the Potuan Monarch?, al- 
 tho* fubjefl to no Laws, is yet rather a pa- 
 ternal than a regal Power. For being natu- 
 rally Lovers of Juftice, Power, and Liber- 
 ty, Things totally incompatible clfewhere, 
 do here go Hand in Hand. 
 
 Among the Laws of this Kingdom, the 
 moft falutary is that by which the Princes 
 endeavour to prefcrve an Equality between 
 the Subjects, that is, as far as the Nature of 
 CTOvernmcnt will admit. You fee here no 
 different Ranks and Titles of Honour. In- 
 feriors obey their Superiors, and the Younger 
 the Elder i and this is ill. 
 
 The 
 
World Under-Ground. ^5 
 
 The fubterranean Memoirs fhew, that 
 fome Ages ago fuch Clafles of Dignities 
 were in ufe, and that they were eftablifh'd 
 by Law; but it appear'd that tliey were the 
 Source of infinite Diforders. It was an in- 
 tolerable Evil, for an elder Brother to give 
 Place to his younger, or a Parent to his 
 Child ; fo that at length each fhunning 
 the other's Company, it put a Stop to all 
 Converfation and good Fellowfhip. But 
 thefe were not the only Grievances. For in 
 Proce/s ot Time it came to that Pafs, that 
 the more noble and worthy Trees, whom 
 Nature had blefs'd with the ftrongeft Capa- 
 cities, and with the greateft Number of 
 Branches, were feated in the loweft Places 
 at Feafts and AfTemblics. For no Tree of 
 real Virtue and intrinfick Worth, could 
 bring himfelf to fue for a Title or Mark of 
 Preheminence, which from his Soul he de- 
 fpis'd. And on the contrary, the more 
 profligate and worthlefs Sort of Trees would 
 inceilantly teaze their Royal Mafter with 
 Petitions, till they had even extorted a Title 
 that might in a Manner hide the Poverty 
 of their Nature, and. be a Skreen for their 
 Vices. Hence it came to pafs, that I'itles 
 were at laft look'd upon as certain Indica- 
 tions of the vileft Trees. Their Feftivab 
 and folemn Meetings, were, to Strangers, a 
 Spectacle the moft abfurd that can be ima- 
 gin'd. There might they behold Brambles 
 \x\A Bufhes in the moft honourable Seats, 
 while the lofty Cedarand the noble Oak, each 
 
 E 2 of 
 
76 A Journey to the 
 
 of whom Nature had adorn'd with ten or 
 twelve Tire of Branches, took the remotefl 
 and moll obfcure Seats. Even the Ladies 
 had Titles; they were Counfellors of the 
 Houihold, Counfellors of State, Counfellors 
 of Court. And this blew up the Coals of 
 Difcord more in that weaker Sex than in the 
 other. To fuch an Excefs this vain Arri- 
 bition rofe, that they to whom Nature had 
 been fo unkind, as to afford them no more 
 than two or three Pair of Branches, even 
 they abfurdly aiFeded the Title of Trees of ten 
 er twelve Branches. This Vanity is juft as 
 ridiculous, as if the moft deform'd Monfter 
 in Nature fhould afFedl to pafs for a Beauty, 
 or a Man of the meaneft Original give him- 
 felf the Airs of a Man of Quality. When 
 this Evil had arriv'd to its higheft Pitch, and 
 the whole Kingdom upon the Brink of be- 
 ing ruin'd, every Mortal grafping at empty 
 Names, and difhonourable Titles, a certain 
 Native of Keba had the Hardinefs to propofe 
 a Law for theaboliihing this Cuftom. This 
 fame Perfon was, according to the ufual 
 Cuftom, brought into the Forum^ with a 
 Halter about his Neck. The Senate being 
 fct, and proceeding to vote, the Propofal 
 pafied without any open Oppofition, and was 
 judg'd ufeful to the Commonwealth. Up- 
 on this he was crown'd with a Garland of 
 Flov^'ers, and led into the City in Triumph, 
 amidft the Shouts and Acclamations of the 
 Populace. And when in Procefs of Time 
 it was difcovcr'd how advantageous the Re-, 
 
 peal 
 
IVorld Under-Ground, '77 
 
 peal of tliefe Laws was, the Projector was 
 advaiic'd to the Honour of Kadoki, or High 
 Chancellor. 
 
 Ever fince this Time, the Law for pre- 
 ferving this Equality among the Subje6ts, 
 lias been inviolably obferv'd. Yet the Re- 
 p;-aj did not put a Stop to all Emulation j 
 lor every one now endeavour'd to fhine by 
 true Virtue and real Merit, It appears 
 from the Annals of this Empire, that from 
 that Time to this, has been but one Pro- 
 jcclior who twice attempted to revive the 
 Difi:in<5lion of Dignities ; but for his firft 
 Effort he was condemn'd to the Vma-feSlicny 
 and fince he perfifled in his Attempt, he was 
 banilh'd to the Firmament. Now there- 
 lore no Ranks or Titles of Honour obtain 
 iiere, only the fupreme Magiftrate declares 
 fome PfofelHons to be nobler than others, 
 by which Declaration, notwithftanding, no- 
 body has a Right of afluming the chief Seats 
 in publick Affemblies. This fmall Diffe- 
 rence we find in theEdidls and Letters man- 
 datory of the Sovereign, which generally end 
 with thefe Words : '' Wc command and 
 •* enjoin all iltisbandmen, Inventors of 
 *' Machines for the Manufactures, Mer- 
 *' chants, Tradefmen, Philofophers, Offi- 
 *' cers of the Court, l^cT 
 
 I was inform'd, that in the Archives of the 
 Prince, this Catalogue of Honour was pre- 
 fervM. 
 
 Thofe 
 
yS j1 Journey to the 
 
 1. Thofe who had affifted the Govern*- 
 ment with their Wealth and Fortunes in 
 its greateft Streights. 
 
 2. Officers who ferve gratis and without 
 Salary or Penfion. 
 
 3. Husbandmen of eight Branches and 
 upv/ards. 
 
 4. Husbandmen of feven Branches and 
 under. 
 
 5. Inventors or Ere(51:ors of Machines for 
 Manufadlures. 
 
 6. Operators who exercife the more ne- 
 cefTary Callings and Employments. 
 
 7. Philofophers and graduate Doctors of 
 both Sexes. 
 
 8. Artifans. 
 
 9. Merchants. 
 
 10. Officers of the Court, with a Salary 
 of 500 Rupats, 
 
 11. Officers of the Court, with a Salary 
 of 1 000 Rupats 
 
 This Series of Honours feem'd very ridi- 
 culous to me, as it muft to every one of 
 our Globe. I guefs'd indeed at fome of the 
 Reafons for this inverted Ovder, what Foun- 
 dation ic was grounded on, and by what 
 Arguments the Subterraneans would defend 
 it. But I confefs upon the whole it was a 
 Paradox I could not comprehend. 
 
 Among other Things worthy of Obfer- 
 vation, I remark'd the following : The 
 more Benefit any one receiv'd from the 
 Govern me at, with a proportional Modefty 
 
World . Under- Ground. 79 
 
 and Humility he. cam'd himfelf. Thus I 
 frequently favv Bofpolaky the richeft Man 
 in the Pottian Dominions, receive all he 
 met with fuch Condercenfion, that he low- 
 ered all his Branches, and by inclining his 
 Head, teftify'd to every common Tree his 
 grateful Senfe of the Publick Favours. Up- 
 on my afking the Reafon, I was told, that 
 thus it ought to be, fince upon no Subjedl 
 more Benefits were confer'd, and that there- 
 fore he was the greatefl Debtor to the Com- 
 monwealth. Not that he was oblig'd by 
 any Law to this CciMdelcenfion ; but as the 
 Pctuans in general acl wifely and judicioufly, 
 fo they make a voluntary Virtue of it, hold- 
 ing themfelvcs bound to ufe fuch a Beha- 
 viour as Gratitude would di<S^ate ; far other- 
 wife than it is with us, where thofe, whom 
 their Country has loaded with Wealth and 
 Titles, receive their Inferiors with a lofty 
 and contemptuous Air. 
 
 But the mod deferving SubjccSls of all, 
 and who receive the moft univerfal Honour 
 and Refpedl, are the Parents of a numerous 
 Offspring. Thefe are the Heroes of the 
 Subterranean World, and their Memory is 
 held facred with Pofterity. The/ afe alfo 
 the only Perfons upon whom the Name of 
 Great is confcrr'd. Not fo with us ; 
 where the Deftroyers ot Mankind arc com- 
 plimented with diat Title. One mayeafily 
 guefs what Sentiments they would entertain 
 here of Alexander the Great and Julius Ca- 
 far, each of whom having flain their Mil- 
 £ 4 lions, 
 
8^0 \»^ Journey to the 
 
 lions, died without Offspring. I remember 
 to have feen at Keha this Epitaph of a Huf- 
 bandman : «« Here lies Jochtan the Great^ 
 " Father of thirty Children^ the Heroe of his 
 ** Time'' It muft be obferv'd, that in or- 
 der to acquire this Glory, the mere Procrea- 
 tion of Children is not alone fufficient, 
 unlefs they be alfo liberally and virtuoufly 
 educated. 
 
 In the enabling Laws, they proceed with a 
 Deliberation equal to that cf the old Romans. 
 The Propofal of a new Law is fix'd upon 
 all the Courts and Places of Refort through 
 out the City. The Citizens are free to exa- 
 mine it, and fend their Sentiments and Ad- 
 vices upon it to the College of I Fife Alen^ in- 
 ftituted for this very Purpofe. Here ^\txy 
 Thing is weigh'd that concerns the enabl- 
 ing, the difannuiling, approving, correct- 
 ing, limiting, or extending this Law. And 
 when it has thus gone through all this Trial 
 and Examination, it is offer'd to the Prince 
 for his Confent and Authority. This De- 
 lay may feem abfurd to fome ; but the Con- 
 fequence of this Caution is, that their Laws 
 are immortal; and I have been inform'd, that 
 not one of their Laws for thefe five hundred 
 Years pafl: has fuffer'd the leaft Alteration. 
 
 In the Cuftody of the Sovereign, there is a 
 Lift of the moft worthy and valuable Trees, 
 together with Certificates of their Learning 
 from the Karattiy and of their Life and 
 Morals from their Neighbours. Hence the 
 Republick arc never in Want of proper Per* 
 
 fons 
 
U^orld Under-Ground. 8i 
 
 fopis to fill the vacant Offices. It is parti- 
 cularly worth reniarking, that no one has 
 a Right or Freedom to live in any City or 
 Village without a Certificate from the Place 
 they came from, and Security for their fu- 
 ture Behaviour. 
 
 A Law once enacted by publick Autho- 
 rity, all future canvalling and criticifmg up- 
 on it is prohibited upon Pain of Death. So 
 that in their Politicks, their Liberty feems to 
 be more reflrained than in their Religion. 
 The Reafon they aflign is this : " If any 
 " one err in Matters of Faith and Specula- 
 " tion, at his own Peril he errs ; but if 
 *' any one call in Queftion the cftablifti'd 
 " Laws, or endeavour to pervert the Senfe 
 " of them by fome new Glofs or Inter- 
 *' pretation, he is an Enemy to Society.'* 
 
 Something has already been faid of the 
 State and Oeconomy of the Court. It has 
 been obferv'd, that the Kadoki^ or High 
 Chancellor, is the Supreme Officer. Next 
 to him is the Smirian^ or High Treafurer. 
 This Poft W2S in my Time difcharg'd by a 
 Widow of (i^\'Qn Branches, calTd Rahagna^ 
 who for her eminent Integrity and other 
 great Endowments, was advanced to an 
 Office of that Weight and Truft. Long had 
 (lie prefided at the Head of the Trcafury, 
 even many Years before the Death of her 
 Husband, who, tho' extremely well vers'd 
 in the State of the Finances, yet was entire- 
 ly ruled by the Counfels and Authority of 
 his Wife, and never ventur'd to a»5t upon 
 
 E 5 his 
 
B'^ -^Journey to the 
 
 his own Judgment ; hence he was more 
 her Official or Deputy than her Husband, 
 The Edi£ls and Ordinances indeed were if- 
 fued out in his Name, as often as fhe was 
 nindred, by Lyings-in, or any other Ma- 
 lady 5 yet nothing was efteem'd firm and 
 authentic till her Subfcription or Seal was 
 affixed to it. Rahagna had two Brothers, 
 one of which was Butler, and the other 
 Butcher to the Court ; nor, tho' they had 
 a Sifter in the higheft: Exaltation, did they 
 dare to aim at any Thing greater by Rea- 
 fon of the Poverty and Slendernefs of theif 
 Abilities : With fo much Equity are Pre- 
 ferments here diftributed. 
 
 This Lady, tho' ingag'd in the mofl ar- 
 duous Affairs of the Kingdom, yet at the 
 fame Time fuckled an Infant Ihe was de- 
 livered of foon after the Death of her Huf- 
 band. This I thought v/as too troublefome 
 and too mean an Employment for fo great 
 a Matron. And upon my giving my Opi- 
 nion, they replyM in this Manner : ** Can 
 *' you imagine that Nature has given Breafts 
 *' to Women only as a fofter Ornament, 
 *' and not rather'*'for the Nourifhment of 
 •* their Offspring ? The Qiiality of the 
 " Milk, and the Temper of the Nurfe, go 
 •' farther than we imagine, in forming the 
 •< Difpofition of the Infant. And Mothers 
 *' who difdain to nourifh their own Iflbe, 
 ** diilblve one of the finefl and flrongelt 
 *' Ties of Nature/* And hence there is 
 
 hardly 
 
WorU Under 'Ground, 83 
 
 hardly a Lady throughout all thefe Domi- 
 nions but fucklcs her own Children. 
 
 The Heir apparent of the Crown was a 
 Youth of fix Years old, in whom *twas 
 eafy to difcover the Seeds of many great 
 and Ihining Virtues. Nature had been fo 
 liberal, as to adorn him with fix Pair 
 of Branches ; an uncommon Circumflance 
 in that tender Age. His Preceptor, the 
 wifeft Tree in all the Empire, inftrudled 
 him in the Knowledge of the Creator, in 
 Hiftory, in Mathematicks and moral Phl- 
 lofophy. I obtained a Sight of that Mo- 
 ral Syflem or Political Compendium, which 
 he composed for the Ufe of his Pupil. The 
 Title of it was, Mahalda Libab helil^ which 
 in the Subterranean Language fignifies a 
 Key to Government, It confifts of a Collec- 
 tion of Precepts and Maxims, the moft 
 folid and advantageous ; fome of which I yet 
 perfe£lly remember, and (hall here fet thern 
 down. 
 
 1. Afperfions or Encomiums are not ha- 
 flily to be credited ; but the Judgment is 
 to be fufpended, till an indubitable Know- 
 ledge can be procur'd. 
 
 2. When any one is accusM and convicl- 
 rd of a Crime, it fhould be examined what 
 Good the Delinquent has ever done ; thus 
 hi^ good AtTtions being compar'd with his 
 bad, let Reafon interpofe and pronounce 
 Sentence* 
 
 3. Tho^ 
 
§4 ^ Journey to the 
 
 3. Thofe Counfellors who are given to 
 Contradiction and Conteft, the Sovereign 
 may fafely confide in as the heartieft Sub- 
 je(5ts ; for no one will expofe themfelves to 
 Danger, but thofe to whom the Welfare 
 of their Country is dearer than their private 
 Safety. 
 
 4. Let none but large eftated Men com- 
 pofe the Senate. Their Advantage is united 
 with the Publick Advantage : Whereas 
 thofe who poffefs but a moveable Eftate^ 
 look upon the Kingdom not as their Coun- 
 try, but as an Inn, and themfelves as Tra- 
 vellers. 
 
 5. The Prince may make ufe of the Mi- 
 niftry or Agency of bad Men, if they (hould 
 happen to be fit for a particular Bulinefs, but 
 never load them with uncommon P'avours ; 
 for if a wicked or an obnoxious Man be re- 
 ceived into Favour, the word of Subjects 
 will rife under his Patronage, and worl^ 
 themfelves into OiEce. 
 
 6. Let him moft of all fufpe£l thofe, 
 who perpetually haunt the Court : Such ei- 
 ther have committed, or are prepar'd to 
 commit the moft daring Things. 
 
 7. Let him be very backward to reward 
 thofe who are moft impatient of Honours. 
 For as no one begs an Alms till opprefs'd 
 with Poverty aid Hanger, fo none infatia- 
 bly haunt after Dignities, but who defpair 
 to rife by real Merit and Virtue. 
 
 8. The eighth Precept is indeed a very 
 ufeful one, but what I could not be pleas'd 
 
 with 
 
IVorU Under-Ground, J 5 
 
 with upon Account of the odious Example 
 with which it was illuftrated. The Precept 
 is this : No Subject is to be confider'd as 
 altogether ufelefs j none are fo dull but may 
 be made fubfervient to fome good Purpofe, 
 nay even may be made to excel in fome 
 Point. For Inftance, one excels in Judg- 
 ment, another in Ingenuity ; one's Excel- 
 lence fhall be in the Mind, another's in the 
 Body ; this fhall make a good Judge, that a 
 better Advocate. One fhall 'have a vaft 
 Power of Invention, another {hall labour at 
 the Execution of a Thing; infomuch, that 
 there are few entirely unprofitable. That 
 fome Creatures indeed feem fo, is not the 
 Fault of the Creator, but of thofe who will 
 not perceive or enquire where their chief 
 Strength lies, and follow that Clue. This 
 Pofition he thus illuftrated. "We have feen, 
 fays he, in this our Age, one of the Superter- 
 ranean Animj^ls, who, by the unanimous 
 Suffrage of all was deem'd as an unprofita- 
 ble Load upon the Earth, by reafon of that 
 Quicknefs and Forward nefs of his Judg- 
 ment ; but yet we fee his great Swiftnefs 
 of Foot is of no fmall Service to us. Upon 
 reading this Paragraph, I could not help 
 faying. This is a very honeji Preface^ but a 
 fcandalous Conclufion. 
 
 9. It is of no imall Importance to a Prince 
 who would know tiic Arts ( f governing, to 
 be very nice and cautious in the Choice of 
 a Preceptor to the Heir of his Dominions. 
 Let him therefore chufe one of remarkable 
 
 Piety, 
 
86 A Journey to the 
 
 Piety, and eminent Learning, fince from 
 the Inftitution of the future SuccefTor, the 
 Welfare of the State mufl be determined. 
 What we learn in the tender Age of Life, 
 pafles into Nature. Hence it is necefTary, 
 that the young Prince's Tutor fhould be a 
 Lover of his Country, that he may inftil 
 into his Prince a Love for his Subjedls, the 
 firft and principal Mark that all his Precepts 
 Ciould be aim'd at. 
 
 10. 'Tis necefTary the Prince fhould ftu- 
 dy the Genius of his Government, and con- 
 form to it ; and if he u^ould correfl the 
 Diforders of his Subjeds, let him do it 
 rather from his own Example than the 
 Laws. 
 
 ■ Vehcius & ciilus fws 
 
 Corrumptmt vi tier urn exempt a domeJ}icay 
 
 magnh 
 Cum fubeant animos auioribus, 
 
 11. Let none be fufFer'd tobe idle, fmcc 
 fuch are a dead Weiglit upon their Coun- 
 try. By conftant L:duftry and Toil, the 
 Republick rifes into Strength and Power; 
 nor is there any Room left for pernicious 
 Counfels and Contrivances againft the State. 
 And therefore it is fafer for the State to al-. 
 low tlie Subjects their infignificant Diver- 
 fions, than to indulge them in a Lazinefs, 
 which would be a Source of Confpiracies. 
 
 12. Let 
 
IVorld Under-Ground, ' S 7 
 
 "V la,' Let the Prince prefcrve Peace among 
 his Subje^s ; however, it would not be amifs 
 to encourage an Emulation among his 
 Counfellors, as it leads to the Dlfcovery of 
 Truth. A fkilful Judge will often extraft 
 the Truth from the Paffions of the Ad- 
 vocates. 
 
 13. He would a£l wifely, if in Affairs of 
 the laft Moment he heard the Sentiments 
 of every Member of the Senate, and that, 
 rather apart than when convened. For in 
 a full Senate, where Opinions are openly 
 given, it often falls out that the moft fluent 
 Speaker bears all before him with a Torrent 
 of Eloquence, and fo the Sovereign hears 
 but one Opinion. 
 
 14. Punifhments are not lefs necefTary 
 than Rewards : The firft puts a Stop to 
 Evil, as the latter encourages Good, Hence 
 it may not be wrong even to reward a bad 
 Subje6l for a good Adion, if it were only, 
 that others may thereby be whetted up and 
 incited to do their Duty vigoroufly. 
 
 15. In Promotions to Honours and pub- 
 lick Polls, let Regard be had principally to 
 the Perfon's Dexterity and Adroitnefs for 
 that particular Employment. Though Piety 
 and Integrity are of themfelves moft com- 
 mendable Virtues, yet Ws polTible we may 
 be deceivM by their Appearance. Every 
 one would afFed a Sanaity of Behaviour, if 
 he knew that this Shew of Virtue was the 
 Road to Honours; and would in Words 
 profefs the utraoft Probity and Uprightnefs, 
 
 with 
 
88 A Journey to the 
 
 with the fame View. Befides, it is no ea/y 
 Matter to form a Judgment of a Perfon*s 
 Virtues, till he is admitted to Employment, 
 in which, as upon a Stage, he is to exhi- 
 bit Specimens of his Virtues. But nothing 
 is eafier than to make Experiment of any 
 one's Aptnefs for Bufmefs before-hand. It 
 is infinitely harder for the Stupid and the 
 Ignorant to conceal their Stupidity and Igno- 
 rance, than for a Hypocrite to cover his 
 Impiety, or a Knave his Roguery. Befides, 
 great Abilities and much Virtue are not fo 
 very oppofite but they may be often found 
 united in the fame Character. And if a 
 Perfon of large Abilities be at the fame 
 Time honeft and virtuous, nothing more 
 can be wanting. An Ignorant is either 
 good or bad ; if bad, who knows what 
 Monfters Ignorance and Wickednefs in 
 Conjunction produce ? If good, his very 
 Dulnefs muft indubitably hinder the Ex- 
 ercife of his Virtues. And if he of him- 
 felf neither can nor dare attempt the Com* 
 miflion of fome atrocious Crime, yet the 
 Servant, whofe Ailiftance he mufl: make ufe 
 of, in all Likelihood may. A foolifh 
 Landlord has commonly a roguifli Bailiff, 
 and a dull Juftice a knavifh Clerk, who 
 fearlefiy commits Frauds and Errors under 
 the Protedtion of his Mafter. In Promo- 
 tions therefore, let Dexterity be the principal 
 Thing regarded. 
 
 i6. Let none be haflily cenfur'd as ambi- 
 tious, for .liming at an Employment he is 
 I in 
 
World Under-Ground. 89 
 
 in Reality unfit for, or for that Reafon ex- 
 cluded from all Hopes of Preferment. For 
 if, in the Diftribution of publick Honours, 
 the Prince {hould happen to adhere to this 
 Rule too clofely, the moft Ambitious will 
 foon put on the Mafk of Humility, as a fa- 
 fer Road and a fhorter Cut to Preferment. 
 And thus the Sovereign would, contrary to 
 his Inclination, prefer the moft forward Wor- 
 fhippers of Fortune, as being to all Appear- 
 ance the moft humble i that is, he would 
 prefer thofe, who about the Time of any 
 Vacancy pretend to fly from Court and re- 
 tire into the Shade, giving out by their 
 Friends that they are averfe to Grandeur. 
 To illuftrate this Point, he inferted an Ex- 
 ample of one who, during tl.e Vacancy of 
 a confiderablc Employment he was all on 
 Fire to obtain, wrote to the Prince to this 
 EffecSl, viz. *' That it was reported, that 
 his Serene Highnefs defign'd the vacant 
 Dignity for him, tho* follicited for it by 
 Numbers ; that he for his Part muft beg 
 Leave to decline an Office to which he 
 profefs'd himfelf unequal ; that he in- 
 treated his Majefty to confer it upon 
 fome more proper Perfon, and that be- 
 ing perfecElly contented with his prefent 
 Station, he afpir'd to nothing greater." 
 The Monarch mov'd with fo ftrong an At- 
 teftation of Humility, preferr'd this humble 
 Hypocrite to the fald Dignity. But he foon 
 learnt that he was abus'd ; for no Minifter 
 
 ever 
 
fo ^ Journey^ to the 
 
 ever behavM Avith fuch Pride, or aiSled with 
 fuch Weaknefs. 
 
 17. To fet a poor Infolvent at the Head 
 of the Treafury, is the {;ime Thing as to 
 put a hungry Man in your Pantry. Nor 
 is a covetous rich Man a better Choice. 
 The former has nothing, and the other 
 thinks nothing enough. 
 
 18. Let there be no Foundations or 
 Eibiblifliments for the Maintenance of 
 flothful Trees. Accordingly, throughout 
 this Empire, the Monafteries and Colleges 
 admit only the InduRrious and the Dili- 
 gent ; thofe who either by fome ufeful Ma- 
 nufadture help to advance the Intereft of 
 the Republick, or who by their Studies and 
 Learning can be an Ornament to the So- 
 ciety they are Members of. A few Mo- 
 nafteries indeed are to be excepted, which 
 maintain the Aged and the Helplefs ; fuch 
 by the Privilege of Age being exempted 
 from all Labour. 
 
 19. When the Diforders of the State call 
 loud for Reformation, it will be right to 
 proceed fiowly in it. For to endeavour to 
 extirpate inveterate Evils at a Blow is as ab- 
 furd as to prefcribe Purging, Bleeding, and 
 Vomiting all at once to a PatienX. 
 
 20. Thofe who boldly attempt every 
 Thing, and undertake a Multitude of Af- 
 fairs together, are either Fools who have 
 riot duly compared their own Strength with 
 the Weight of the Things, or elfe they are 
 wicked and unnatural Members of their 
 
 Society, 
 
florid Under-Growtd, 91 
 
 Society, who confult their own Iritcreft 
 alone, inflead of that of the Common- 
 weakh. A prudcrlt.Man will try his Arms 
 before he takes his Burden up j and an ho- 
 ned Subject, who loves his Country, will not 
 tranfa6l the Aftairs of it fuperficially. 
 
 CHAP. VIII. 
 
 Of the Academy. 
 
 IN this Empire there are three great 
 Schools or Univerfities, one at PotUy an- 
 other at Keba,, and a third at Islahami, The 
 Studies purfued there are Hiftory, CEcono- 
 my, Mathematicks, and Law. As to their 
 Divinity, fince it is fo fhort and concife, as 
 that the Whole is contained in the Compafs 
 of a couple of Pages, importing, That we 
 ought to love and adore Almighty God, the 
 Creator and Governor of Things, who in 
 fome State of Exiftence hereafter will re- 
 ward Virtue and punifli Vice ; as this, I 
 fay, is the Main of their Divinity, fo it is 
 no academical Study, nor indeed can it be, 
 fince it is prohibited by Law to have any 
 Controverfy about the EiTence or AtUributes 
 of God. Phyfick, in like Manner, is not 
 reckonM among the Studies of the Univer- 
 sity i for fince thcfe Trees live all fober Lives, 
 internal Difeafes are almofi: wholly unknown. 
 1 fay nothing of Metaphyficks, and fuch 
 
 tranfcen- 
 
^2 y^ Journey to the 
 
 tranfcendental Learning, fince it has "becrt 
 obferv'd above, that to difpute about the 
 EfTence of the Divine Being, about the Qvia- 
 lities of Angels, or the Nature of Spirits, 
 incurr'd the Punifhment of the Arm^ and 
 Confinement in their Bedlam. 
 
 The academical Exercifes are thefe : The 
 young Students, during the Time of their 
 Probation, are oblij'd to give Solutions of 
 certain difficult and curious Q>,ieftions, which 
 are propos'd at ftated Times, with a Re- 
 ward to thofe who 2;ive the moit inG;enious 
 and elegant Expofitions. By thefe Meanp, 
 the true Genius of the Students is difco- 
 ver'd, what the utmoft Reach of their Ca- 
 pacity is, and in what Branch of Know^ 
 ledge they are moit likely to Ihine. Every 
 one imploys . himfelf in one onl / Science. 
 An univerfal Scholar is a Chimnera ; and 
 the AfFedtation of fuch a Charadler is a 
 Mark of a loofe and unfettled Genius. 
 Hence it is, that the Sciences, confin'd 
 within fuch narrow Bounds, are foon 
 brought to Perfection. The feveral Doc- 
 tors likewife exhibit yearly Specimens of 
 their Learning. The moral Philofopher 
 clears fome abftrufe fpeculative Point. The 
 Hiftorian compiles a Hiflory, or fome Part 
 of Hiftory. The Mathematician throws 
 frefh Light upon his Science by fome nevir 
 and ingenious Hypothefis. The Lawyers 
 are oblig'd to make fome eloquent Ha- 
 rangues : And thefe alone ftudy Rhetoric 
 or Oratory, becaufc it i§ to thefe alone fuch 
 
World Xlnder-GroUnd. g2 
 
 a Study will be advantageous when they 
 come to be Advocates. When I told them, 
 that all our academical Specimens of all 
 Sorts Were in the labour'd and oratorical 
 Style, they freely condemn'd fuch an Infti- 
 tution, replying, that if every Artifan were 
 oblig'd to make a Shoe, and exhibit Speci- 
 mens of fuch their Work, 'tis certain that 
 Shoemakers alone would bear away the Prize. 
 I purpofely omitted to fpeak of our fcholaftic 
 Difputations, becaufe fuch Exercifes were, 
 there but in equal Eftimation with drama-, 
 tical Performances. Their Doctors and. 
 publick Teachers never deliver their In- 
 ftruitions in a harfh, pedantick, and impe- 
 rious Manner, as the Philofophers of our 
 World, but forming fome agreeable and de- 
 lightful Fidtion, they drefs up and inculcate 
 a falutary Truth with all the Charms of 
 Fancy and Imagination. v tjVo 
 
 , 'Tis furprizing to behold with what So- 
 lemnity the academical Promotions are 
 made. For they take the extremeft Care 
 not to furnifli the leafl: Matter for Ridicule, 
 or to be guilty of any theatrical Levities, 
 rightly judging that a plain and grave 
 Simplicity Ihould diftinguifh the Exercifes 
 of an Univerfity from the Diverfions of a 
 Stage, left otherwife the liberal Arts ftiould 
 run into Difefteem. Upon this, I would 
 not venture to mention the leaft Syllable of 
 our academical Degrees and Promotions, 
 fince what happen'd to me at Kda, when 
 I gave a Defcription of this Kind of Ho- 
 nours, 
 
f4- ^ Journey to the 
 
 nours, was ample Reafon for my eternal Si- 
 lence upon this Head. 
 
 Befides thefe Academies, the great Cities 
 have their leveral Seminaries or Colleges, 
 where the niceft Examination is made into 
 the Talents of every Scholar, what his 
 particular Capacity is, and in what Kind of 
 Learning he gives the moft promifing Hopes 
 of excelling. During the Time of my 
 Probation in the Seminary at Keba^ there 
 were four Sons of the High Prieft who were 
 all educated in the Art of War ; four o- 
 thers of Senatorian Quality were inftrucfted 
 in Trade J and two young Virgins learnt 
 Navigation. For here the Genius alone is 
 regarded, without any Refpedl to Sex or 
 Condition. The Examination being made, 
 the Governors of the Seminaries give Tefti- 
 monials to the Examinants with a Veracity 
 I have elfewhere fpoke of. Thefe Tefli- 
 monials are perfectly juft and impartial ; 
 tho* I myfelf thought otherwife, fmce that 
 which I obtain'd from them appear'd to me 
 abfurd, ridiculous and unjuft. 
 
 None is here fufFer'd to be an Author till 
 after thirty Years of Age, and till he fhall 
 be deem*d by his Judges ripe and fit 
 for fuch an Undertaking ; confequently, 
 few Books are here publifli'd ; but then they 
 are well digefted, and full of Meaning. 
 Hence, tho' I had wrote five or fix Diilerta-' 
 tions while under Age, 1 never difeover*^' 
 it to any Creature for fear of drawing down 
 their Ridicule; Enough has now been-faid^ 
 
 3 
 
World Under-Ground, 95 
 
 of the Religion, Policy, and Literature of 
 this People. But there are, befides, fevc- 
 ral Things peculiar to them, which are wor-* 
 thy of our Obfervation and Remembrance. 
 
 If one Tree challenges another, the Chal- 
 lenger is for ever forbid the Ufe of Arms, 
 He is condemn'd, like a Minor, to Wwt un- 
 der Guardianfhip, as not knowing how to 
 rule his AfFe6):ions. With us the Cafe is 
 different, where Appeals to the Sword are 
 Marks of an heroic Soul, efpecially in the 
 North, which muft have given Birth to 
 this abominable Cuftom, fmce Challenges 
 and Duels were entirely unknown among 
 the Greeks, Romafis, and other ancienter 
 Nations. 
 
 I obferv'd one ftrange Cuftom in their 
 Manner of adminiftring Juftice. The 
 Names of the contefling Parties are con- 
 ceaFd from the Judges ; and the Differen- 
 ces are not decided in the Place where they 
 arofe, but the Cafe is fent to the more re- 
 mote Provinces to be determin'd. The 
 Reafon of this ftrange Cuftom is this. Ex- 
 perience taught them, that Judges were of- 
 ten corrupted by Prefents, or fway'd by 
 Partiality. Thefe Temptations they think 
 they effectually remove, if the Parties are 
 conceal'd, if the Names of the Plaintiff 
 and Defendant, together with the Nances 
 of the Lands or Eftates litigated, be all 
 unknown. The Reafons and Arguments 
 alone are fent, at the Difcretion of the 
 Prince, to whatever Court of Juftice he - 
 
 thinks 
 
9^ A Journey to the 
 
 thinks fit, with certain Marks and Cliarac- 
 ters ; for Example, " JVhether A who is in 
 ^' PoJJeJJim^ ought to rejlore the Thing pojfefs^d 
 '' at the Suit and Motion of B." I fliould 
 rejoice to find fiich a Cuftom introduced 
 among us, fince we often experience the 
 fatal Force of Corruption and Partiality in 
 the Minds of our Judges. 
 
 Juftice in general is freely adminifter'd 
 without Refpe(St of Perfons. Againft the 
 Prince only no A6tion can lie during his 
 Life, but upon his Death the puhlick Accu- 
 lers, or (if one may fo call them) the Coun- 
 cil for the Kingdom, cite him to Judgment, 
 There in full Senate the A£lions of the de- 
 parted Monarch are ftridlly examined, and 
 at length Sentence is pronoun'd, which ac- 
 cording to the Merit of the Deceas'd is 
 diftinguifh'd by different Words and Cha- 
 ra£lers, fuch as thefe, Laudably ; Not iliau- 
 dably\ IFell -, Not ill \ Tolerably, Indifferent- 
 ly ; which Words are proclaim'd aloud to 
 the People, and afterwards engrav'd on the 
 Monument of the Deceas*d. The Potuans 
 give this Account of that Cuftom : That 
 the Prince while living cannot be proceeded 
 againft without great Commotions and Dif- 
 turbances ; for that during his Life a perfect 
 Obedience and inviolable Veneration (hould 
 flill be paid him, which indeed is the very 
 Bafis of Government. But when that Ob- 
 ligation is difiblv'd by Death, the Subjects 
 then have Liberty to call his A£lions to a 
 ftfi(Sl Account. Thus by this falutary, tho* 
 
 very 
 
World Under-Ground. 97 
 
 xzxy paradoxical Law, the Security of the 
 Sovereign is provided for, his Authority not 
 •at al] invaded, and the Welfare of the Peo- 
 ple at the fame Time promoted, for thefc 
 CharacSlers, tho' given to the Dead, are to 
 the Living fo many Spurs to Virtue. The 
 Poiuayi Hiflorics for four hundred Years af- 
 ford only two Inftances of Princes who bore 
 the laft mention'd Chara(5ler, that is, that 
 of Indifferent. All the others obtain'd ei- 
 ther the Laudable or the A^^^ illaudable Cha- 
 tac^ier, as appears from the Lifcriptions upoit 
 their fepulchral Monuments, which have 
 cfcap'd the Injuries of Time, The Cha- 
 ra6ler of Indifferent, which in the Poiuaa 
 Ivanguage is call'd Rip-fac-ft^ caufcs fuch 
 Grief in the Royal Family, that the Sue- 
 ceflbr of the deceased Prince, with all his 
 Kindred, mourn for fix whole Months. 
 And fo far are the Heirs from refenting the 
 odious Character given by the Judges, that 
 it becomes a new Incentive to them to 
 fignalize themfclvcs by noble and worthy 
 AiSlions, and to efface the Infamy of the 
 Family by a Condudl full of V^irtue, Pru- 
 dence, Juflicc and Moderation. 
 
 The Caufe why one of the two Princes 
 above-mention'd had the Title of Indiffe- 
 rent given him, was this : The Fotuam are 
 a brave and warlike People ; they never de- 
 clare War themfclves, but if War be de- 
 clar'd againft them they piidi it with all 
 fmaginable Vigour. By thtie Means thev 
 are the Umpires between contending Na- 
 
 F tkjn5. 
 
98 A Journey to the 
 
 tions, and the feveral Kingdoms of this 
 Globe fubmit to their mild and pacific 
 Sway. But a Prince, by Name Mikleta^ 
 ieiz'd with the Ambition of extending his 
 Dominions, made War upon a neighbour- 
 ing Kingdom, and fubdued it. But as 
 much as the vi(Slorious Potuans gained by 
 the Conqueft, fo much they loft of their 
 ancient Renown ; the Love of the border- 
 ing Nations was now chang'd into Dread 
 and Jealoufy ; and that high Idea of their 
 Juftice, by which the State grew into Re- 
 putation, was now vanifh'd. The Potuans 
 finding this, to regain the loft AfFedlions 
 of their angry Neighbour?, branded the 
 Memory of the deceas'd Prince with this 
 Mark of Infamv. What the Crime of the 
 other indifferent Prince was, is not altoge- 
 ther fo clear. 
 
 Their publick Dodlors or Teachers are 
 fuch as have attained to the third Age. To 
 explain this it muft be obfcrv'd, that here 
 Life is divided into three Ages. The firft 
 is that in which they are inftru£led in pub- 
 lick Affairs. In the fecond they publickly 
 purfuc and exercife what they have learnt. 
 And in the third, being honourably dif- 
 mifs'd from their Employments, they then 
 take upon them the Inftru6tion of the Ju- 
 niors. Hence, none have a Right to teach 
 in publick but fuch as are grown old in the 
 Adminiftration of publick Affairs, fmcq 
 none are fo capable of laying down folid 
 
 Ruks 
 
IVorld Under-Ground. 99 
 
 Kules as thofe who have drawn their Know- 
 Jedge from long Experience. 
 
 If any one already infamous for the Im- 
 morality of liis Life fhould however give 
 wholefome Advice to the State, the Name 
 t)f the Perfon is fupprefs'd, Jell: it fhould 
 lofe its EfFe6t from the Character of its 
 Author, and the Decree purfuant to fuch 
 Advice is fhelter'd under the Name of fom? 
 more honourable Perfon. Thus the good 
 Opinion is known, and the bad Author 
 conceaPd. 
 
 I was inform'd, that with refpe£l to Reli- 
 gion, it was prohibited to difpute about the 
 prime Articles of Faith, particularly about 
 the Eflence and Attributes of the Deity. 
 But as to all other Points, it is free for every- 
 one to propofe their Opinions and engage in 
 Controverfies. For, hj they, the Incon- 
 veniences which arife from fuch Conten- 
 tions may be compar'd to Storms, which 
 indeed throw down Houfes, but at the fame 
 Time cleanfe the Air, and prevent that 
 Putrefaction which would arife from a ftag- 
 nant Atmofphere. The Reafon of their 
 having few Holidays, is, left a Spirit of Idle- 
 nefs fl:iould creep upon them ; for the Potu- 
 ans believe that good People as duly worfhip 
 God when employ'd in ufcful Labours, as 
 they do by Vows and Prayers. 
 
 The Study of Poetry meets with but cold 
 Encouragement ; yet they are not altoge- 
 ther deftitute of Poets. But the fubterra- 
 oean Poetry differs from Profe only in the 
 F 2 Subli- 
 
100 yf Journey /i? the 
 
 Sublimity of Style ; and they received what 
 I told them concerning our Rhime and 
 Meafure with the utmoft Derifion. 
 
 Among the Potuan Do6lors Ibme are call'd 
 Profeffhrs of Tnjie. It is their Province to 
 fee that the Minds of the Youth are not 
 employ'd in fenfelefs Controverfies and 
 Things of no Ufe ; to take Care that no 
 trivial and vulgar Writings get abroad to 
 poifon and debauch the Tafte ; and to fup- 
 prefs or blot out from everv Book whatever 
 is writ in Defiance of common Senfe. And 
 to thia End alone certain Perfons are ap- 
 pointed to revife and cenfure Books; far 
 othervvife than it is in our World, where 
 the Licenfers of Books fhall fupprefs the 
 very bed, only perhaps bccaufe they deviate 
 ibmething from the reigning Opinions, from 
 the receiv'd Manner of Expreliion, or be- 
 caufe they lafti the Vices of the Age with 
 too Itrong a Sincerity, and too fine a Viva- 
 city. By this Means, great Geniufes are 
 in a Manner fufFocated and ftifled, and 
 Writings of a good Stamp are for ever bu- 
 ried. But yet, as the Potuans have a free 
 Coinmerce with the Neighbour Nations, 
 among other Commodities, fome Books of a 
 poor and trivial Turn will creep abroad. 
 Upon which Account Cenfors are appointed 
 by the State, who from Time to Time vi- 
 fit the Bookfellcrs Shops. Thefe are callM 
 Syla-AIacatiy that is, Purgers of BookJelUrs 
 Shops. For as among us there is a certain 
 Sort of Men, who brufh and cleanfe our 
 
 Chimnies 
 
World Under-Ground. loi 
 
 Chlmnies once a Yesr, fo thofe Ccnfors, 
 who pry and examine into the Books that 
 are put to Sale, cleanfe away all the Dregs, 
 that is, fuch Books, or Parts of Books, as 
 would deprave the Tafte, and convey thcni 
 to the Jaques. Blefs me ! laid I to myfelf, 
 V/hat Havock would be made among our 
 B<3oks, if fuch an Inftitution were to take 
 Place among us ! 
 
 But what cannot be enough commended, 
 is the Care they take in founding the Ge- 
 nius of their Youth, in order to know 
 what Courfe of Life they will be fitteH: for. 
 For as in Mufick a judicious Ear diftin- 
 guiflies every little Sound; in the fame Man- 
 ner thefe piercing Judges of the Virtues and 
 Vices of the Mind, form their Sentiments 
 from fome feemingly inconfiderable Hints, 
 from perhaps a Caft of the Eye, from a 
 Frown, from Deje6lion, Mirth, Laughter, 
 Speech, and even Silence. 'Tis by thcfe 
 Things they eafily know every one's Pro- 
 penfity, and alfo what is contrary to his 
 Conftitution. 
 
 But to return to what concerns myfelf. I 
 pafs'd my Time, it may be well imagin'd, 
 not in the moft a2;reeable Manner with 
 thefe paradoxical Trees, who treated me 
 with Difdain upon Account of that too for- 
 ward and unfettled Judgment which they 
 imputed to me. I grew impatient under 
 thofe Scoffs thev were ever flin2;in'2; out ; for 
 they even went fo far, as to give me the 
 Nick-name of Skabha^ which in their Lan- 
 F 3 gua^e 
 
102 A Journey to the 
 
 guage fignihes cver-hafly. But what cf»a- 
 grin'd me moft, was that my very Laun- 
 drefs, tho' of the Dregs of the Populace, 
 and one of tlic moft miferable and indigent 
 Trees herfelf, did not even fcruple to call 
 ane by that Name of Reproach. 
 
 C H A P. IX. 
 
 The Author^ s Journey round the "Planet 
 
 N A Z A R. 
 
 TJTAVING continued in the unpleafmg 
 I I Employment of King's MelTenger 
 Jor two whole Years, and carry*d the Royal 
 Mandates and Letters Patents to every Pro- 
 vince of the Empire, I at laft grew tir*d of 
 fo troublefome and fo unv/orthy an Office. 
 Accordingly I again and again petitioned iiis 
 Serene Highnefs to grant me an honourable 
 Difmiffion, and at the fame Time follicited 
 a more reputable Employment. But I met 
 with nothing but Repulfes from his High- 
 nefs, whofe conftunt Reply v.'as, that a more 
 important Office was above my Strength 
 and Capacity. He alledg'd alfo, that the 
 Laws and Cufloms of the Country were 
 Death to my Hopes, in that they admitted 
 only fit and proper Perfons to the moft emi- 
 nent and arduous Ports of Government ; 
 that theiefore 1 muft make a Virtue of Ne- 
 ceflity, and reft myfc;lf contented, till I had; 
 
 done 
 
World Under-Ground. 103 
 
 Jone fomething to merit better Fortune. 
 He concluded his Advice in Terms like 
 thofe of the Poet, 
 
 Metirt fe quemque fuo modulo ac pede fas ejl, 
 E ccelo magnum defcendit Nofce teipfum^ 
 Figendum ac memori tra£landiim peSfore, 
 
 Thefe repeated Refufals were enough to 
 throw me upon the moft daring and defpc- 
 rate Defigns. From that Day forward my 
 Invention v;as upon the Rack to produce 
 fomething, that fhould demonftrate the Ex- 
 cellence of my Genius, and wipe away my 
 prefent Infamy. Accordingly, for a whole 
 Year I ftudy'd the Laws and Cuftoms of 
 the Country with an invincible Application, 
 refolv'd to difcover, whether there were in 
 them any Defe£t3 that requirM a Reforma- 
 tion. I open'd my Defign to a certain Bufli, 
 with whom I had contracted a clofe Inti- 
 macy, and with whom I us'd to convcrfe 
 very freely upon all Subjects, whether grave 
 or gay. He thought my Defign not altoge- 
 ther abfurd, but extremely queftion'd, whe- 
 ther it would be of any Service to the 
 State. He added, that it fhould be the 
 Care of a Reformer, to be a thorough Ma- 
 iler of the Nature and Genius of the Coun- 
 try he intends to reform ; becaufe the fame 
 Thing might, in different Countries, pro- 
 duce different Effecfls, as the fame Medicine 
 may be good for fome Bodies, and perni- 
 cious to others. He likewife inform'd me 
 of the Danger I expos'd myfelf to in this 
 Y 4 Experi- 
 
104 ^ Journey to the 
 
 Experiment, that no lefs than my Life depenc- - 
 ed on it, which muft be a Forfeit to the State, 
 Ihould my ProjeA have the Misfortune to 
 be condemn'd by the Judges. He therefore 
 ardently intreated me to beftow a httle more 
 Keflexion on this Affair ; tho' he did not 
 plainly difluade me from my Attempt, fince 
 he thought it not impoffible, that a Sagacity^ 
 ftke mine, might at length difcover fome- 
 thing ufeful, as well to myfelf, as to the 
 State. I took the Advice of my Friend, 
 and for a Time laid afide my Scheme, and 
 with a laudable Patience continued to dif- 
 c barge my Duty, by vifiting the various 
 Cities and Provinces of the Kingdom after 
 the ufual Manner. Thefe repeated Expe- 
 ditions furniih'd me with an Opportunity 
 of making Enquiries into the State of the 
 Kingdom, as well as that of the bordering 
 Nations ; and left what I had obferv'd in 
 my Travels fhould efcape my Memory, I 
 penn'd it all down, and making a little Vo- 
 lume of it, humbly prefented it to the 
 Prince. How much his Serene Highnefs was 
 taken with this Work appear'd afterward, 
 by his doing me the Honour to commend 
 my Labours in full Senate ; and having 
 again attentively perus'd my Book, he was 
 pleas'd to make ufe of my Services in a far- 
 ther Difcovery of the v.'hole Planet Naxar. 
 I expected a different Recompence for my 
 Labours, but was forc'd to fay with the 
 Poet, 
 
 — — Virtus laiidatur ^ alget. 
 
 But 
 
World Under- Ground. 105 
 
 But fince I was fond of Novelty, and had 
 Hopes that fo bountiful a Prince would ne- 
 ver leave me unrewarded after my Return, 
 1 fet about the Work with a good Degree 
 of Plea fu re. 
 
 The whole Globe of the Planet Nazn?-^ 
 altho' fcarce fix hundred Miles in Circum- 
 ference, yet to the Inhabitants appears of an 
 immenfe Extent, by Reafon of the Slow- 
 nefs of their Motion. And hence to this 
 Day a great many Countries, and parti- 
 cularly the more remote ones, are ut- 
 terly unknown to the Natives. A Potuan 
 would hardly be able to travel over this 
 Globe on foot in two Years. But what 
 embarrafs'd me moft, was the Fear 1 had 
 that a Variety of Languages would put me 
 to great Difficulties. But 1 was foon unde- 
 ceived, and reviv'd to hear, that the Inha- 
 bitants of the whole Planet, tho* wonder- 
 fully difl'erent in their Manners, yet all 
 fpoke the fame Tongue ; and befides this, 
 that the whole Race of Trees were in the 
 main harmlefs, fociable, and beneficent j^e- 
 ings, fo that I might, without the leafl 
 Danger, make the Tour of the whole 
 Globe. This redoubled my Ardour, and 
 in the Month of Poplars 1 began my 
 Journey. 
 
 What follows is (o marvellous, that it 
 looks more like a poetic Ficlion, or the 
 Chimaeras of ungovern'd Fancy, than Rea- 
 lity and Truth ; efpecially fince thofe Varie- 
 ties, both of Body Mind, which in this 
 F 5 Journey 
 
100 A Journey to fie 
 
 Journey I met with, are fuch as one would'. 
 never expe£t to find between the mofl: dif- 
 tant Nations. It mult be oblerv'd, that 
 many Kingdoms here are feparated from 
 each other by Seas and Straits, not unlike 
 the Archipelago in Europe. Thefe Straits are 
 feldom crofs'd ; but for the Benefit of Tra- 
 vellers, there are certain Ferrymen that 
 keep their Stations on the Banks in Rcadi- 
 nefs to tranfport the PaiTengcrs. It is very 
 rare, that the Natives ever venture beyond 
 the Limits of their own Country ; and if 
 compeU'd, by NecciHty, to make a Voyage, 
 they foon return, as if impatient of a fo- 
 reign Soil. Hence, as many Nations as 
 there are, you fee fo many new Worlds in a 
 Manner. The principal Caufe of this vaft 
 Diflimilitude, is the different Nature of the 
 Lands, as appears from the various Colours 
 on the Surface, and from the furprizing 
 Difference between the Plants, Herbs, and 
 Fruits ; it is the lefs Wonder, therefore, if 
 with that Diverfity of the Soil, and the 
 Produdb of it, there fhould alfo be found a 
 no lefs furprizing Variety of Inhabitants, 
 and even oppofite Natures and Tempers. 
 In our World, indeed, even Nations the 
 nioft remote, differ very little from each 
 other in Genius, Manners, Learning, Shape 
 and Colour. For fince the Nature of the 
 Earth is almoft every where the fame, ex- 
 cept that one Part is more fruitful than an- 
 other, and fmce the Nature of our Plants, 
 Herbs, and Water, is nearly the fame every 
 
 where. 
 
World Under -Ground, 107 
 
 where, hence nothing heterogeneous or un- 
 common is produced, as in this fubterranean 
 Planet, where every Tra<5l of Land has its 
 own pecuHar Property. Strangers are al- 
 low'd to trade and travel, but not to fettle 
 out of their own Country ; nor, Indeed, could 
 fuch a Liberty be well granted, confidering 
 the great Diverfity and Oppofition of Nar 
 tures between each other. Hence all Fo- 
 reigners that you meet with, are either Mer- 
 chants or Travellers. The Countries which 
 border upon the Potuan Dominions, are 
 nearly of the fame Nature with them. 
 Their Inhabitants were formerly often at 
 War with the Poiunns ; but at this Day 
 they are either in Alliance with them, or 
 having been fubdued, they now reft con- 
 tented in their Subjediion to fo mild a Power. 
 But if you once crofs the great Sea, which 
 divides their whole Globe, new Scenes pre- 
 fent themfelves, together with new and 
 ftrange Creatures unknown to the Pctuans, 
 One only Thing they have in common, 
 and that is, that all the Creatures of this 
 Globe are rational Trees, and all ufe the 
 fame Dialect. This makes Travelling very 
 pleafant, efpecially as the Merchants and 
 Foreigners, perpetually palling thro' every 
 Province, give People an Opportunity of 
 feeing Creatures extrcamly ftrange and un- 
 like themfelves. Thus much I thought 
 proper to premife, left tender Ears fhould 
 be offended with the fubfequent Narration, 
 
 and 
 
io8 A Journey io the 
 
 and the Author reproachM with Want of 
 Veracity. 
 
 It would be a tirefome and an unprofita- 
 ble Tafk, to recount every Thing fingly, 
 and in exaft hiflorical Order, that I met 
 with in my Travels. Let it fufHce, that I 
 give an Account of thofe particular People 
 only, whofe Chara6ter, Defcription, and 
 Manners have fomething fo unufual and 
 marvellous in them, that upon their Ac- 
 count this Planet of Nazar may be reckoned 
 one of the principal Prodigies of the Uni- 
 verfe. I mufl here call to Mind an Obfer- 
 vation I have before made, that this whole 
 Race and Country of rational Trees differ 
 very little in Senfe and Judgment from the 
 Potuans 'y but in their Rites and Cuftoms, 
 in their Make and Temper, there is fo 
 much Diverfity, that every Province you 
 would fwear to be a new World. 
 
 In the Province of ^lamfo^ which is the 
 firft beyond the Sea, the Inhabitants are 
 fubjedl to no Infirmities or Dlfeafes of Bo- 
 dy, but each enjoys a perfect Health from 
 Youth to lateft Age. I could not help 
 thinking them the moft happy of Mortals. 
 Rut upon a flight Acquaintance with them, 
 I found myfelf infinitely miflaken. For as, 
 upon one Hand, I faw nobody fad or for- 
 rowful ; fo upon the other, I faw nobody 
 pleased and joyful. For as we never highly 
 relifh the Serenity of the Heavens, and the 
 Weather, unlefs we have been fenfible of 
 the Hardfhips of a different Temperature 
 
 of 
 
TForld Under-Grotmd. 109 
 
 of the Air ; {o thefe Trees tafte no 
 Felicity, becaufe it is perpetual and unin- 
 terrupted, and never know the Pleafure of 
 Health, for want of knowing the Mifery of 
 Difeafes. Their Life is one eternal Indo- 
 lence. Their Enjoyments are never exqui- 
 fite, and thofe alone can tafte the Sweets 
 of Life, who have their Pleafures feafon'd 
 with a little Pain. I proteft, that I never 
 found, in any Country upon the Face of 
 the Earth, fuch lifelcfs Creatures, or fuch 
 cold and infipid Converfations. The Peo- 
 ple are harmlefs, but deferve neither your 
 Love or Hatred. You fear no Affront, 
 and you cxpe6l no Favour. In a V/ord, 
 .here is nothing either to pleafe or difpleafe. 
 Befides, as that continual Health never 
 brings the Image of Death before their Eyes, 
 nor ever moves tlieir Concern towards the 
 Affli6^ed and Difeafed, fo they pafs their 
 Days in dull Security, and never know the 
 generous Warmths of Pity and CompaiTion ; 
 nor do the leaf!: Footfteps of Love, or any 
 fuch tender Affection appear there. In 
 Truth, Difeafes remind us of our Mortality, 
 excite us to die well, and keep the Soul as 
 it were equipt for its Journey to that World 
 from whence none return ; and as they af- 
 flidt us with Pain, fo they infpire a Sym- 
 pathy towards others when afflicted. This 
 leads one eafily todifcern how much Difeafei;, 
 and the Danger of dying, contribute to 
 Charity, Love, and all the focial Affections, 
 and that thofe People unjuftly complain of 
 
 their 
 
no A Journey to the 
 
 their Creator for appointing thefe AfHic-* 
 tions, which are fo full of real Advantage.- 
 It muft be obferv'd, that thefe Trees, as 
 often as they remove into other Places, are 
 expos'J to the fame Evils and Cafualties of 
 Life that others are. This is a Proof to 
 me, that thev are indebted to the Climate 
 for this peculiar Advantage, if indeed it 
 can be call'd an Advantage. 
 
 The Province of Lalac^ furnamM Maf- 
 catta, or the Bleft^ feems to correl'pond vjixh 
 its Name ; for there the Earth produces all 
 Things fpontaneoufly. 
 
 Flumina jam laStisj jam Jiu?mna NeSIaris 
 
 ibant, 
 Flavaque de viridl Jlillahant like mclla : 
 Ipfa quoque immunisy rajiroque inta^iay nee 
 
 ullis 
 Saucia vomeribus, per fe dabat omnia tellus. 
 
 But this extraordinary Circumftance does 
 not render the Natives one Jot happier. 
 Por as there is no Need of Labour to pro- 
 cure their daily Suftenance, they fpend their 
 Days in Softncfs, Sloth, and Luxury, and 
 fo lay the Foundation of innumerable Dif- 
 eafcs, and untimely Deaths. The Nature 
 of this Country affords ample Matter for 
 our ferious Reflexion ; in particular it ap- 
 pear?, from the Condition of the People, 
 that Hufbandmen, Servants and Labourers, 
 are far happier than thofe, who, free from 
 the Fatigue' of providing for themfelves, are 
 devoted to Idlenefs and Pleafure. 
 
 Nempe 
 
tVorld Under-Ground. in 
 
 Ne?npe In amare fount epula fine fne petita^-y 
 lihiftque pedes vitwfu?n ferre recufant 
 Corpus. 
 
 Hence follows a Train of vicious A6lions, 
 defperate Refolutions, and violent Deaths,, 
 which are here obfervM to be very com- 
 mon. For the perpetual Affluence in which 
 they live, in Length of Time quite wears away 
 all Tafte and Senfe of Pleafure, and almoft 
 infallibly introduces a downright Loathing 
 of Life. Thus this Region, which appcar'd 
 at 'aril like the Abodes of the Bleft, was in 
 Reality the Seat of Sorrow, and more an 
 Object of my CompalTion than my Envy. 
 
 Hoc celerare fugam^ terraque excedere juffit. 
 
 The next Province is that of Mar dak ; 
 they are Cyprcjfes., all of the fame Form and 
 Height, and difFer only from each other by 
 the different Make of their Eyes. Some 
 have long Eyes, fome fquare Eyes ; fome 
 have fmall ones, others have Eyes fo large 
 as to take up the whole Space of the Fore- 
 head. Some are born with two, others 
 with three, and fome with four Eyes. There 
 are alfo thofe who have only one Eye ; and 
 thefe might be reputed the Offspring of Po- 
 lyphemus^ but that their one Eye is feated in 
 the hinder Part of the Head. And hence, 
 according to the different Shape of their 
 Eyes, they are divided into fo many Tribe?, 
 tlie Names of which are as follows : 
 
 I, Nagiriy 
 
ii2 A Journey to the 
 
 1. Nagiri^ or thofe who have long Eyes, 
 and to whom confequently every Objedl ap- 
 pears long. 
 
 2. Naquiri, thofe who have fquare Eyes. 
 
 3. Talampi, the fmall Eyes. 
 
 4. "Jarahu^ thofe who have two Eyes, 
 one of which is more oblique than the 
 other. 
 
 5. Mehanhi^ three Eves. 
 
 6. Tarrafitki^ four Eyes. 
 
 7. Hurramha^ thofe whofe Eyes occupy 
 the Space of the whole Forehead. 
 
 8. Skadolki^ thofe who have only one Eye 
 in the hinder Part of the Head. 
 
 The moft numerous, and of courfe the 
 moft powerful Tribe, is that of the Nagiri\ 
 or thofe who have long Eyes, and to whom 
 confequently all Objects appear long. Eroni 
 this iVibe are taken the Senators, the 
 Priefls, and all fuch as bear Office in the 
 State. Thefe fit at the Helm, nor do they ad- 
 mit anv one from another Tribe to aPoft in 
 the Government, unlefs he Ihall firft con- 
 fefs, and confirm his Confeffion with an 
 Oath, that a certain Tablet, dedicated to 
 the Sun, and placM in the moft confpicu- 
 ous Part of the Temple, appears to him to 
 be long. This facred Tablet of the Sun 
 is the principal Objeil of the MardakaniaK 
 Worftiip. Hence the honefter Part of the 
 Citizens, who f^art at Perjury, are exclu- 
 ded from all publick Honours, and what is 
 worfe, are expos'd to a thoufand Sneers, 
 Railleries, and even Perfecutions 3 and tho' 
 
 they 
 
IForJd Under- Ground. 113 
 
 they over and over proteft, that they can- 
 not difbelieve their Eyes, they are ftill com- 
 plained of, and "what is only a Fault of Na- 
 ture, is imputed to their Obftinacy and 
 Malice. 
 
 The Form of the Oath, which all, who 
 are admitted to publick Employments and 
 Honours, are forc'd to fubfcribe to, is this, 
 
 Kaka manajca qu\ho7npu m'lriac Jacku me- 
 fimhrli Caphani Crukkia Manafcar quebriac 
 Krufundcra. 
 
 i'hat is, I J. B. <^o fwear, that the fa- 
 cred Tablet of the Sun appears to me to be 
 long, and I promife that I will perfift in 
 this Opinion to my iaft Breath. 
 
 After this Oath, they are declared fit for 
 the Service of the State, and are incorpo- 
 rated into the Tribe of the Nagiri. 
 
 The Day after my Arrival, as I was faun- 
 tring in the Market -Place, I beheld an old 
 Man, whom they were hurrying away to 
 be fcourg'd. A large Croud of CypreJJes 
 follow'd him, with Scoffs and Revilings. 
 Upon my inquiring the Caiife, I was in- 
 formed, that he was a Heretick, who open- 
 ly taught, that the Tablet of the Sun feem'd 
 to him to be fquare ; and in that diabolical 
 Opinion he had obflinately perhfted, afcer 
 repeated Admonitions. 
 
 This rcus'd my Curiofity to go to the 
 Temple, and try whether I had orthodox 
 Eyes or no. I exnmin'd the aforefaid Ta- 
 blet with all the Eyes I had, and really it 
 appear 'd fquare to me. This 1 ingenuoufly 
 
 told 
 
1 14 A Journey to the 
 
 told my Hofl:, who at that Time had the 
 Poft of vEdlle. With that he fetch'd a 
 deep Sigh, and confefs'd to me, that it ap- 
 peap'd fquare to him too, but that he dare 
 not fay fo pubhckly, for fear of being dif- 
 poflefs'd of his Employment by the govern- 
 ing Tribe. 
 
 All pale and trem.bling I left this execra- 
 ble City, fcxiring left my Back muft expiate 
 the Crime of my Eyes, or left branded 
 with the Title of Hcretick, I fhould be 
 fent with Ignominy out of their Domi- 
 nions. In Truth, no Inftitution ever ap- 
 peared more horrid, barbarous, and unjuft, 
 than this, where Hypocrifies and Perjuries 
 alone are the Avenues to Preferment. And 
 when I return'd to the Putuans^ I took 
 every Opportunity to exprefs my Indigna- 
 tion ap:ainft that deteftable Race of People. 
 But while I was in one of my angry Moods, 
 and venting my Spken according to Cuf- 
 tom, a certain Jui^iper Tree, with whom I 
 had liv'd in a good Degree of Intimacy, 
 made me this Anfwer : " It is true, fays 
 *' he, that the Conduct of the Nag'vi will 
 " always appear abfurd and iniquitous to 
 " the Potuans ; but to you it (hould not 
 " feem at all ftrange, that this Diverfity of 
 Eyes fliould caufe fuch Cruelties, becaufe 
 you have formerly aflur'd me, that in 
 moft of the European Dominions there 
 are governing Tribes, which fall upon 
 the reft with Fire and Sword, upon Ac- 
 ^' count of fome Defect, not of their Eyes 
 
 '' indeedj. 
 
 (C 
 
 «( 
 
World Under-Ground. nS 
 
 " indeed, but of their Reafon ; and you 
 ^' yourfelf extoll'd fuch a Proceeding as a 
 " pious Aa, and of Advantage to the Go- 
 *' vernment." I prefcntly underftood the 
 Drift of this Obfervation, and bluflu for 
 Shame. I left him foon, and was ever after 
 a ftanch Advocate for Toleration, and en- 
 tertained milder Sentiments of People under 
 
 Error. 
 
 Kimal^ the next Principality, is account- 
 rd the moft potent, by reafon of its immenfe 
 Wealth. For befidcs the Silver Mines, 
 which are there in great Abundance, vaft 
 Qiiantities of Gold are gather'd from among 
 the Sands of their Rivers. Their Seas too 
 afFord the moft coftly Pearls. And yet 
 upon a due Examination of this Country, I 
 could difcover, that Happinefs did not con- 
 fift in Wealth alone. For as many Inhabi- 
 tants, fo many Divers and Diggers there 
 were, who, bent upon Gain, feem'd con- 
 demn'd to perpetual Slavery, and fuch a 
 Slavery as one would think was fit only for 
 Criminals. Thofe who are rich enough to 
 be exempted from thefe Toil?, are oblig'd 
 to keep conftant Watch. The whole Coun- 
 try is fo infefted with Thieves and Robbers, 
 that it is not fafe to go without a Guard. 
 
 Ncn tarn fejla d'les^ ut cejfet prodcre^ furem^ 
 Perfidiam, fraudes, atq\ omni ex crim'me lucrum, 
 Vivitur cxrapto\ mn hofpes ab hofptie tutus ^ 
 Non focer a gemro, fratnm quoque gratia 
 
 rara eji, 
 
 Fumt. 
 
ii6 A Journey to the 
 
 Films ante diem patrics Inquirit in annos ; 
 Vtcia jacet pietas, ^ virgo ccsde madentes 
 Ultima coelejium terras Ajircsa reliquit. 
 
 Hence this Nation, beheld with envious 
 Eyes by their Neighbours, drew Pity from 
 me more than Envy. P'ear, Jealoufy, Suf- 
 picion, and Diftrufi:, reign in every Mind, 
 and each looks upon his Neighbour as a de- 
 figning Enemy. So that endlefs Solicitude, 
 wading Cares, and pallid Complexions, are 
 the Fruits of the boafled Eelicity of this 
 Province. It was not without Anxiety I 
 travell'd over tliis" Region ; for in every 
 Road, and upon every Frontier, I was 
 obliged to give an Account of my Bufinefs, 
 Name, and Country, to the Guards and 
 Examiners, and I found myfelf expos'd to 
 all thofe Vexations which Travellers expe- 
 rience in Countries that are jealous of Stran- 
 gers. There is a Volcano, or burning 
 Mountain, in this Province, from whence 
 afcend perpetual Whirlwinds of Fire. 
 
 After having run over this Principality, 
 and that with more Trouble than I experi- 
 enc'd throughout my whole Journey, I 
 purfued my Courfe full Ea(t. I every where 
 found the Inhabitants fociable and welt- 
 behav'd, but extremely paradoxical. The 
 Natives of the little Kingdom of ^amboia 
 furpriz'd me mod. There the Order of 
 Nature is inverted. The more the Natives 
 advance in Years, the more wanton and 
 voluptuous they grow ; and Age produces 
 
 fuch 
 
World Under-Ground, 1 1 7 
 
 fuch fantaftic Vices, and fuch lafcivious 
 Ireaks, as Youth alone, in every other 
 Place, is guilty of. Here none are intruded 
 Avith the Cares of State, unlefs they are 
 under forty Years of Age. When they 
 exceed this Term, they are too giddy for 
 Bufinefs, like Children, 
 
 ^os dura pre7nit cujlcdla matrum. 
 
 I favv here the Aged frifking and gambo- 
 ling in the Streets like I>ovs, and fpending 
 their Time in pueiile Diverfions. They 
 did, as the Poet fay?, 
 
 Mdificare cafas^ plojhilo adjungere mures ^ 
 Ludere par impar, cquitare in arundine longa. 
 
 While on the other Hand the Youths took 
 the Liberty to reprove them, and fomerimcs 
 drive them home before them vi^ith a Whip. 
 I faw an old decrepit Male Tree whipping 
 a Top in the Markct-Place, and was in- 
 form'd he was fome Years ago a Perfon of 
 very great Confequence, no lefs than Prefi- 
 dent of the Grand Council. This inverted 
 Order obtained alfo in the weaker Sex. 
 Hence, when a certain Youth was to be 
 marry'd to an old Lady, all were of Opi- 
 nion he muft undergo the Fate of ABtccn ; 
 which is diametrically oppofite to what hap- 
 pens among us, where if an old Man has a 
 Mind for a young Bride, he has ample 
 Reafon to fear an Injury of that Sort. Once 
 I remember I met two old Bald-Heads en- 
 gaged in a Duel. Amaz'd to find fuch Vi- 
 2 gour 
 
ii8 A Journey to the 
 
 gour at fuch an Age, I enquirM the Caufe 
 of this Duel, and was told, that the Quar- 
 rel arofe about a Miftrefs they had met with 
 at one of their Haunts, and who had equal- 
 ly pleas'd them both. They who told me 
 this, added, that if the Governors of thefe 
 two old Sinners were to know of their Dif- 
 ference, their Backs would be fure to fmart 
 for it. The fame Evening a Report flew 
 about, that a certain venerable Matron had 
 hang'd hcrfelf for Defpair, becaufe fhe had 
 met with a Repulfe from a young Beech ihe 
 was enamour'd of. 
 
 This inverted Order of Nature demands 
 of courfe an Inverfion of the Laws. Hence, 
 in that Chapter of the Law which treats 
 of Guardianfhip, it is enacfted, That the Ad- 
 niiniftration of Goods fhall not be granted 
 to any one, unlefs he be under forty Years 
 of Age. Moreover, Contracts are deem'd 
 ineffe^flual, if enter'd into by Perfons above 
 Forty, unlefs fuch Contrails are fign'd by 
 their Tutors or Children. In the Chapter 
 concerningSubordination,there is this Injunc- 
 tion, Let the Aged cf both Sexes be obedient to 
 their Children. Every Perfon in Office is 
 always difmifs'd before he arrives to the 
 Age of Forty. 
 
 Inter di5io hide omne adimat jus 
 
 Prator^ ilf ad juvefies abeat tutela propinquos, 
 
 I did not think it convenient to continue 
 longer in this Place, where if I had hap- 
 
 pen'd 
 
World Un-der 'Ground, 119 
 
 penM to have flay'd but ten Years, I muft 
 have been obh'g'd by Law to become a Child 
 again. 
 
 In the Province of Cocklecu there is a very 
 perverfe Cuftom, and fuch as would be 
 highly condemn'd among us. The Order 
 of Things is indeed inverted, but the Fault 
 is not owing to Nature, but folely to tjie 
 Laws. The Natives are all Junipers of 
 both Sexes : But the Males alone perform 
 the Drudgery of the Kitchen, and every 
 fuch ignoble Labour. In Time of War 
 indeed, they ferve their Country, but rarely 
 rife above the Rank of common Soldiers. 
 Some few get to be Enfigns, which is the 
 very higheft military Honour the Males ever 
 arrive to. The Females, on the other 
 Hand, are in Poffeflion of all Honours and 
 Employments facred, civil, or military. I 
 had lately derided the Potuans for obferving 
 no Difference of Sex in the Diftribution 
 of publick Offices : But that was nothing to 
 the Phrenzy of this People. I could not 
 conceive the Meaning of fo much Indolence 
 in the Males, who, tho' of far fuperior 
 Strength of Body, could yet fo tamely fub- 
 mit to fuch a Yoke, and for Ages toge- 
 ther digeft fuch an Ignominy. For it would 
 have been very eafy, at any Time, to have 
 freed themfelves from fo fhameful a Tyran- 
 ny. But long and ancient Cuftom had fo 
 blinded them, that none ever thought of 
 attempting to remov^e fuch a Difgrace, but 
 quietly behev'd i^ was Nature's Appoint- 
 ment, 
 
I20 A Journey to the 
 
 ment, that the Government fhould be lodgM 
 in Female Hands, and that it was the Bufi- 
 nefs of the other Sex to Ipln, to weave, to 
 clean the Houfe, and upon Occafion take a 
 Beating from their Wives. The Argu- 
 ments, by which the Ladies juftify'd this 
 Cuftom, were thefe : That as Nature had 
 furnifb'd the Males with greater Strength of 
 Bodv, her Intention in that could only be 
 to deftine them to the more laborious and 
 fervile Duties of Life. Strangers are amaz'd, 
 when going into a Houfe they fee the Mif- 
 trefs of the Family in the Compting-Houfe^ 
 with a Pen in her Hand, and her Books be- 
 fore her, and at the fame Time find her 
 Hufband in the Kitchen fcouring the Difhes. 
 And, indeed, whatever Houfe I went to, 
 if I enquir'd for the Mafter of the Family, 
 I was ftill conducted into the Kitchin. 
 
 Hie lavet argentum^ vafa afpera tergeat alter ; 
 Vox domina f remit injlant'n virgamque tenentis. 
 
 Horrible were the EfFecfls of this unnatural 
 Cuftom. For as in other Countries there 
 are abandon'd Women, who proftitute 
 themfelves for Hire, fo here the young Men 
 fell their Favours, and to that End hire 
 fome Houfe of Pleafure, which fhall be 
 eafily known, either by a Writing over it, 
 or fome other infallible Sign. And when 
 the Men drive this wicked Trade with too 
 great Effrontery, and in too barefac'd a 
 Manner, they are had to Prifon, and whipt 
 like our Street- Walkers. On the other 
 
 Hand, 
 
World Under 'Ground. 121 
 
 Hand, the Matrons and Virgins here, with- 
 out the leaft Reproach, can prowl up and 
 down, gaze at the young Fellows, nod, 
 whiftle, tip the Wink, pluck them by the 
 Sleeve, importune them, write Love-Verfes 
 upon their Doors, boaft of their Conquefts, 
 and reckon up their Gallantries with as 
 much SatisfatStion as the fine Gentlemen of 
 our World entertain you with their Amours. 
 Moreover, it is no Crime for the Ladies 
 here to make amorous Poems, and fend 
 Prefents to the Youths; who, on the con- 
 trary, counterfeit Coynefs and Modefty, as 
 knowing it indecent to furrender to a Lady 
 upon the firft Summons. There was at the 
 Time I was there, a mighty Difturbance 
 about a noble Youth, the Son of a Senator, 
 who had been ravifti*d by a young Woman. 
 I heard, that it was whifper'd among the 
 Friends of the injur'd Youth, that a Suit 
 would be commenc'd againft the Ravifher, 
 and that at the next Confiftory Court fhe 
 would be fentenc'd to repair the Difhonour 
 by Marriage, fince it could be indubitably 
 prov'd, that he was a Perfon of an innocent 
 Life and Converfation. During my Stay 
 here, I had not the Courage openly to con- 
 demn this depraved Cuftom : But upon my 
 leaving the City, I told feveral, tliat thefe 
 Junipers a6led in downright Contradiction 
 to Nature, fince from the univcrfal V^oice 
 and Confent of Nations it was evident, that 
 the Males alone were forrn'd for all ilie ar- 
 duous and important Aftairs of Life. 'Jo 
 
 G this 
 
122 A Journey to the 
 
 this they reply '<J, that I confounded Cullom 
 with Nature, fince the Wcaknefs we im- 
 pute to the Female Sex is deriv'd i'olelv'from 
 Education. This is clear, from the Form 
 of Government eftablifhM at CockUcu^ where 
 in that Sex you find all the Virtues, and 
 large Endowments of Mind, which the maf- 
 culine Sex, in other Places, arrogate to 
 themfelves. For the Cocklecuan'ian Women 
 are grave, prudent, conftant, and fecret. 
 The Men, on the contrary, are light, emp- 
 ty» frothy Creatures. Hence, when any 
 Thing abfurd is related, the common Say- 
 ing is. That's a manly Tiijie. Again, when 
 any Thing is done rafhly and unthinkingly, 
 the Proverb is, IVe mujl make Allowances for 
 m:inly Weakncfs. Notwithftanding this, I 
 could not acquiefce in thefe Arguments, be- 
 ing thoroughly convinced of the Improprie- 
 ty and Deformity of this Cuftom. The 
 Indignation I conceiv'd againft fo much 
 Female Pride and Infolence, gave Birth to 
 an unfortunate Defign, which I put in Ex- 
 ecution foon after my Travels, as in its 
 proper Place fhall be related. 
 
 Among the fumptuous Edifices of this 
 Citv, the mod admirable was the Royal Se- 
 ra<^!io, the Refidencc of three hundred 
 Youths of exquifitc Beauty. They were 
 all maintain'd at the Expence of the Queen, 
 and kept for her private Pleafures. As I 
 happened to hear, that my Perfon was much 
 commended, I was afraid of being clapp'd 
 
 up 
 
World UnLr -Ground, 12^ 
 
 up in the Seraglio, and hurry'd away with 
 all imaginable Hafte. 
 
 Pedibus tnetus addldit alas. 
 
 From this Place I proceeded to the Philo- 
 fophic a I K^gion^ (o ftvl'd from the Inhabi- 
 tants, who are continually bury'd in the 
 profound Speculations of Philofophy. I was 
 all on Fire to fee this Country, which I fan- 
 cyM muft be the Center of Sciences, and 
 the true Seat of the Mufes. Inftead of vul- 
 gar Fields and Meadows, I expelled to find 
 one continued lovely Garden ; and in this 
 Imagination I haflen'd my Pace, and count- 
 ed the Hours and Minutes as they flew. 
 However, the Ways thro' which I pafb'd 
 were very ftony, wi'Ji every now and then 
 a Ditch or Cavern, infomuch that fome- 
 times I was forc'd to go thro' a Length of 
 craggy Wav, and fometimes thro' miry 
 Bogs, where for want of Bridges, I was 
 obllg'd to wade thro', and drag my weary 
 I.imbs after me, quite diity'd to the Waift : 
 Yet I fortify'd myfelf againft thefe Acci- 
 dents, with all the confoling Arguments I 
 could think of. While for a full Hour I 
 had been labouring under thefe Difficulties, 
 I met a Peafant, of whom I inquir'd how 
 far I had to Mafcattla^ or the Philcfophical 
 Province. He rcply'd, / ought rather to cjk 
 him^ how much there was left of the ''jGurney^ 
 ftnce I teas in the very Heart of the Place, 
 Amaz'd at this Anfwer, Htw is it poffih/e^ 
 f.iid L that a Land inhabited or.ly by Pbilojo- 
 G 2 phen 
 
124 A Journey to the 
 
 phers Jhoiild appear rather like the Haunts of 
 Javage Beajisy than like a cultivated Country ? 
 He returned, That in a little Time Things 
 would have a better Face, as foon as ever the 
 Natives could get Time to think upon fuch 
 Trifles. At this prefent^ fays he, we are 
 all folely intent upon an extraordinary Difco- 
 very, no lefs than that of a PaJJ'age to the 
 Sun ; that therefore it was very excufable to 
 leave the Soil to itfelf-, it being impojftble to 
 do tivo Things at once. I prefently under- 
 ftood the Drift of this cunning Country- 
 man's Difcourfe ; and purfuing my Jour- 
 ney, I at lafl arriv'd at the MetropoHtan 
 City Caska. In and about the Gates, in- 
 ftead of Guards and Centinels, I faw only 
 a few tame Fowl, and upon the Walls 
 Heaps of Birds-Neits and Cobwebs. Phi- 
 lofophers and Swine indifferently walk'd the 
 Streets, nor was the one diftinguifh'd from 
 the other hut bv Shape, being otherwife 
 perfe<flly alike in Dirt and Naltinefs. The 
 Philofophers had all Cloaks of the fame 
 Form, but what the Colour was, I could 
 not difcern for the Duit upon them. U'here 
 was one quite bury'd in Thougiit coming 
 dire6lly towards me ; and meeting him, 
 Pray, Sir, fays 1, what may be the Name of 
 Vhis City? At tins he paus'd, and for a 
 1'ime continued as immoveable as if he had 
 no Life in him; at laft, fays he, turning 
 his Eyes upwards, 'Tis almoji Noon. An 
 AnTwer fo foreign to the Purpofe, was a 
 Demon ftration of great Abfence of Mind, 
 
 and 
 
IForld Under-Ground. iis 
 
 and convinced me, that it was better to ftu- 
 dy fpaiingly, than to run mad with too 
 much Learning. I proceeded dire6lly to 
 the Center of the City, to fee, if befide 
 Philofophers, 1 could have the good Luck 
 to meet with a rcafonable Creature. The 
 Forum of the City, which was very fpacious, 
 was adorn'd with Statues and Columns. I. 
 was endeavouring to read the Lifcription 
 upon one of them, and being thus employ'd, 
 fuddenly 1 felt my Back grow warm and 
 moifh Turning my Head, to fee from 
 whence this warm Shower proceeded, I 
 fav/ a Philofoplier making Water againft 
 me. For being bury'd in profound Thought, 
 he had taken me for one of the Statues there, 
 that are usM for Ncceflities of this Kind. 
 Stung to tl:»e Soul with fuch an AtFront, cfpe- 
 cially as the Philoibpher, inftead of apolo- 
 gizing for the Miftake, only laugh'd in my 
 Face, I gave him a fmart Box on the Ear. 
 Enrag'd at this, he fell upon me, feiz*d me 
 by the Hair, and dragged me round the 
 Forum. But when I found there was no 
 Profpecl of appeafmg his Wrath, I endea- 
 vour'd to make Reprifals upon him with 
 all my IVlight and Vigour ; and I believe, 
 with Regard to our Blows, the Receipts 
 and Difburfements might be pretty equal on 
 both Sides. At length, after a long Con- 
 teft, we both fell upon the Ground. At 
 this Spe<SlacIe, a Croud of Philofophers 
 flock'd from all Parts, and with inexpreffi- 
 ble P^ury fell upon me with their Fifts and 
 (^3 Sticks, 
 
!26 A Journey to the 
 
 Sticks, and then once more draggM me by 
 the Hair all round the Market ; infomuch 
 that I was juft upon the Point of giving up 
 the Ghoft. At lad, rather tir'd than fa- 
 tiated, they left off beating me, and brought 
 me to a fpacious Houfe, where when I 
 ftruggled againft the Door with both my 
 Feet, and vow'd I would not enter, Mef- 
 fieurs the Philofophers threw a Rope round 
 my Neck, and tugging me in, like an Ox 
 at a Slaughter-Houfe, they fell'd me flat 
 upon the Floor. The Houfe, and all Things 
 in it, were in the utmoft Confufion, and 
 not unlike the Diforder People are in at 
 Lady- Day or Michaelmas^ when they are 
 moving Houfe. I then humbly intreated 
 thefe wife Men to put an End to their Re- 
 fcntmcnt, and fuller thcmfclves to be mov'd 
 to Pity and CompalTion, reprefcnting to 
 them how little for the Honour of Philofo- 
 phy it Vv'as to abandon themfelves to a blind 
 Rage, and give a Loofe to thofe very Pafiions 
 they are the forwarded to declaim againft. 
 But I preach'd to the Winds. For that 
 very Philofopher, who had fo plentifully 
 water'd my Back, forthwith renew'd the 
 Fight, and redoubled his Blows upon me, 
 like a Smith upon an Anvil, as if nothing 
 but my Death could flop his Fury. This 
 plainly taught me, that no Anger equals a 
 philofophical Anger; and that they who 
 can talk fo well upon the Beauty of Virtue, 
 care to pradtife it as little as anv. 
 
JVorld Under-Ground. 127 
 
 — — Nee enlm minor ira rehidUt 
 Peffore in hoc^ leviorve exurit fiainma me- 
 
 dullas. 
 
 At length there came in four Philofophers, 
 the Form of whofe Robes fpoke them of a 
 finguJar Order. They prefently appca^'d 
 the Uproar, and feem'd to commiferate my 
 t^ate ; and after they had conferr'd apart, 
 they remov'd me to another Houfe. Glad 
 was I, that I had efcLip'd thefe Barbarians, 
 and at laft fallen into honert: Hands. They 
 enquir'd the Caufe of all this Tumult, and 
 I told them every Tittle. They fmird at 
 fo pleafant an Accident, telling me, that it 
 was a common Thing for the Philofophers 
 to make Water againfl the Statues, and 
 that probably my Antagonift, wholly ab- 
 forb'd in Meditation, had miftook me for 
 a Statue. They inform'd me likewife, that 
 that Perfon was an Aftronomer of s:reat 
 
 o 
 
 Eminence, and that my other Perfccutors 
 were ProfcfTors of Moral Philofophy. I 
 could now hear all this with Plcafure, be- 
 lieving myfelf intirely out o^ Danger. Yet 
 one 7^hing aJarm'd me mightily, and that 
 was the great Attention with which they 
 furvey'd my Form. Bcfidcs, their reiterated 
 Qi,iefiions concerning my Manner of Life, 
 my Country, and the Caufe of my Jour- 
 ney, together with the Whifpers that en- 
 fucd, gave me a violent Jealoufy. But, 
 good God ! what Horror invaded my Soul, 
 when they condu6led me into an Anatomy- 
 G 4 Chamber, 
 
i28 yf Journey to the 
 
 Chamber, where there was a frightful Heap 
 of Bones and Carcafes upon the Floor, that 
 gave a Stench enough to poifon me. I 
 thought I was fallen into a Den of Thieves 
 and Murderers ; but the anatomical Inftru- 
 ments which hung upon the Walls took 
 away that Fear, and convinc'd me, that my 
 Hoft muft be a Phyfician, or a Surgeon, 
 Half an Hour was 1 left alone in this Place, 
 when a Matron enters with my Dinner. 
 She fcem'd very humane, and eying me at- 
 tentively, fhe would every now and then 
 fetch a deep Sigh. Upon my enquiring the 
 Caufe of her Grief, fhe reply'd, that my 
 impending Fate drew thofe Sighs from her ; 
 That I ivcis indeed fcdhn into very hcnejl 
 lLvui<^ for my llmhand^ continues flie, is 
 Lord of this Jjlund^ being puhlick Phyfician of 
 the City^ ayul Profeffor of Medieinc \ and the 
 others you fuiv ate his CoUegues : But afc- 
 iiijV d at the e.xtriiordinnrv JlJiike of your 
 Body^ they have detertnin d to examine the 
 imvard Machinery of it^ and to make a Dif- 
 jection of you, in order to add fome new 
 Light to Anatomy. l^ljis Account threw 
 me into a moft: violent Palpitation, and let- 
 ting up a horrible Cr\', Oh! how! Madam, 
 fa id I, can you call them honeji Men, who 
 make no Scruple to rip up the Bozuels of an in- 
 nocent Per/on P To which ilie anfwered, 
 / fay again you are fallen into the Hands 
 of honeji Men, who will do nothing with a 
 bad Defgn, and have refAvd upon this Ope- 
 ration for the fole Illujlration of the Science of 
 
 Ana* 
 
World Under-Ground, 129 
 
 Jlnatomy. Alas ! faid I, / had rather fall 
 into the Hands of H/ieves and Murderers^ 
 from whom I might pojfibly make my EfcapCy 
 than be differed by fuch very honejl Gentle- 
 men \ and immediately throwing myfelf at 
 her Feet, fliedding at the fame Time a 
 Flood of Tears, I implor'd her to intercede 
 for my Life. She told me, her Interceflion 
 would avail very little againft the Refolution 
 of the Faculty, which was irrevocable ; but 
 however, that (he would deliver me from 
 Death bv fome other Means. With thefe 
 Words, fhe took me by the Hand, and 
 leading me thro' a back Door, brought me 
 as far as to the Gate of the City. Being 
 now ready 10 take my Leave of my Pre- 
 ferver, I endeavoured to exprefs my Grati- 
 tude in the befl Language I was Mafter of; 
 but fhe prefently interrupted me, and telling 
 me fhe would not leave me till fhe faw me 
 out of all Danger, flie continued to accom- 
 pany me. As we walk'd together, we en- 
 ter'd into various Converfations concern- 
 ing the State of the Country, and I heard 
 her with the utmoft Avidity. But at length 
 (he made a Digreflion to a Circumflance not 
 very agreeable to my Ears, and I conjec- 
 tured, that for her Services, fhe requirM 
 ibme Things of me which were morally hn- 
 pojfible. For fhe told me with the greateft 
 Concern, that in this Country the Fate of 
 marry'd Ladies was extremely Iiard, for 
 that their philofophick Hufbands, immers'd 
 in Learning, negledted conjugal Duties. 
 G 5 For 
 
130 ^ Journey /(i^ the 
 
 For my Part^ I protej}, fays fhe, with an 
 Oath, ive Jhould all be very wretched^ if 
 7ic%u and then a good-natur'dy compajjionate 
 Stranger did not adminijhr Cojnfort to lis in 
 cur Alisf or tunes, and occafionally apply a Re- 
 medy to them. I pretended not to under- 
 ftand this Harangue, and mended my Pace. 
 But this Coldnefs ferv'd only to enflame her. 
 Whereupon, 
 
 Confumptis precibus^ violentam tranfit ad iram^ 
 Intcndenfque manus, pajfts furibunda capillisy 
 
 fhe reproached me with Ingratitude. I ne- 
 vcrthelefs continued my Pace, till at laft fhe 
 laid Hands upon my Cloaths, and endea- 
 your'd to flop me. With that I forcibly 
 Parted from her, and having vaflly the Ad- 
 vantage of her in Swiftnefs, I quickly got 
 out of her Sight. One may judge of the 
 Extremity of the Rage fhe was in, by the 
 Words I could hear her pronounce, name- 
 ly, Kaki fpalaki, that is, ungrateful Dog, I 
 digefted this Affront v/ith a Spartan Noble- 
 nefs of Mind, and was glad at my Heart, 
 that 1 could any Way efcape from this Land 
 of Pliilofophers, the bare Remembrance of 
 which fills me with Horror. 
 
 The next Province I arrivM at, was 
 that of ISJakir ; the Capital of which is a 
 fine, large City of the fame Name. I can- 
 not fay much of this Place, becaufe I pafs'd 
 with the utmoO: Hafte thro' the Countries 
 adjoining to that I lately left, and long'd 
 to be among People lefs philofophically, and 
 
 efpe- 
 
World Under -Ground. 131 
 
 efpeclally lefs anatomically given. For fuch 
 a Terror had feiz'd me, that I, could not 
 help afking every one I met, whether he 
 were a Philofopher ; and even in my 
 Dreams, the Carcafes and Inftruments of 
 DifTedion ftill iwam before me. The Na- 
 tives of Nakir were very courteous -, for 
 every one I met ofFer'd me his Service un- 
 afk'd, with long Atteftations of his Honour 
 and Honefty. J thought this very ridicu- 
 lous, fince I fufpecfled none of them, nor 
 call'd their Integrity in Queftion. I ex- 
 prefs'd my Wonder at thefe Compliments, 
 and obferv'd, that I could not conceive to 
 what Purpofe they were made ; at which 
 they only renewed their Proteftations of 
 Service with a thoufand Oaths. Leaving 
 this Place, I overtook a Traveller bending 
 beneath the Weight of his Burden. Seeing 
 me, he flopt, and enquir'd whence I came. 
 When I told him I had pafs'd thro' the 
 Province of Nakir, he congratulated me 
 upon my Efcape, afluring me, that the In- 
 habitants were a People famous for their 
 Skill in Tricking, and hardly a Traveller 
 pafs'd, but was their Prey. I anfwer'd, If 
 their Anions at all correfponded with their 
 Words, they muft be People of the greateft 
 Honour, of which every one boafted ex- 
 tremely, and aflur'd me of it with a Mul- 
 titude of Execrations. The Stranger fmi- 
 liiig at thefe Words, Take Care, fays he, 
 of thofe who trumpet their czun Virtues, and 
 (fpecially of thofe who readily fend thenfelves 
 
 to 
 
132 A Journey to the 
 
 to the Devil to convince you. That Piece of 
 Advice I bury'd deep in my Mind, and I 
 have fince experienced that my Advifer had 
 Reafon. 
 
 I now arriv'd at a Lake, the Waters of 
 which were of a yellowifh Colour. On 
 the Bank there was a VefTel of three Ranks 
 of Oars, in which Paflengers, for a Imall 
 Confideration, were ferry'd over into the 
 Land of Reafon. Having agreed for my 
 PafTage, I went aboard, and with the high- 
 eft Pleafure imaginable began my Voyage, 
 inafmuch as I prefently obferv'd, that thefe 
 fubterranean VefTels are impell'd by fecret 
 Springs and Machines, which cleave the 
 "Waters with an aftonifhing Rapidity, and 
 all without the Agency of Rowers. Be- 
 ing landed on the other Side of the Lake, I 
 hir'd one of the Guides, which ply in the 
 feveral Ports, and under his Conduct I tra- 
 veird on. In the mean Time my Guide 
 told me every Thing that related to the 
 Government of the City, and the Manners 
 of the People. I underftood from him, 
 that they were all Logicians to a Man, and 
 that this City was the true Seat of Rea- 
 fon, from whence it had its Name. And 
 upon my Arrival, I found all he had told 
 me was true. Every Citizen from his great 
 Penetration, and the Compofednefs of his 
 Manners, had the Appearance of a Judge. 
 I could not forbear lifting my Hands to 
 Heaven, and crying out, Oh ! infinitely 
 happy Country, where every Member is a 
 
 Cato, 
 
World Under-Ground. 135 
 
 Cato. But when I had more accurately ex- 
 amin'd the Condition of the City, I ob- 
 fervM that Bufinefs went but dully on, and 
 that the Rcpublick in a Manner languifh'd 
 for want of Fools. For as their good Scnfe 
 weighs every Thing in the jufteft Balance, 
 and as not a Soul can be cajol'd by fpecious 
 Promifes and ftudied Words, it follows, 
 that all thofe prudent Means and Methods, 
 by which the Minds of Subjects are excited 
 to the beft and nobleft A£tions, and that 
 too at the cheapeft and eafieft Rate, muft 
 here lofe all their Efficacy. In (hort, the 
 bad Effects of fuch an exa£l Knowledge of 
 Things were explained to me, and patheti- 
 cally lamented by the Super-Intendant of 
 the Treafury. " One Tree, fays he, is 
 " here diftinguifh'd from another by no- 
 " thing elfe but his Name, and the Make 
 *' of his Body. No Emulation among the 
 *' Subjed^s, fince Marks of Diftin6lion are 
 " thought not worth acquiring, and nobody 
 " is wife, becaufe every body is fo. Folly, 
 " I confefs, is a Defect, but to have it 
 *' wholly banifh'd, may not be fo defirable. 
 *' Let every State, indeed, have a com- 
 *' petent Number' of wife Men for the 
 " publick Employments. Some mull: go- 
 '^ vern, and fome muft fubmit to be go- 
 " vern'd. What other States effe£l by the 
 " mod trifling Inducements, our Magi- 
 *' ftrates can procure only by folid Re- 
 ** wards, which often drain the Treafury. 
 *' Wife Men require the Kernel if they 
 
1^4 ^ Journey to the 
 
 '' fervc their Country, but Fools are put off 
 " with the Shell. Thus, for Inftance, the 
 *' Diftribution of Honours and Titles, with 
 " which Fools are taken as with a Hook, 
 ** and fpirited up to the mod hazardous 
 '' Enterprizes, can be of little Force 
 <' among a People, who know that folid 
 « Fame and Honour is to be acquir'd only 
 " by inward Worth and Virtue. A Peo- 
 *' pie of this Stamp are not to be deceiv'd 
 «' with fpecious Sounds. Your Soldiers, I 
 <* think I have heard you fay, are anima- 
 *' ted to undergo the utmoft Severities, 
 *' from the Hope of an immortal Name in 
 <' Hiftory. This is what our People can- 
 <« not conceive. They think, that this 
 <' Mode of Seech, for Inftance, Dying 
 
 *< IN EARNEST, AND LIVING IN A 
 
 •' History, is the verieft Jargon in the 
 *« World, and that it is mere Dotage to 
 ** proclaim aloud the Praifts of one, who 
 ** cannot hear nor underfiand them. I 
 '* pafs over numberlefs Inconveniences, 
 ** which flow only from our exquifite 
 *< Knowledge, and which prove to De- 
 <« monftration, that at leaft half the Mem- 
 *' bcrs of every civil Eftablifhme.,t ought 
 '* to be Fools. Polly is to Society, what 
 " Fermentation is to the Stomach ; too 
 ** much, or none at all, are alixe injurious."^ 
 I heard ail this wiiJi the greateft Amaze- 
 ment. But when in the Name of the 
 Senate he cffer'd me the Freedom of the 
 City, and repeated his Intreaties, that I 
 
 would- 
 
World Under -Ground. 135 
 
 would fix my Abode here, I could not for- 
 bear blufhing, from a Sufpicion that his Re- 
 queft proceeded from a pre-conceiv'd Opi- 
 nion of my Foolifhnefs, and that he took 
 me for fuch a Sort of Ferment as might be 
 of Ufe to a State labouring under the Mif- 
 fortune of too much Wifdom. I was con- 
 firm'd in this Sufpicion, when I heard the 
 Senate had decreed to fend a Colony abroad, 
 and in their Places to talce in an equal 
 Number of Fools from the neighbouring 
 Nations. And fo with a Sort of Refent- 
 ment, I left this Race of Reafoners. Yet 
 'for a long Time I could not help refled^ing 
 upon that fubterranean Axiom of theirs, 
 unknown to the Politicians of our World, 
 namely. That in a zvell-conjiitiifed Society^ it 
 is neccjfary that at leaji half the Members 
 Jhoiild be Fools. I wonder'd fo falutary a 
 Maxim fliould remain undifcover'd by the 
 worthy Spirits of our Age. But poflibly it 
 might be known to fome, who were how- 
 ever unwilling to have it infcrted in the 
 Clafs of political Truths, fincc with us 
 there are g^eat Plenty of Fools, nor is there 
 (Envy apart!) a Village or City with us, 
 b'di. what is handfomely ftor'd v/ith this 
 goodly Ferment. 
 
 Having reded fome Time, I renevv'd my 
 Travels, and vifited feveral Countries, which 
 I pafs over in Silence, as having nothing re- 
 markable in them. I fuppos'd I had now 
 feen all the marvellous Things in the Planet 
 Nazar. But arriving at the Province of 
 
 CabaCy 
 
136 A Journey to the 
 
 Cabac^ frefh Wonders offer themfelves, and 
 even fuch as exceed the Bounds of Credibi- 
 lity. Among the Natives of this Region, 
 fome are born v^^ithout Heads. They fpeak 
 by a Mouth plac'd in the Middle of the 
 Breaft. Upon Account of this great Defc6l 
 in Nature, they are exempted from all fuch 
 difficult Employments as require the leaft 
 Headpiece. The only Pofts they are ad- 
 mitted to, are chiefly thofe about the Court. 
 Thus the Chamberlain, the A4after of the 
 Ceremonies, the Prefident of the Seraglio, 
 and the like, are all taken from the Clafs of 
 People that are without Heads. Neverthe- 
 hfs fome that have no Heads are, by the 
 fpecial Indulgence of the Government, re- 
 ceiv'd into the* Senate for fome Merit of 
 their Anceftors, and that without much De- 
 triment to the Republick. For Experience 
 tells us, that the whole Authority of the 
 Senate is lodg'd in the Hands of a few leading 
 Members, and that the reft only help to fill up 
 the Number, and to afTent and fubfcrlbe to 
 the Refolutions of others. And in my 
 Time, there were in the Senate two that 
 were born without Heads, who neverthelefs 
 enjoy'd the fenatorial Stipends. For tho' 
 they, were deftitute of Senfe, by reafon of 
 that Defe£l of Nature, yet furely they 
 might give their Vote with others; happier 
 in one Thing than their Collegues, namely, 
 that nobody was angry with thofe who had 
 no Heads, but vented all their Rage againft 
 theotiiers. And hence it is evident, that it is 
 I fafer 
 
World Under-Ground. i37 
 fafer fometimes to be born without a He^d. 
 This City may vie with any in Magnifi- 
 cence and Splendour. It has a Court, an 
 Univerfity, and feveral noble Temples. 
 
 Cawhara and Spelek are the two next 
 Provinces. The Natives are all Limes. But 
 in this they differ, that the former feldom 
 live beyond the Age of four Years, whereas 
 the others feldom fall fliort of four hun- 
 dred. Here you might fee Fathers, Grand- 
 fathers, Great Grandfathers, and fo on; 
 they would tell you old Stories and Adven- 
 tures of their own that happened Ages ago, 
 and by their lively Reprefentations make you 
 tlnnk you was almoft prefent at them. As 
 much as I pity'd the firfl", I envy'd the 
 laft. But after I had more inly examined 
 the State of both, I found my Error. In 
 Cambara every one, within a few Months 
 after their Nativity, arriv'd to their full Ma- 
 turity of Body and Mind. One Year was 
 enough to form and perfed them ; in the reft 
 they prepared for Death. NotP/^^^'sfelf could 
 have imas^in'd a more charming Republick; 
 here all t^he Virtues flourilh'd to Perfedion. 
 Being hourly convinc'd of the Shortnefs of 
 Life," they are always ready for Death, and 
 regard this Life only as a PalTage to a better. 
 We may imagine every one of them a Phi- 
 lofopher, who with a happy Indifference to 
 his prefent State, aims only at fecuring that 
 folid and durable Pleafure, which is the Re- 
 ward of Virtue and Piety. In a Word, 
 this feem'd to be the Abode of Angels, the 
 
 King- 
 
i^S A Journey to the 
 
 Kingdom of Saints, and the trueft School 
 of Wifdom and Virtue. Hence one may- 
 judge how unjuft their Murmurs are, who 
 complain of the Brevity of Life, making it 
 the Foundation of a Quarrel at their Ma- 
 ker. Our Life is fhort, becaufe wt lofe 
 the greatcft Part in Sloth and Plcafure ; it 
 would be long enough if our Time were 
 better cmployM. But in the other Region, 
 where Life js lengthened to four hundred 
 Years, I difcover'd all the Vices under Hea- 
 ven. The prefent State of Things they 
 look upon as eternal and immortal. 
 
 Hinc fugere pudor^ verumque^ fidefque ^ ho" 
 
 nejium : 
 In quorum fubiere locum dolus tnfidiaque. 
 
 There was alfo another Inconvenience re- 
 fulting from long Life. 7'hofe who had 
 unhappily loft their Eftate or Fortunes, thofe 
 who were maim'd in their Limbs, or were 
 fallen into incurable Difeafes, made the 
 mod piercing Complaints, and kr.owing no 
 End to their Miferies, often laid violent 
 Hands on themfclves. The Shortnefs of 
 Life, therefore, is to the Wretched the befl 
 of Remedies. Both thefe Countries afford- 
 ed me Matter of much Admiration, and 
 upon my Departure fill'd me with very phi- 
 lofophical Reflexions. 
 
 I purfued my Journey thro* certain de- 
 fert and rocky Places, which lead to Spa- 
 lanky or the Country of Innocence. This 
 Place is fo call'd from the Innocence and 
 
 peace- 
 
PTorld Under-Ground, 139 
 
 peaceful Humour of the Natives. Thefe 
 are all Beeches, and efteem'd the happleft of 
 the whole Creation. They are fubjedt to 
 no PafEons and AfFedtions, and confequent- 
 ly free from all Vices. 
 
 Sponte Jua^Jine lege^ fidem reSJumque colebant', 
 Peena metufque aberant^ (sfc. 
 
 Upon my Arrival, I found all I had heard 
 was true, and that acSlually they were go- 
 vern'd not by Laws, but by their own in- 
 nate Virtue and Difpofition. Envy, Anger, 
 Hatred, Pride, Vain-Glory, Difcord, and 
 all which among Mankind bears the Name 
 of Vice, is here profcrib'd and banifh'd. 
 But with the Vices there were alfo many 
 Things v/anting, which adorn the human 
 Species, and feem to diftinguifli them from 
 Brutes. Except Divinity, Natural Phiiofo- 
 phy and Aflronomy, all the Arts and Sci- 
 ences were wholly unknown. They had 
 not the leaft Idea of Law, Politicks, Hif- 
 tory, Ethicks, and Eloquence, the very 
 Names of which were never heard of. 
 .As there was not the leaft Spark of En- 
 vy, fo there was no Emulation to excite and 
 animate the Soul to worthy Deeds. There 
 were no fplendid Edifices, no Palace, no 
 Senate-Houfe, no Forum, no Magiftrate, 
 no Riches, and confequently no Defire of 
 them, or Contention about them. In two 
 Words, if they had no Vices, they had 
 no Politenefs, Art, or Elegance; nor any 
 of thofe Things, which, tho' in Reality 
 
 no 
 
l40 A Journey to the 
 
 no Virtues, are yet extremely like Virtues, 
 and render Men civil iz'd and fecial. To 
 fay the Truth, I feem'd here to be rather in 
 a Foreft of real Trees, than in a rational 
 Society. I flood a long Time in doubt 
 what Judgment to form of thefe People, 
 and whether fuch a State were in Reality 
 defirable. At length reflecting, that an un- 
 cultivated Creature was however better than 
 a vicious Creature, and that tho' they had 
 no Arts, they had alfo no Thefts, Mur- 
 ders, and other atrocious Crimes, which 
 deftroy both Body and Soul, I could not 
 help pronouncing them happy. Walking 
 carelcfly along one Day, while I was a- 
 mong them, 1 flruck my left Leg agaiaft a 
 Stone. It fwell'd violently, and gave me 
 exceffive Pain. An honed Countryman 
 feeing this Accident, prefently ran to me, 
 and with a certain Herb he held in his Hand 
 and apply'd to the V/ound, the Angulfh 
 forthwith abated, and the Swelling decreas'd. 
 Thefe People, thought I, muft have extra- 
 ordinary Skill in the Art of Healing. Nor 
 was my Conjedlure wrong. For fince their 
 Studies were confin'd within fo narrow a 
 Compafs, they were not contented with the 
 outward Rind of Knowledge, like our mo- 
 dern Connoifeurs, but went to the Bottom 
 of Things. When I thank'd my Benefac- 
 tor for his Services, and told him that God 
 would be his Reward, he anfwer'd me in fo 
 folid, fo learned, and fo devout a Manner, 
 tho' in Terms perfedly fimple and rural, 
 
 that 
 
iVorld Under-Ground, 141 
 
 that I had really fome Appreheiifions it was 
 an Angel in the Shape of a Tree. It ap- 
 pears iience, with what little Reafon we 
 diflike that calm Philofophy of fome Men, 
 who neither wifh nor grieve, are neither 
 angry, nor pleas'd, who diveft themfelvcs 
 of all the impetuous Paflions of the Soul, 
 and whom we therefore accufe of leading a 
 Life of Indolence and Softnefs. It appears 
 alfo how much mifbken they arc, who are 
 Advocates for the Neceflity of Vices among 
 Men ; w^ho flile Anger the Whetflone of 
 Courage, Emulation the Spur of Induftry, 
 and Diftruft the Parent of Difcretion. For 
 who does not know, that from ill Eggs ill 
 Birds are hatch'd, and that many Virtues 
 W'hich A'lortals pride themfelves in, and 
 which are celebrated in Verfe, are rather 
 the Difgrace than Ornament of Humanity, 
 if beheld with a philofophical Eye. 
 
 I left this Place, and arrived at Kiiiac^ 
 where the Inhabitants are born with cer- 
 tain Marks imprefs'd upon their Forehead, 
 fignifying the exact Number of Years they 
 have to live. Thefe furely I thought muft 
 be the moft fortunate People under the Sun, 
 jQnce an unexpected Death could furprize 
 none of them in a fmful Adlion. But then, 
 as tlieir laft Day of Life was known to 
 ^very one, they deferr'd their Repentance to 
 th.e laft: ; infomuch that if you found one 
 Timong them fmcerelv devout and honeft, it 
 was one whom the Marks upon his Fore- 
 head directed to think of his Qiuetus. Soxne 
 
 I 
 
14^ A Journey to the 
 
 I obferv'd who walk'd with their Heads 
 hanging down ; they had almoft Mx^d. out 
 their Time, and were counting the Re- 
 mainder of their Days and Hours upon their 
 Fingers, expecting with Horror their lait 
 approaching Moment. This gave me to 
 fee the general Wifdom of the Creator in 
 concealing from Mortals the Time of their 
 Death. 
 
 Having travell'd over this Country, I 
 came to a Streight, the Water of which 
 was black ; and being ferry'd over, I land- 
 ed upon the Province of Askarac. Here 
 new Monfters met my Eyes. As Cabac 
 produces Animals without a Head, fome 
 among thefe People are born with feven 
 Heads. To thefe, as being poflefsM of an 
 amazing Knowledge, the Citizens formerly 
 paid almolt divine Honours ; and out of 
 their Tribes alone, Commanders, Confuls, 
 Senators, and other great Officers were 
 elected. But, alas! as many Heads as they 
 had, fo many different Geniufes they had. 
 They confidently and readily undertook to 
 difcharge various Employments at one and 
 the fame Time j and left nothing unat- 
 tempted while they held the Reins of Pow- 
 er : But from that Multiplicity of Bufinef-?, 
 and from their various Ideas interfering and 
 joftiing with each other, they made wretch- 
 ed Work of it ; and in Procefs of Time (o 
 great was the Confufion, that it requir'd the 
 Labour of an Age to recover from the Dif- 
 order thefe omnifcient Magi ft rates had 
 
 thrown 
 
World Under-Ground. ij.2 
 
 ' <i^ 
 
 thrown Things into. Hence a Law Vv'iis 
 enaded, to exclude for ever thefe feven- 
 headed Trees from all pubiick Offices of 
 Importance, and that the Government 
 fhould hereafter be intruded \.o fnnple Heads^ 
 that is to fay, thofe who have only one 
 Head. Ever fmce, thofe very People, wha 
 had been rever'd as Gods, have been fm Ic- 
 ing into the fame Contempt as the headlefs 
 Inhabitants of Cahac. For as they, who 
 had no Head at all, could do nothing ; fo 
 thefe with many Heads did every Thing 
 perverfely. But tho' they are for ever re- 
 mov'd from all State-TruAs, yet they ferve 
 as an Ornament to the Kingdom. They 
 are carry'd about like pubiick Spectacles, to 
 fhew the World how liberal Nature has 
 been in their Formation. Tho' to fay the 
 Truth, had file been Xtk lavifh of her Fa- 
 vours, file had been in Reality much kinder. 
 Of all this Race, there were only three in 
 my Time in Employment, to which, how- 
 ever, they were not admitted, till they had 
 confented to an Amputation of fix of their 
 Heads. After this, the confus'd Ideas they 
 labour'd under vanifli'd, and they were 
 brought to common Senfc. Thus Men prune 
 Trees of their fuperfluous Branches, to de- 
 rive more Health and Vigour to the reft. 
 Very few undergo this Operation, upon 
 Account of the extreme Pain and Dan2:er. 
 from hence I drew this ufeful Maxim, That 
 all Excefs is hurtful, and that Simplicity is 
 true Wifdom, 
 
 From 
 
$44- ^^ Journey to the 
 
 From hence I pafsM to the Princlpah'ty 
 of Bojianki, a People, as to their outward 
 Make, little difFerent from the Potuans ; but 
 as to the inward, they have this Singularity, 
 that their Heart is fituated in their Thigh ; 
 fo that it may be truly faid of them, that 
 they carry their Heart in their Breeches. 
 Hence, among all the Inhabitants of this 
 Globe, thefe are accounted the mod: fear- 
 ful and pufillanimous. Upon my Arrival, 
 I enterM into an Inn near the Gate, and 
 as the Fatigue of Travelling had made me 
 fomething weary and fretful, I rattled my 
 Hoft for being flow in his Attendance. But 
 he, falling on his Knees, implored for Mer- 
 cy, and extending his Thigh for me to feel 
 the great Palpitation of Heart he was in, 
 from ftorming I fell to laughing, and bid 
 him drv his Tears, and cafl: away all Fear : 
 He rofe, and in a Tranfport kifs'd my 
 Hand, and fct about Supper immediately. 
 Ill a Minute or two the whole Kitchen re- 
 founded with Cries and Lamentations. I ran 
 thither, and to my vaft AltoniOiment, there 
 did I behold my very fearful Hoft beating and 
 whipping his Wife and the Maids about. 
 Seeing me, he took to his Heels, and run 
 away. I turn'd to the weeping Family, 
 and begg'd to know what Crime they had 
 committed, to provoke fo meek a Man to 
 fo great Rage. They, on the other Hand, 
 jlood mute, with their Fyes fafkn'd to the 
 Cjfound, not daring to tell the Caufe of 
 their Affliction. Bv:; upon mv perfifting to 
 
 cnquiie. 
 
«< 
 
 cc 
 
 World Under-Ground, 145 
 
 enquire, and adding Threats to my Intreaty, 
 the Miftrefs fpoke to nie in this Manner : 
 " You ieem, Sir, to be a great Stranger to 
 " the Manners of the World. The" Na- 
 *' tives of this Principahty can't bear the 
 Sight of an armed Enemy, and out of 
 their own Houfes tremble at the Icalt 
 Noife; yet they all domineer in the 
 Kitchen, they exert their Bravery on 
 their defencelefs Family, and are only 
 " then valiant, when no Refifhnce can be 
 " made. On this Account they are the 
 " Jeft, as well as the Prey, of the neigh- 
 " bouring States. But in the bordering 
 " Kingdom, to which we are Tributaries, 
 '• the Cafe is other wife. There they ne- 
 «' ver hght but againfl an arm'd Enemy. 
 " There the Males commaiid abroad, and 
 " ferve at home." I admir'd the Wifdom 
 of the Hoflefs, whom I look'd upon as wor- 
 thy of a better Condition. And, indeed, 
 upon a clofer Infpection into the Nature and 
 Difpolition of People, this Matron, it muft 
 be own'd, was extremely in the right, fincc 
 from innumerable Examples it is clear, that 
 Hercules is not the only one who has yielded 
 to a DiftafF, but that it is the common P^ate 
 of brave and warlike Men to fubmit, witii 
 all due Patience, to thc^ Female Yoke : And 
 that, on the other Hand, the verieft Cow- 
 ards in all Nature, who like the Bo/Iankians^ 
 carry their Hearts in their Breeches, are 
 yet Heroes in the Kitchen. This People 
 
 ^ . livcj 
 
146 ^Journey to the 
 
 live under the Prote£^ion of a neighbouring 
 Kingdom, to whom they pay Tribute for it. 
 P>om hence I pafs'd by Water to Miko- 
 lac. Coming out of the Boat I mifsM my 
 Cloak-Bag. I prefently charg'd the Boat- 
 Man with the Theft, who flifly deny'd it. 
 Upon this I went and complained to the 
 Mag! (Irate, telling him, that if I had not 
 the Iviberty of bringing an A6lion againft 
 the Boat- Man for Breach of Truft or Theft, 
 I hop'd he would at leaft compel him tc 
 make fimple Reftitution. But my Adver- 
 fary not only perfiftcd in denying the Fa6t-, 
 but threaten'd me with an Ad1:ion of Slan- 
 der. In a Cafe fo doubtful the Court calFd 
 for Witnedes. But as I could brina; none, 
 1 defir'd my Antagonift might purge hini- 
 felf by Oath. At this the Judge fmil'd, 
 and fpoke as follows. *' My Friend, fays 
 *' he, in this Province we are bound by no 
 *' Religion, nor have we any other Gods 
 *' befide the Laws of our Country. Ac- 
 *' cufations here muft be made good by le- 
 ** gal Methods, fuch as proving the Delive- 
 *' ry, eftimating the Value, exhibiting Re- 
 *' ceipts, and producing WitnefTes. Who- 
 *' ever is deflitute of thefe, not only lofes 
 *' his Caufe, but is liable to be fued for Ca- 
 '* lumny. Make the Cafe plain by proper 
 " Evidence, and what you have loft fhall 
 *>* be reftor'd to you." Thus lofmg my 
 Caufe for want of WitnefTes, I not only 
 lamented my own Misfortune, but that of 
 the Republick itfelf. For from hence jt 
 
 appear'd. 
 
lybrld Under-Ground, 147 
 
 appcai'cl, what a weak unlettlcd Society tJiat 
 muft be which depends for its Security upon 
 human Laws alone, and liow frail arc all 
 political Edifice? unlcfs cemented together 
 by Religion. 1 ft aid three Days iiere in 
 continual Fears. I'or tho' the Laws of the 
 Country are in Reality very good, and tho' 
 Crimes are punilh'd with the utmoft Severi- 
 ty, vet no Safety can be reafonably expelled 
 in a Country too athx-iilical to have the Icalt 
 Senfe of religious Obligation, and where 
 they fcruple the CommifTioii of no Crimei;, 
 provided they can but conceal them. 
 
 From this Land of Aiheift?, I travcU'd 
 on over a fleep Mountain to the City of 
 Bracmat^ which was fituated in the Plain at 
 the Foot of the Mountain. The Lihabi- 
 tants are Junipers. The firft Perfon I met, 
 came dircc'lly ruihing at me, and threw me 
 backwards. I did not well underftand thii, 
 and afking the Reafon of it, the Juniper 
 bec^f 'd mv Pardon a thoufand Times. Pre- 
 fently after, another with a Staff he had in 
 his Hand, gave me a Blow upon the Reins 
 that almotl took away my Senfes : But in 
 the fame Moment he made a long Harangue 
 to me in Excufc of his L-nprudence. Suf- 
 pccting, therefore, this People to be either 
 totally blind, or very weak-figlued, I took 
 Care to avoid every one 1 met. In fact, all 
 this arofc from the exquilite Senfe of Sight 
 which feme are here endued with. They 
 can clcarlv diitern remote Ohjecfs, which 
 are impenetrable to \ ulgar Eyes; but then 
 •• ^^-T H 2 they 
 
148 A Journey to the 
 
 riiey do not fee what is nearer and ahnoft at 
 hand. Thefe are call'd Makatti ; and they 
 devote themfelves principally to the Studies 
 of Metaphyficks and Allronomy. They 
 are of very little Service in the World, by 
 reafon of their too delicate Vifion. They 
 make very pretty 7mnute Philofophers ; but in 
 folid Matters and Things of daily Ufe, they 
 commit innumerable Blunders. However, 
 the Government makes fome Ufe of them, 
 and fends them to the Mines for the Difco- 
 very of Metal?. For tho' they fee fcarce 
 any Thing upon the Surface of the Earth, 
 their Sight exerts itfelf upon any Thing be- 
 neath it. I concluded from hence, that 
 there are fome who are blind from too 2;reat 
 a Delicacy in the Organs of Vifion, and 
 that they would fee better if their Eyes 
 were worfe. 
 
 Having gain'd the Top o^ another very 
 ftcep and rocky Mountain, I now enter'd 
 the Province of Mutak^ the Capital of 
 which look'd like a Grove of Willows, the 
 Inhabitants being all of that Species. Pro- 
 ceeding to the Market, I there found a ro- 
 buft, healthy young Man, fitting in a Place 
 of Eafe (of which there are many round the 
 Market-Place) and imploring the Mercy of 
 the Senate. I enquired the Meaning of 
 this, and was inform'd, that the faid Perfon 
 was a Criminal, to whom they were going 
 to give the fifteenth Dofe. Surpriz'd at 
 the Anfwer, I itep'd afide, and defir'd my 
 Holt to explain this Riddle. He reply'd 
 
 thus: 
 
World Under-Ground. 1 49 
 
 thus : " Moft Nations punifh Crimes by 
 " whipping, branding, hanging and the 
 *' hke : But nothing of that Kind obtairrs 
 " in this Country. For we ftudy not {0 
 *' much to punifh Crimes, as to mend tiie 
 *' Criminal. The Culprit upon the Seat is 
 " a wretched Author, who for his violent 
 " Itch of ^Vriting, wliich neither Law 
 " nor Advice could relbain, has been con- 
 *' demn*d by the Senate to the publick Pu- 
 " nilhment. This is left. to the Cenfors of 
 " the City, who are all Do6lors of Phy- 
 .*' fick, and who are now going to mace- 
 '' rate and bring him low by frequent Pur- 
 '' gings, till they have conquer'd and ex- 
 <« tinguifti'd the Lufl cf Scribbling." He 
 ended his Difcourfe with defiring me to go 
 to the Shop of a publick Apothecary. I 
 went with him accordingly, and to my vaft 
 Amazement beheld Phials and Gallipots all 
 properly arrang'd, with fuch Infcriptions as 
 thefe : Powder of Avarice. Pills for Lyji. 
 TinSiure againjl Cruelty. Lenitive of Ambi- 
 tion. Cortex ogainjl Pleafure^ See. Words 
 cannot exprels the ftrange Confufion of 
 Mind this odd Spectacle threw me into. 
 But a perfect Ecftafy of Surprize enfued, 
 when 1 obfervcd a Parcel of Manufcripts 
 with thefe Titles : Sermons of Majhr Pila- 
 gus, a Morning's Pen4jal cf which gives fix 
 Stools. A4editations of Dr. Jukes, a Specific 
 in the Coma Vigil, or JVant of Sleeps &c. 
 I thought the People out of their Senfes, 
 and to examine more accurately the Virtue 
 H 3 of 
 
i^o A Journey U the 
 
 of their Medicines, I open'd the firfl: of 
 thefe Books. It was fuch infipid StufF, that 
 at the firft Chapter I began to make Faces ; 
 and reading on, I found my Bowels rumble, 
 and foon after had a Tenefmus. But as I 
 knew I had no Occafion for Purging, I 
 threw the Book down, and run away. I 
 then obferv'd, that nothing in the whole 
 World was without its Ufe, and that the 
 jnoft pitiful Performances were ferviceable 
 for fcrncthing. I found alfo, that this Peo- 
 ple v\ere no Fools, however abfurd I at firil 
 took them to be. My Hoft averr'd to me, 
 that he was cui'd of lying awake from only 
 perufiEg Dodlor Juke's Book, the Virtue of 
 which was fo profound and potent, that 
 Vigilance itfelf muft fnore at it. Thcfe 
 Things occafion'd in me a tumultuous Va- 
 riety of Thought. And left they fhould 
 break in upon that Chain of philofophical 
 Reflexions I had heretofore made, I refolv'd 
 foon to leave the Country. And happily 
 enough, the flrange Things I foon faw in 
 other Provinces, joftled out almoft all 
 Thoughts of this Place. But notwitWbnd- 
 jng, after I had finifh'd my Tour round 
 this Globe, and was reflecting upon the 
 Miitakian Philofophy, their Manner of cu- 
 ring Disorders was not altogether fo abfurd. 
 For I am convinced, that in our Europe 
 there are fome Books that would purge the 
 moft coftive, or give Sleep to the moft 
 wakeful. As to the Diforders of the Mind, 
 I own I could not fubfcribe to the Mutakiun 
 
 Frinci- 
 
World Under 'Ground. 151 
 
 Principles \\\ this Point, tho^ it mufi: be 
 confefs'd, there are fome Infirmities of Bo- 
 dy, which we confound with the Diforders 
 of the Mind 5 as a witty Poet of our World 
 has obferv'd in the following Epigram. 
 
 Scxte^ diu mecum morho vexaris eodem^ 
 
 Hitmores acres nos cructare folent. 
 Cum m'lhi fit rnorhus circum prevcordia verfans^ 
 
 Exofus^ querulus^ diffidl'ijque vocor. 
 At ie agrotantem plorant^ mlferantur amic'ty 
 
 In pedibus ?no?-bi vis quia tot a fedet, 
 Comiter excitfant te^ cinn faitare recufas^ 
 
 Immunefn clamant^ namque podagra tenet. 
 Inter convivas at me cantare ncgantem^ 
 
 Fajiofum, querulum^ difpcilemque vocant. 
 Cum minus ardua res tihi fit faltaiio^ Sexte^ 
 
 ^am Jit cardiaco pfallere fcspe mihi. 
 
 I departed from Mutak^ and croiKng over 
 a Lake of a yellow Hue, I arriv'd at Mik- 
 rok, and proceeding to the capital City, 1 
 found the Gate fliut. I was oblig'd to wait 
 till the drowfy Centincl was pleas'd to open 
 it, which was fome confiderable Time, it 
 being fecur'd with a Multitude of Lockp, 
 Bolts, and Bars. Entring, I obferv'd^i deep 
 Silence reign throughout the whole City, 
 except that my Ears were now and then 
 afiaultcd byaNoifeasof People fnoring. I 
 could not help fancying I was got into the 
 Region of Sleep, as the Poets talk. Would 
 to God, fays I to myfelf, that fcveral of 
 the Magifl-rates, Senators, and a hw other 
 honeft Countrymen of mine, who are deax 
 H 4 Lovers 
 
152 A JouRNEV to the 
 
 Lovers of Peace, had had the Luck io be 
 born in this blefTed City ! How fweetly and 
 <]uietly would they live I And yet from the 
 iiigns in the Streets, and Infcriptions on the 
 Hou&s, it was evident, that Arts and Sci- 
 ences were not unkncvv^n here,, and that 
 Laws were exercib'd. Led by thefe Signs, I 
 found out an Inn. No Entrance to be had. 
 The Doors were all faft. And tho' it was 
 Noon with the reft of the World, it (hould 
 feem it was Ni^ht to the Lihabitants of this 
 City. At laft, after having knock'd and 
 bounc'd a long while, I was let in. Time 
 is here divided into twenty-three Hours ; 
 nineteen of them are facred to Sleep, the 
 other four to Bufinefs. Sufpeding, there- 
 fore, thefe People to be monftroufly negli- 
 gent both in their publick and private Affairs, 
 I defir'd fomething to be brought me to eat, 
 which they had ready in the Houfe, fearing, 
 if I had order'd any Thing to be drefs'd, the 
 Cook fhould fall afleep while it was about. 
 But all Things are here done in the con- 
 cifcft and moft compendious Manner ; every 
 Thing fuperfluous is omitted ; and there- 
 fore this diminutive Day of theirs is long 
 enough for ail Sorts of Bufinefs. After 
 Dinner, which was brought upon Table 
 with a furprizing Expedition, my Holt 
 waited on me round the City. We went 
 into a Temple, where we heard a Dif- 
 courfe, fhort indeed, with refpecSl to the 
 Time, but long enough confidering its 
 Importance. The Preacher went directly 
 
 to 
 
World Under-Ground, \^i^ 
 
 to his Subjedt. He us'd no Flourifhes, no 
 Tautologies, nor faid one fuperfluous Thing. 
 So that when I compare this Difcourfe with 
 the long naufeoiis ones of Mafter Pctre, the 
 former is in Reality more copious than the 
 latter. With the fame Brevity Proceedings 
 in Law are difpatch'd : The Advocates fay 
 all in few Words, and then produce their 
 WitnefTes. I remember to have feen a Co- 
 py of a Treaty of Alliance between this 
 and a neighbouring Kingdom. It was 
 couch'd in thefe Terms : Let there be perpe- 
 tual Friendjhip between the Mikrekians and 
 Splendikanians. Let the Limits of the two 
 Kingdoms be the River Klimac, and the Top 
 of Alount Zabor. Sign'd^ &c. Thus in 
 three Lmes they exprefs, what with us 
 would require a Volume. Hence I am pej-- 
 fuaded one may come to the Point with lefs 
 Noife and lefs Lofs of Time, if S-jperflui- 
 ties were to be retrenched ; as a Traveller 
 would find his Journey half as fhort again, 
 were he ahvays to go directly flrait. The 
 Natives here are Cyprcll'es, and are diftin- 
 g;uifh'd from other Trees by Wens in their 
 Forehead, which Wens have a ftated In- 
 creafe and Decneafe. When they incrcafe,, 
 a certain Humour diftils from them, which 
 falling upon the Eves brings on a Drowfinefs, 
 and is an Indication of the approachingNighr.. 
 From hence to Makrok is one Day'y 
 T-ournev. Here the Inhabitants never fleer,. 
 Entring into the City, I itopp'd a Perfon, 
 tho' he feem'd to be in Haftc, and beag'd 
 H 5 he 
 
154 -<^ JouRNEV to the 
 
 he would be pleas'd to direct me to a good 
 Inn. He replyM he was very buly, and 
 made the beft of his Way forward. So 
 great was the general Hurry of this Place, 
 that they feem'd not to walk thro' the 
 Streets, but to run or fly, as if they were 
 afraid of being too late. The leaft I could 
 think was, that fome Part of the City was on 
 Fire, or that fome other fudden and un- 
 look'd for Difafter had frighted the Citi- 
 zens out of their Senfes. At laft I caft my 
 Eyes upon a Sign before a Houfe, which 
 fignify'd it was an Inn. Here fome were 
 entring, others departing, others ftumbling 
 for Hafte, infomuch that I was a Quarter 
 of an Hour buflling in the Yard before I 
 could gain Admittance. In a Moment I 
 was afk'd a Multitude of impertinent Qucf- 
 tions. One faid, Where do you come 
 from? Where are you going to? How 
 long do you Hay here ? Another faid. Will 
 vou dine alone, or with Company ? If the 
 latter, what Room will you dine in, the 
 ied, the green, the white, or the black 
 Room ? Or will you dine above Stairs, or 
 ]>elov/ ? with a thoufand Impertinences of 
 tills Kind. A4y Hoil, who was a Clerk of 
 one of the inferior Courts of Jaftice here, 
 went away to Dinner, but foon return'd, 
 wnd then gave me a long tedious Account of 
 a Law-Suit that had been depending ihefe 
 tea Year?, the Hearing of v^hich was now 
 coming on before the fourteenth Court. 
 He told me, he hop'd it v/ouid b^ ended 
 
 within 
 
World Under-Ground. i r,^ 
 
 within two Years, fince there were but two- 
 Courts remaining, beyond which there was 
 no Appeal. He left me in great Aflonifti- 
 ment, and convinc'd me, that this Nation 
 was extremely bufy in doing nothing. VVhcn^ 
 my Landlord was gone, I walk'd about the 
 Houfe, and by Chance dropt upon a Library.. 
 It was large and well ftock'd, with refpeft to 
 the Number of Books, but a very indifferent 
 one with refpedt to the Contents. Among 
 thofe Books, which to Appearance were in 
 bed Condition, I obferv'd the following, 
 
 1. Defcription of the Cathedral 24 Vols. 
 
 2. Relation of the Siege of Pi'/;«w 36 Vols,. 
 
 3. Of the Ufe of the Herb Slac 13 Voir,. 
 
 4. Funeral Oration upon the ? o y v 
 
 Death of Senator Jackfi b 
 My Landlord, at his Return to me, en-, 
 tertain'd me with a Defcription of the State 
 of the City ; and from what he faid, I 
 concluded that more Bufmers was tranfadled 
 by the fleepy Mikrckians^ than by the wa- 
 king Makrokiam \ that thefe play'd with 
 the Shell, wliile the other eat the KerneJ.. 
 The People here too are all CyprefTes, and: 
 as to the outward Make of their Bodies, 
 differ very little from the Mikrckians^ ex- 
 cepting the Wens upon their Foreheads. 
 They have not the fame Blood or Juice in 
 their Bodies which other Trees of this Globe 
 have, but inflead of Blood, they have a, 
 thicker Juice in their Veins, which is of a. 
 mercurial Q^iality and Appearance. Nay 
 feme think it is (^'ickfilver itfelf, inafmuch. 
 
156 A Journey io the 
 
 as In a Barometer it is found to have tlie 
 fame EfFecl. 
 
 At the Diftance of about two Days Jour- 
 ney from hence lies the RepubHck of Sik- 
 lok^ which is divided into two Societies, in 
 Alliance with each other, but govern'd by 
 different and oppofite Laws. The firft is 
 call'd Ai'ihoy founded by Mihac^ a famous 
 Lawgiver of old, and the Lycurgus of the 
 Subterraneans. In order to render his Re- 
 pubHck Wronger and more lafting, he made 
 fumptuary Laws, which forbid all Luxury 
 on the fevered Penalties. And accordingly 
 this Socict), for its greac Continence and 
 Parfimonv, may be juftly call'd another 
 Sparta. One Thing I wonder'd at, and 
 that was, that in a Government fo well 
 conftituted, and which piqu'd itfelf upon 
 the Excellence of its Laws, there fhould be 
 fo many Beggars. For wherever I turn'd 
 my Eyes, there was a Tree begging an 
 Alms, which is a very troublefome Thing 
 to Travellers. Upon a nice Infpcdtion into 
 the State of the Republick, I was con- 
 vinc'd, that thefe Miferies flow*d from the 
 too great CEconomy of the People. For all 
 Luxury being profcrib'd, and the Rich baulk- 
 ing their Genius, and giving into no Indul- 
 gences, the common People of courfe mud 
 lead an indolent, idle, and beggarly Life, 
 for want of Matter to make a proper Gain 
 of. I concluded from hence, that rigid 
 Parfimony in a State produces the fame In- 
 conveniences as an Obfliu^ion of the Blood 
 
 2 ia 
 
World Under 'Ground. 157 
 
 in a human Body. In the other Province,, 
 that of Liho^ they live fplendidly and jo- 
 vially, and fpare no Expence. Here Arts 
 and Profeilions flouriili ; the People are en- 
 courag'd to Induftry, and every Citizen has 
 an Opportunity to raifc a Fortune. Who- 
 ever is poor among them may fairly impute 
 it to his own Negligence. Thus the Profu- 
 fion of the Rich gives Life to the Body po- 
 litick, as the Circulation of the Blood in 
 the human Body gives Strength and Vigour 
 to the Limbs. 
 
 The Territory of Lgitm borders upon 
 this. Here is the celebrated School of Phy- 
 ficians. With fo much Ardour is the Study 
 of Phyfick here purfued, that none are 
 look'd upon as genuine Doctors, unlefs 
 they come from the illuftrious School of 
 La?na. And hence this City is crouded 
 with fo many Do6^ors, that you fee more of 
 them than of all other Sorts of People put 
 together. Whole Streets are fill'd with 
 Shops of Apothecaries, and anatomical In- 
 ftrument-Makers. Loitering about the Ci- 
 ty, I met a Tree offering to Sale the Bills of 
 Mortality for the Year laft paft. I bought 
 one of them, and to my great Surprize 
 found the Births and Burials fland thus : 
 Born fifty ; buried fix hundred. I could not 
 conceive that in a Place, where Apcllo him- 
 feU feem'd to have fix'd his Refidence, there 
 fhouid be fuch a yearly Havock among the 
 Citizens. I afk'd the Tree what unufual 
 Plague or Peitiknce had rag'd in the Cjty, 
 
 the 
 
t^3 A Journey to the 
 
 the laft Year. He reply 'd, that two Years 
 ago the Number of the Deceas'd was great- 
 er, that this was the common Proportion 
 between the Births and Burials, and that 
 the Inhabitants of Lama were perpetually 
 afflicted with Diftempers, which haften'd 
 their Deaths ; infomuch that in a fhort 
 Time the City would be empty, if it were 
 not fupplied and recruited from the neigh- 
 bouring Provinces. Upon this I hurry'd 
 out of the City, not thinking it prudent to 
 flay longer here, efpecially as thv^ Name of 
 a Phyfician, and the Sight of the anato- 
 mical Inftruments, after what I had fuffer'd 
 in the Country of Philofophcrs, could not 
 be very agreeable. Therefore leaving this- 
 Place, I never ftopt, till I came to a 'Fown 
 four Miles diQant, where the People live 
 without Phyficians,. and without Difeafes. 
 In tlie Space of two Davs, 1 arriv'd at the 
 Land of Liberty. The People here are ac- 
 countable to no Authority. They confift 
 of feparate Families, without being fubje6t 
 to any Laws or Power whatfoever. Yet 
 an Appearance of Society is preferv'd, and 
 in publick Matters they confult the Seniors, 
 who perpetually exhort them to peace and 
 Unanimity, and admonifii them never to 
 depart from that primary Precept of Nature, 
 oi doing to ethers J as you would be done by. 
 On all the Gates of the Cities and Villages 
 a Statue of Liberty is erected trampling upon 
 Chains and Fetters, with this Infcription 
 over the Head, GOLDEN LIBERTY. 
 
 In, 
 
World Under-Ground. 159 
 
 In the firfl: City I entcr'd, all was quiet 
 enough ; yet I obferv'd fome of the Citi- 
 zens diftinguifo'd themfelves by certain Rib- 
 bands which they wore, and which, as I 
 afterw ard underflood, were Marks and Sym- 
 bols of two Fa6i:ions which then divided the 
 People. The Avenues and Court- Yards of 
 the Houfes of the Great were lin'd with 
 arm'd Soldiers, who always held themfelves 
 in Readinefs, becaufe the Truce being about 
 two Days ago expir'd, the War was upon 
 breaking out afrefli. I fled away trembling 
 as faft as I could, nor thought myfelf free, 
 till I had convey'd myfelf out of Sight of 
 this Land of Liberty. 
 
 The next Province is 'Jochtan^ of which I 
 had heard a fhort Defcription, which very 
 much alarm'd me, and led me to think it 
 muft be the Seat of Diforder, Confufion, 
 and Infecurity. For this Country was the 
 Sink and Receptacle of all Religions. All 
 the fevcral Principles and Dccfrincs which 
 prevail in any Part of this Globe, retire 
 here as to their Center, and are taught pub- 
 lickly. Re col le (Sting, therefore, what Trou- 
 bles had been excited in Europe by religious 
 Differences, I was almoft afraid to approach 
 the capital City, the fcveral Streets and Por- 
 tions of which have all Churches and Tem- 
 ples for different and oppofite Se£ls. But 
 my Fears foon vanifn'd, when I obferv'd a 
 profound Agreement and Concord reign in 
 every Part. With refpect to their Politick?, 
 there was the fame Face, the iame Senti- 
 
 2 mentSj 
 
.i6o A Journey to the 
 
 .ments, the fame Tranquillity, and the fame 
 Care in all. For as the Laws made it 
 capital for one IMember of the State to dif- 
 turb another in his Way of Worfhip, or 
 to moleft him upon Account of any religi" 
 ous Difference, hence whatever DifTenfions 
 they had were without the leaft Appearance 
 of H(iftility, their Difputcs were without 
 Bitternefs or Invedlives, and they had no 
 Averfions, becaufe they had no Perfecutions. 
 There was a perpetual, but very honeft and 
 worthy Emulation among the fcveral Secfts, 
 every one of which cndeavour'd to demon- 
 ftratc the Excellence of their Religion by 
 the Puritv of their Life and Morals. Thus 
 by the Wifdom of the Magiftrate, all thefe 
 different Sentiments excited no more Troubles 
 in the State, than did the different Shops of the 
 Artifts and Merchants in the Forum^ where 
 the Buyers are invited by the fole Goodnefs 
 of the Commodity, and where they ufe 
 neither Fraud, Force, or Difparagement. 
 By thefe Means, the leaff: Seed of Difcord 
 hs ftifled in the Birth, and that Sort of P^mu- 
 lation only encourag'd, which is honourable 
 in itfeif, and advantageous to the State, 
 This convinc'd me, that the religious 7>ou- 
 bles which reign in many Places arife not 
 from the Variety of Religions, but from Per- 
 fecution alone. A fenfible and learned Jcchta- 
 nian explain'd to me more at large the Ge- 
 nius of this Government, and the Caufes of 
 its Tranquillity, I heard him with Rap- 
 ture, and his Obfervations I (hall keep en,- 
 
 grav'd. 
 
World Under 'Ground, 161 
 
 grav'tl on the Table of my Heart. I did 
 indeed, for fome Time, make Replies and 
 Objed^ions to him, but was at laft forc'd to 
 own myfclf vanquiih'd, fince he irrefil'libiy 
 prov'd all his Points by Arguments drawn 
 from Experience. Afr.am'd, therefore, to 
 contradJ6t my Senfcs, and give the Lie to 
 pofitive Matter of i'a£t, I v/as forcM to 
 own, that Liberty of Belief was the true 
 Fountain of this Tranquillity and Concord. 
 However, once more I attack'd my Adver- 
 fary with an Argument difTerent from all 
 I had Ub*d. I told him it was the Duty of 
 a Lawgiver, in ere6iing a Government, to 
 regard the future, rather than the prefent 
 Happinefs of Mortals, and that he fhould 
 conform his Scheme not io much to their 
 Palate as to the Laws of God. To this he 
 reply'd in this Manner : " My good Friend, 
 *' fays he, you are greatly deceiv'd, if you 
 " imagine that God, the Fountain of 
 " Truth, can be pleasM with drfiembled 
 *' Worfhip. Li other Nations, where 
 *' all are oblig'd by publick Authority to 
 *' one certain Rule of Faith, what a Door is 
 " openM for Ignorance and Hypocrify ! 
 *' Few, or none, have the Will or the 
 '' Courage to difcover their true Sentiments, 
 *' and fo they profefs one Thing, and bc- 
 " lieve another. This makes the Study of 
 " Divinity a cold, lifelefs Thing, and be- 
 " gets a Negligence in the Difcovery of 
 " Truth. 1 his alfo makes profane Learn- 
 *' ing more cultivated ; For the Priefts- 
 
6i 
 
 162 A Journey to the 
 
 " themfelves, left they fhould be branded 
 " with the Title of Hereticks, relinquifh 
 the Purfuit of facred Things, and divert 
 their Studies to other Subje6ls, where 
 " their Minds may range without Danger, 
 " and where their Liberty is not fetter'd. 
 " The Vulgar will ftill condemn all who de- 
 '' part from the reigning Do£trines. But 
 " Hypocrites and Diflemblers muft be hate- 
 " ful to God, to whom a fincere, the* er- 
 " roneous Belief, muft be infinitely lefs dif- 
 " plcafmg than an orthodox, but pretended 
 " Faith.** Hearing this, I kept Silence, 
 unable to difpute the Point any longer with 
 fo wife a People. 
 
 I had now been almoft two Months out 
 upon my Travels, when at laft I arriv'd at 
 Yumbac^ a Territory contiguous to the Po-^ 
 titan Dominions. I thought myfclf now at 
 home, my wearifome Journey being almoft 
 iinifh'd. The Inhabitants of this Region 
 are chiefly Wild Olives, extremely devout, 
 and extremely cenforious. In the firft Inn 
 I enter*d, I waited two Hours for my 
 Breakfaft, knocking and calling for it al- 
 moft all that Time in vain. The Reafon 
 of this Delay, was the unfeafonable Devo- 
 tion of my Hoft, who Would not, for the 
 World, put his Hand to the leaft Thing, 
 till he had fmilh'd his Morning Prayers. 
 
 Tandem intrans magno porrexit murmur e pan em 
 Ptiilidus, & cauljsm mijero mihi ponit okntem 
 £4Jnteram» 
 
 However, 
 
World Under-Ground. 163 
 
 However, that Breakfaft was one of the 
 deareft in all my Travels, and 1 protcft I 
 never met with a Landlord more devout, or 
 more unmerciful. Well ! thought I to 
 myfclf, this Landlord had better have pray'd 
 lels, and been more honeft. But I difl'em- 
 bled my Refentment, well knowing how 
 dangerous it is to provoke a Saint. The 
 Citizens here were all Cato^s^ all Cenfors 
 of Manners. They walk'd up and down 
 the Streets with penfive Looks and folded 
 Arms, declaiming againft the Vanity of the 
 Times, and condemning every innocent 
 Pleafure. Not a Gefture, not a Smile 
 cfcap'd their Obfcrvation. And thus by 
 their perpetual Cenfures, and envenom'd 
 Zeal, they pafsM for Perfons of eminent 
 Sandity. For my Part, as I was fpent and 
 exhaufted with Fatigues, I mad^ no Scruple 
 of indulging in feveral innoc-ent Diver- 
 fions. But I got a bad Name by fo doing, 
 infomuch that every Houfe I enter'd was 
 like a Court of Juftice, where I was fure 
 to be arraign'd. Some, when they faw I 
 was not at all mov'd by their Rebukes and 
 Admonitions, (hunn'd me like a Plague or a 
 Contagion. I forbear to fay more upon the 
 Morofenefs 0/ this People : However, one 
 Circumlhmce I muft not omit, becaufe it 
 gives you their exa6l Charadler ; and from 
 this Sample you may judge of the reft. A 
 certain Tumhacian, with v^hom I had been 
 acquainted at Potu^ being at an Inn, and 
 feeing me go by, ftept out to me, and prefs'd 
 
 nic 
 
164 A Journey to the 
 
 me to go in. I waited on him. As he 
 had heard that I was far from bein2 an 
 Enemy to Pleafure, he gave me fuch a Lec- 
 ture, and upbraided me with my Life and 
 Morals in fuch 7>rms, that my Hair 
 Hood on End, and every Joint of me 
 fliook. But wliile our Cato was difcharging 
 thus the Artillery of his Cenfures, the Glafs 
 ,had pafs'd very infenfibly, but very brifkly, 
 .from one to the other, till in fhort we both 
 ;fell fairly fuddled on the Floor, and were 
 carried ofF half dead. Having flept ofF 
 this Debauch, and recovered my Reafon, I 
 fet myfelf to examine into the Nature of 
 thefe People's Religion ; and I made a fair 
 Difcovery, that their Zeal flow'd rather 
 from fome vicious Humours, or a Predomi- 
 nancy of the bilious Juices, than from true 
 Piety. But I ne\ er communicated this to 
 any one, and left them without faying a 
 Word. 
 
 At lafi:, after two compleat Months, I 
 arriv'd at Potu^ fo extremely weary with 
 fuch inceiTant Exercife, that my Legs had 
 fcarce Strength to fupport my Body. It was 
 on the tenth Day of the Month of Beeches 
 that I enter'd this Capital. I went forth- 
 with to his Serene Highnefs, and offer'd 
 him my little Hiftorical Colle<S^ion, which 
 he immediately order'd to be printed. (For 
 it mull: be noted, that the Art of Printing, 
 of which the Europeans and Chinefe boalt 
 themfclves to be Inventors, was of far greater 
 Anticjuity among the Potuans.) The People 
 
 ia 
 
World Under-Ground. i6^ 
 
 in general were fo pleas'd with this Account 
 of my Travels, that they were never weary 
 of reading it. All Dav long they were 
 running about the Streets fclHng my Jour- 
 nal, and crying, as loud as they could, 
 A ^Journey roioid the Worlds by Scabba, the 
 King's Meffenger, Elated with this Succefs, 
 I gave a Looie to my Ambition, and afpir'd 
 to fomc Employment of greater Weight and 
 Dignity. But feeing my Hopes not quick- 
 ly anfvvcr'd, I prcferr'd a new Petition to 
 the Prince, wherein extolling my late La- 
 bours, I carneftly implor'd his Highnefs to 
 vouch fafe me a proper Recompence. The 
 Prince, who was Humanity in the Abftracf, 
 was fenfibly touch'd with my Cafe, and 
 grncioufly promis'd that he would ha\e a 
 due Regard to me. He Vv'as as good as his 
 Word : But his whole Favour terminated 
 in the Enlargement of my annual Salary. 
 I thought I had Reafon to expect a far bet- 
 ter Recompence, and therefore I could not 
 reft contented with this. But as I would 
 not trouble his Highnefs any further, 1 
 open'd my Grief to the Chancellor. He 
 heard me with his ufual Humanity, and 
 promis'd me all the good Offices in his 
 Power; but at the fame Time admonilh'd 
 me to defift from fo wild a Petition, and 
 begg'd me to confidcr the Meafure of my 
 Abilities, and the Weaknefs of my Judg- 
 ment. " Nature, fays he, has been but a 
 " Step-Mother to you, and has deny'd 
 ** you thofe Powers of the Mind, which 
 
 '' are 
 
i6G A Journey to the 
 
 *' are requifite for the more arduous Offices 
 " of the State ; and tlierefore you ftiould 
 <* not aim at what it. is not poflible for you 
 " to procure. Nay, the Prince himfelf, 
 " were he to comply with this weak Rc- 
 *' queft of yours, muft fufFer in his Fame, 
 <' as a Violator of the Laws. Rell con- 
 " tented therefore with your Condition, 
 *' and renounce a Hope, which Nature has 
 " made unreafonable." In Conclulion, he 
 own'd I had fome Merit, and particularly 
 cxtoird my late Performance. But it is 
 not, favs he, Merit of this Kind that paves 
 the Way to State-Preferment. 'Tis true, 
 vou have drawn a very pretty Picture of the 
 World ; but if for a Performance of this 
 Kind we were to gratify you with the moft 
 honourable Employments, why might not 
 a Painter for drawing a great Likenels, or a 
 Sculptor for exhibiting a Statue in juft Pro- 
 portion, with as much Reafon expedl to be 
 made a Senator? Merit fhould doubtlefs 
 meet with a Recompence, and Rewards 
 Ihould be affign'd to the Deferving; but then 
 they fhould be Rewards of fuch a Nature, 
 as that the Commonwealth receive no De- 
 triment, and fufFer no Ridicule.-»i -'^i-' 
 
 Thefe Admonitions filenc'd me for a 
 While. But as I could not bear to think 
 of grovv'ing old in this vile Employ, I re- 
 fum'd that defperate Refolution, which had 
 laid dormant a long Tin\€, of attempting 
 a Reformation in the State, by which Pro- 
 je6l I might, at one and the fame Time, 
 
 help 
 
World Under -Ground. 167 
 
 Iiclp forward tlie publick Good, and my- 
 own too. 
 
 A little before I ft out upon my late 
 Travels, 1 had clofely itudy'd the Nature of 
 this Government, to fee if I could difcovcr 
 any Defeats, and at the fame Time what 
 Remedies were proper for them. Since 
 that, in the Piovincc oi CockUku^ I had ob- 
 ^"crv'd that the Government tl^ere was in a 
 tottering Condition, by reafon of the h\\'_ 
 miilion of Women to the JManagcment cf 
 publick Affairs, that Sex being luturally 
 ambitious, itill aiming to extend their Pov/- 
 er, nor ever reding till they have acquir'd a 
 full and abfolute Authority. Hereupon I 
 dctermin'd to bring in a Bill to exclude that 
 Sex from the Adminiftration of publick 
 Affairs. I flatter'd myfelf I (hould find 
 Multitudes to abet and efpouie this Point, 
 fince it was an eafy Matter to make it vtxy 
 clear, and to fhew beyond Contradiction 
 the Misfortunes that flow from this De- 
 feat in the State, and the Danger the Male 
 Sex was in, unlefs the Wings of fuch an 
 unnatural Power were timely dipt. And 
 if it ftiould {o happen, that tlie Abolition of 
 this ancient Culfom fhould appear to fome 
 to be too hazardous an Attempt, in fuch 
 Cafe I humbly offered, that the Female 
 Power fliould be at Icaft reftrain'd and 
 abridg'd. 
 
 This Scheme of mine had three Ends 
 in view. Firft, to remove an Inconveni- 
 ence the State labour*d under. Secondly^ 
 
 by 
 
i68 A Journey to the 
 
 by producing a Specimen of my Sagacity 
 and Judgment, I had Hopes to mend my 
 Condition. And, thirdly, I thought by 
 thefe Means to revenge certain Taunts and 
 Affronts I had received from many of the 
 Females of this Country. I frankly con- 
 fefs, that my own private Intereft, and a 
 Defire of Revenge, were the primwn A'lo- 
 h'lle of this Projedl. But then I artfully 
 Conceal'd thefe Views, left under a Pretence 
 of publick Good, I (hould feem only to 
 purfue my own, and fo tread in the Steps of 
 Other Innovators, whofe Schemes breathe 
 nothing but the publick Good, when it is 
 evident to the dulleftObferver, that their pri- 
 vate Intereft is the Spring that moves the 
 whole Machine. 
 
 And now, liaving drcft my ProjctEl out 
 to the beft Advantage, and Itrengthen'd it 
 by the moft powerful Reafons I could in- 
 vent, I waited upon the Prince, and hum- 
 bly offtrM it to him. His Highnefs, who 
 had always teftify*d a great Regard to me, 
 was thunderftruck at the Boldnefs and Folly 
 of my Undertaking, which he forebodci 
 iTiuft end in my irreparable Ruin. Where- 
 fore he cndeavour'd to dillbade me from this 
 mad Attempt by the ftrongeft Intreaties : 
 
 Prec'tbufque minas regaliter addit. 
 
 I, for my Part, relying as well upon the 
 Utility cf my Project, as upon the Favour 
 of the Male Sex (who I was in Hopes would 
 not deleft the common Caufe) remain'd im- 
 -,■ movable 
 
World Under-Ground. 169 
 
 movable to all his Highnefs faid, nor could 
 his repeated Admonitions vanquifti my Ob- 
 flinacy. In fine, according to the Cuftom 
 of the Country, I was brought to the Forum, 
 and there, with my Neck in a Halter, I 
 flood waiting the Judgment of the Senate. 
 That venerable Body debated the Matter, 
 and foon came to a Refolution ; which Re- 
 folution was fent up to the Prince for his 
 Confirmation ; and being returned by him, 
 was read aloud by a publick Officer. It 
 run thus : 
 
 " After due Examination, we are of 
 *' Opinion as follows : That the Proje6l of 
 " Scabba, the King's MefTenger, to exclude 
 " the Female Sex from publick Bufmefs, 
 " cannot take EfFecH: without the highefi 
 " Detriment to the Commonwealth, fince 
 '^ no lefs than Half of the Nation, which 
 " confifts of the faid Sex, muft look upon 
 '' this Innovation as a very great Hardfhip, 
 " and their Refentment may occafion infi- 
 " nite Diforders. Moreover w^e are of Opi- 
 " nion, that it is abfurd and unjufl", intirely 
 '' to exclude Trees of the fincfl Talents 
 *' iVom publick Honours, efpecially as Na- 
 " ture, who does nothing in vain, can i e- 
 '* ver be fuppos'd to have given them all 
 " thofe noble Advantages to no Purpofc. 
 " We are perfuaded, that for the Welfare 
 *' of the State, Regard ought to be had not 
 " to the Name, but the Abilities of a Per- 
 " fon. And as a Country may often la- 
 " bour under a Want of able Perfons, we 
 
 I '' think 
 
'T*jo A Journey to the 
 
 «' think it a great Folly, by one A<^ of 
 ^' Senate, to render one intire Half of the 
 ** Nation incapable and u-nworthy of Em- 
 *' ployment, folely upon Account of their 
 *' Birth. For thefe and divers other good 
 *' Reafons we are of Opinion, that the faid 
 *' Scabba, for this foohfh and ra(h Attempt, 
 " ought to be punifh'd according to the 
 *« Cuftom of our Anceftors." 
 
 The Prince was extremely concerned for 
 my Misfortune, but as he never refcinded 
 the Decree of the Senate, he fign'd it with 
 his own Hand, and affix'd the Royal Seal to 
 it, and commanded it to be made publick, 
 inferting however this mollifying Claufe, 
 That as I was a Foreigner, a Native of a 
 new and unknown World, where forward 
 Geniufes are in great Efteem, I (hould be 
 exempted from capital Punifhment. But 
 left by a total Remiflion of the Sentence the 
 Laws {hould fufFer an Infringement, it was 
 therefore thought fit to detain me in Prifon 
 till the Beginning of the Month of Birches, 
 and that then, with other Violators of the 
 Law, I fhould be banifh'd to the firma- 
 ment. 
 
 This Sentence being publifh'd, I was 
 clapt into Prifon. Some of my Friends 
 pcrfuaded me to proteft againft this Sen- 
 tence, fince among my Judges there were 
 fo many Matrons and Virgins, all Judges in 
 their own Caufe. Some advis'd me, as the 
 fafer Way, to make a fair Acknowledg- 
 ment of my Crime, and lay the Blame 
 
 upon • 
 
fVorld Under-Ground. 171 
 
 upon my own native human Weaknefs. 
 But this laft Advice I reje6led with great 
 Ccwiftancy, out of Refpe(5l to Mankind, 
 upon whofe Chara6^er fuch a Confeffion 
 would leave an indelible Blemifh. 
 
 I heard foon after, that his Highnefs had 
 determined to give me an abfolute Pardon, 
 if I would but only proftrate myfelf at his 
 Feet, confefs my Fault, and implore his Fa- 
 vour, although Rahagna the Treafurer op- 
 posed that Motion with Might and Main. 
 But, to fpeak the Truth, I was not difpleas'd 
 with the Sentence. For Deach was not 
 half fo terrible to me as that Employment 
 they pickM out for me ; and I was weary 
 of converfing longer with thefe Trees, who 
 had fo high an Opinion of their \Vifdom. 
 I hop'd alfo to meet with better Treatment 
 in the Firmament, where I had heard, that 
 all Strangers, without Diltinction, were 
 kindly receiv'd. 
 
 CHAP. X. 
 
 The Author'' s Banijhment to the Fir- 
 mament. 
 
 I Have hitherto faid nothing concerning 
 the ftrange and very fingular Punifliment 
 thQ Potuans have, of banifliing to the Firma- 
 ment : Wherefore I think myfcif oblig'd in 
 this Place, to give fomc Account of it. 
 
 I 2 Twice 
 
1-72 A JouRNE\^ ta the 
 
 Twice every Year certain Birds of an 
 enormous Magnitude appear upon this Globe. 
 They are call'd Cupac, that is to fay, Birds 
 of Poll, and at Itated Seafons they come 
 and go. It has long perplexM the Subterra- 
 nean Naturalifts to account for this periodi- 
 cal Vifit. Some think they defcend upon 
 this Planet in Queft of certain Infe6ls, or 
 large Flies, of which there are prodigious 
 Numbers about this Time of the Year, and 
 of which thefe Birds are exceedingly vora- 
 cious. This Opinion is ftrengthenM by this 
 Circumftance, that when thefe Flies difap- 
 pear, the Birds fly off towards the Firma- 
 ment. An evident Proof of this we have 
 in other Countries, where Birds by the fame 
 Inftin£l of Nature appear, and for the very 
 fame Caufes. Others think that thefe Birds 
 are train'd up and in (trusted to this very 
 End and Purpofe by the Inhabitants of the 
 Firmament, like our Falcons and other 
 Birds of Prey. This Hypothefis receives 
 fome Countenance from that Tendernefs, 
 Care, and Dexterity, which thefe Birds ufe 
 in bringing home their Prey, and laying it 
 gently down before their Maftcrs. Other 
 Circumftances alfo fhew, that thefe Crea- 
 tures are either thus infl:ru6led, or clfe that 
 they have a certain Portion of Reafon to 
 dire(5l them ; for at the Approach of the 
 Seafon of Departure, they are fo tra£lable 
 and tame, that they fuffer certain Nets, or 
 fmall Chains, to be th'-own over them, un- 
 der which they lie quiet for many Days, 
 
 and 
 
IForld Unddr-Ground. 17J 
 
 and arc fed out of Hand by the Inhabitants 
 with the atorelliid Flies, of which they take- 
 Care to provide a g.reat Qiiantity for this 
 very Purpofc. For it is nccelFary to keep 
 feeding them till all Things are preparM and 
 got ready for thofe who are to be banifli'd. 
 The Apparatus for their Departure is as fol- 
 lows: Oi\ thofe Nets, in which they are 
 intangled, a Box or Cage is falten'd with 
 Cords. Every Cage is capable of containing 
 one Perfon. The Time now drawing near, 
 and the Infects failing which fupply'd them 
 with Food, the Birds mount upoii Wing, and 
 cutting the Air, return to the Place from 
 whence they came. Such was this won- 
 derful Pailage, by which I and feveral other 
 Exiles were to be tranfliitcd to a new World. 
 There were alfo at this l^ime two Citi- 
 zens of Potu^ who for difterei.t Crimes 
 were fentenc'd to Banifliment, and were 
 now preparing for their Journey. One of 
 thefe was a i\Ietaphyfician, who had in- 
 curr'd this Punifhment by difputing con- 
 cerning the EfTcnce of God, and the Nature 
 of fpiritual Subfhinces. He had fatisfy'd the 
 Law for his firii: Offence of this Kind, by 
 undergoing the Punilhmcnt of the Ar?n ; 
 but being a fecond Time detc(5led, he was 
 comicmn'd to be banifli'd to the Firmament. 
 The other was a Fanatick, who having 
 conceiv'd fome Doubts concerning Religion, 
 and concerning the civil Rights of tlie Slate, 
 attempted to fubvert the Foundations of 
 each. He refus'd to obey the publick Laws, 
 I 3 under 
 
174 ^ Journey to the 
 
 under Pretence that fuch Obedience was 
 contrary to the Dictates of his Confcience. 
 His Friends endeavoured, by the moft pow- 
 erful Arguments, to cure him of this Con- 
 ceit, by (hewing him how many Delufions 
 thefe Impulfes of Confcience and imagina- 
 ry Infpirations were fubjedt to; they told 
 him, that Zeal and Confcience were often 
 confounded with Melancholy and certain 
 corrupt Humours of the Body ; they de- 
 monftrated to him the egregious Folly of 
 thus appealing to the Authority of Con- 
 fcience, and how unjuf^ it was to contend 
 that the Impulfes of his Mind fhould be a 
 Rule to others, who might make ufe of the 
 fame Argument, and oppofe Confcience to 
 Confcience. At laft they prov'd to him, 
 that whoever firmly held this Principle, pre- 
 tending Confcience for his Difobedience, 
 ought to be excluded from the Rights and 
 Benefits of the Community, fince every 
 good Subje(£t fhould pay an implicit Obe- 
 dience to the Laws ; but that a Fanatick 
 ceither cou'd nor wou'd pay fuch an Obedi- 
 ence, fince his Confcience was his fole Rule 
 of Politicks. But as thefe Rcafons had no 
 Effect upon the Mind of our Fanatick, he 
 continued obflinate and incorrigible, and 
 fo was condemn'd to the Firmament. Thus 
 at this Time there were only three of us to 
 undergo this Punifhment, a Projector, a 
 Metaphyfician, and a Fanatick. 
 
 About the Beginning of the Month of 
 Birches^ we were all carry*d from Prifon to 
 
 feparate 
 
World Under -Ground. 175 
 
 feparate Places. What became of the Me- 
 taphyfician and the Fanaticic I know not, 
 as being too full of Cares for myfelf to mind 
 any Thing elfe. Being brought to the de- 
 ftinM Place of Departure, 1 was forthwith 
 thruft into the Box or Cage, with as much 
 Provifion as would ftrve me for two or three 
 Days. Soon after this, when the Birds 
 found no more Flies brought them, as if 
 they took the Hint, they left the Place, and 
 flew ofF with incredible Celerity. The 
 Diftance of the Firmament from the Planet 
 Nazar^ is reputed by the Subterraneans to 
 be about an hundred Miles. How long I 
 was in pafling from the one to the other I 
 cannot fay, but to me this setherial Voyage 
 feem'd to be no more than about four and 
 twenty Hours. After a profound Silence, 
 at lalt a confus'd Noife feem'd to reach my 
 Ears, from whence I conje£lur'd I was not 
 far from Land. Then it was I perceiv'd 
 that (hefe Birds had been carefully exercis'd 
 and inftru61:ed -, for with great Art and Care 
 they landed their Burden, fo as not in the 
 kaft to injure or hurt it. In a Moment V 
 was furrounded with a prodigious Number 
 of Monkies, the Sight of which put me 
 into a very great PVight, remembring what 
 I had fuffcr'd from thefe Animals upon the 
 Planet Nazar. But my Fright redoubled, 
 when 1 heard thefe Monkies articulately dif- 
 courfe with one another, and when I be- 
 held them clad in diverfe-colour'd Veft- 
 ments, I then conje^tur'd that they were 
 I 4. ' tlie 
 
lyb ji Journey to the 
 
 the Inhabitants of this Country. But as 
 after that Heap of Wonders I had been ac- 
 cuftom'd to, nothing now could well feem 
 new or ftrange, I began to recover my Cou- 
 rage, efpccially as I had obferv'd that thefe 
 Creatures approach'd me with an Air of Ci- 
 vility and Good-nature, taking me gently 
 out of my Cage, and receiving me with the 
 Humanity due to Strangers. Even Am- 
 bafTadors in our World are hardly received 
 with more Ceremony than 1 was. 'Vhcy 
 all came one after another, and addrefs'd 
 me in thefe Words, Put yJjfer. When they 
 had repeated this Salutation pretty often, I 
 repeated the fame Words. Upon this they 
 fet up an immoderate Laugh, and by a 
 Multitude of comic Geftures, fignify'd they 
 were highly delighted to hear me pronounce 
 them. This made me conclude thefe Peo- 
 ple to be a light, babbling Race of Creatures, 
 and vaft Admirers of Novelty. When they 
 fpoke, you wou'd think fo many Drums 
 were beating, with fo much Volubility, and 
 fo little out of Breath, they held on their 
 Chattering. In a Word, as to Drefs, Man- 
 ners, Speech, and Form of Body, they were 
 the very Reverfe of the Potuans. At firft 
 they were all aftonifh'd at my Figure, and 
 the chief Reafon of that Aftonifhment was, 
 that I wanted a Tail. For as among the 
 whole Brute Creation none fo much re- 
 femble the human Form as Monkies, fo, 
 had I had a Tail, they would have taken 
 me for one of their own Species, efpecially 
 
 as 
 
World Under-Ground, 177 
 
 as all thofe who had hitherto been tranf- 
 ported from the Planet Nazar to this Place, 
 were of a Form extremely unlike their 
 own. About the Time of my Arrival here 
 the Sea run very high, by reafon of the 
 near Approach of the Planet Nazar : For 
 as with us the Tides of the Ocean corre- 
 fpond with the Courfe of the Moon, fo the 
 Ocean of this Firmament increafes and de- 
 creafes according to the Vicinity or Remote- 
 nefs of the aforefaid Planet. 
 
 Prefently I was conducted to a very noble 
 Houfe, all beautifully fet off withcoftly Stone, 
 Marble, Mirrors, Vafes, and Tapefrry. At 
 the Gate were Centinels pofted, which gave 
 me to underftand that this could not be the 
 Dwelling of a vulgar iMonkey. And I was 
 foon informed, that it was the Houfe of the 
 Conful or chief Magiftrate. He was very 
 defirous of converfing with me, and there- 
 fore hir'd feme Mafters to infirudt me in 
 their Language. Near three Months had 
 been fpent upon my InflrucSlion, at the 
 Expiration of which, as I could now fpeak 
 the Tongue pretty fluently, I hop'd to gain 
 the Applaufe and Admiration of all, upon 
 Account of the Forwardiiefs of my Geniu?, 
 and the Strength of my Memory. But my 
 Tutors thought mc flower and duller than 
 ordinary, infomuch that they loft all Pati- 
 ence, and threaten'd to leave mc off. And 
 as at Potu I was call'd in Dcriiion Scabba^ or 
 Quick-Part"?, fo here, by reafon of my Stu- 
 pidity and Dulnefs, they gave me the Name 
 I 5 of 
 
178 A Journey to the 
 
 of Kadi cor an, which fignifies a Clown, ot 
 Dunce. For thofe alone are here efteem'd, 
 who are quick and nimble, and cover their 
 Senfe in a confus'd and rapid Volley of 
 Words. While I was learning the Monkey- 
 Language, my Hoft took me round the Ci- 
 ty, which I beheld diliblv'd in every Kind 
 of Luxury. What with the Multitude of 
 Coaches, Chaifes, Valets, and a Croud of 
 People hurrying every Way, we were obli- 
 ged to ufe a Sort of Force to get on. Yet 
 this was nothing, if compar'd to that Lux- 
 ury which reign'd in the Metropolis, where, 
 as in its Center, you might fee all that mor- 
 tal Vanity could invent. Being now taught 
 the Language, I was brought to this famous 
 Capital by my Hoft, who hop'd to purchafe 
 the Favour of a Senator, by making him 
 a Prefent of fo uncommon a Curiofity as I 
 was. For the Form of Government here 
 h ariftocratical, fo that the Sovereign Au- 
 thority refides in the Grand Senate, the 
 Members of v/hich are all noble from firft 
 to laft. None of plebeian Family can ever 
 hope to be more than a Centurion or Prse- 
 tor in the Provinx:es or lefl'er Cities. Some- 
 times, mdeed, one of this Clafs may arrive 
 at the Confulate, yet never without fome 
 very extraordinary Merit. Thus it was 
 my Hoft obtained the Confulftiip ; for fo 
 fertile was his Genius, that in the Space of 
 one Month, he proje6ted twenty-eight new 
 Laws. And though not half of them were 
 calculated for the Good of tht Publick, 
 
 yet 
 
World Under-Ground. 1^9 
 
 yet they were Specimens of a fruitful In- 
 vention, and procur'd him a great Charac- 
 ter. For throughout the whole fubterranean 
 World, there is no Place where Projcftors 
 are in more £fteem thah in this. The 
 capital City is call'd Marttnia ; it gives 
 Name to the whole Country, and is famous 
 for its fine Situation, for the Grandeur of 
 its Buildings, its Commerce, and naval 
 Force. For Extejit of Ground, and Num- 
 ber of Inhabitants, I believe it may rival 
 Paris, So crouded was fevery Street, that 
 we were forcM to beat our Way through to 
 go to that Part of the City where the Syn- 
 diek of the Senate liv*d. For he it was to 
 whom the Conful was to prefent me. 
 
 When we drew near to the Syndick's 
 Houfe, my Friend the Conful went into an 
 Inn, to put himfelf in Order, and to com- 
 pofe his Perfon and Habit in a Manner fit 
 to appear before the Syndick. Immediately 
 there appeared a little Army of occafional 
 Valets or P^ootmen, commonly call'd Maf- 
 katti^ whofe Affiftance every one makes ufe 
 of before they enter the Palaces of the Se- 
 nators. Thefe brufh your Cloaths, take 
 out the Spots, and with the exacleft Care 
 adjuft whatever is difcompos'd, even to the 
 fmalicft Plait. One of thefe Maskatti took 
 the Conful's Sword, and wip'd it clean and 
 bright, and then return'd it him. Another 
 drefs'd his Tail with Ribbands of variou? 
 Colours: For thefe Monkies have nothing 
 more at Heart than the Ornaments of their 
 
 TaiJs. 
 
I So A JouRNEV to the. 
 
 Tails. There were fome Senators, and 
 efpecially fome of the Wives of the Sena- 
 tors, whofe Tails on high Occafions could 
 fcarcely be drefsM out to the heft Advantage 
 under two or three hundred Pounds Ster- 
 ling. A third approach'd the Conful with 
 a geometrical Inftrument, to take the Di- 
 mcnfions of his Cloaths, and to fee if all 
 hung in due Proportion. A fourth brought 
 a Bottle of Paint, and with it improved his 
 Vifage. A fifth examin'd his Feet, from 
 which he par'd the Superfluities. A fixth 
 brought him perfum'd Water to walli with. 
 In iliort, one brought a Towel, another a 
 Comb, another a Looking- G la fs, and all 
 with an Exa6tnefs not inferior to that of a 
 Geometrician meafuring and adorning his 
 Map. Oh ! thought I to myfclf, how much 
 Time and Expence muft the Drefs of the 
 Ladies here require, when there is fo much 
 Fufs in tricking out one of our Sex ? And, 
 indeed, the Martinian Ladies exceed all 
 Bounds, and cover their Defed^s with fuch 
 a Ix)ad of Paint, as makes their Perfons 
 oitenfive. For when the Sweat and Paint 
 are pretty well united, it exhales an Odour 
 like that of your great Kitchens 5 what you 
 fmell you know not, but this you know, 
 that it is fomething very difagreeable. 
 
 My Hofl thus painted, powder'd, comb'd 
 and polifh'd, went to the Syndick's Palace, 
 attended only with three Valets. When 
 he came to the Court- Yard he pull'd of!-' his 
 Shoes, left he ihould afterwards difoblige 
 
 the 
 
World Under 'Ground, 18 1 
 
 the Marble Floor with Dirt or Duft. He 
 was forc'd to Itay a full Hour before the 
 Syndick was informed that he was there, 
 nor was he introduc'd without a proper Gra- 
 tification to fome of the Guards and Ser- 
 vants. The Syndick, feated on a gilt Set- 
 tee, as Toon as he efpy'd me entring with 
 my Hoft, burft out into an ungovernable 
 Laughter, and afterward afk'd me a thou- 
 fand trifling, foolifh Qi^ieftions. To every 
 Reply I made him, he redoubled his Fits of 
 Laughter. 
 
 Ingemlnat tremulos nafo crifpante cachinnos. 
 
 For my Part, I was of Opinioti, that to 
 play the Buffoon was reckon'd among the 
 Virtues here, fmce the Government had 
 made this Perfon Svndick, which is the fe- 
 cond Dignity in the Senate ; and I obfervM 
 as much to my fViend. But he alTur'd me, 
 he was a Monkey of great Abilities, as ap- 
 pear'd from the Multitude of Bufinefs of 
 various Sorts, which even in his greener 
 Years he went through. For fuch was his 
 Readinefs of Perception, that even over a 
 Glafs he would tranfadt Affairs of the ut- 
 moit Weight ; nay even at Dinner, or at 
 Supper, between the Courfes, he would of- 
 ten draw up a new Law. I cnquirM if 
 fuch Laws, conceiv'd in fo fhort a Space of 
 . Time, were of any confiderable Duration. 
 To this he only rcplyM, that like other 
 Laws they continued in Force, till it pleas*d 
 the Senate to abrogate or repeal them. 
 
 The 
 
iti A Journey to the 
 
 The Syndick, having conversM with mt 
 about half an Hour, and with full as great 
 a Degree of Loquacity as our European Bar- 
 bers, turnM himfelf about to my Friend, 
 and told him, he would take me into the 
 Number of his Servants, though upon Ac- 
 Count of my flow IntellecSts he much doubt^ 
 ed whether I could be good for any Thing. 
 / have fnyfdf^ reply'd my Friend the Con- 
 ful, ohferv d a natural Torpor or Dulnefs in 
 him^ hut give him Time for Rtfexion^ and 
 you will find he has no contemptible Judgment. 
 That fignifies little here, return'd the Syn- 
 dick, fince our Multiplicity of Eufmefs ad- 
 mits of no Delay. With thefe Words he 
 fell to examining my Limbs and my Body, 
 and after having furvey'd them a fhort 
 Time, he commanded me to lift up a cer- 
 tain Weight from the Ground, which I 
 did without much Trouble. Upon this he 
 told me, that thou2;h Nature had been un- 
 kind to me with refped to my Intelledls, 
 yet that (he had in a Manner compenfated 
 that Defedl by an extraordinary Strength of 
 Body. I was then order'd to withdraw to 
 another Apartment, where the Domefticks 
 and Attendants received me with a good deal 
 of Pleafure, though their exceiTive Imperti- 
 nence and Geftures were troublefome enough. 
 So many Queftions they af^'d me concern- 
 ing our World, I knew not how to anfwer 
 them, and fo gave them what came upper- 
 molt, fome Truth, feme Falfhood, juft to 
 allay their irnpatient Curiofity. 
 
 At 
 
World Under-Ground. 183 
 
 At length my Friend returning, told me 
 his Excplience did mc the Honour to retain 
 me in hi* Court. From the foregoing Con- 
 verfation of the Syndick 1 could guefs, that 
 the Employment defign'd for me was no 
 very important one, probably his V^alct, or 
 his Butler ; ^n(\ upon enquiring what it 
 was, my Friend laid to me, His Excellence 
 has h^tn gracioufly pleas'd to appoint you 
 one of his Body Chairmen, with an annual 
 Salary of twenty- five Stercolates, (A Mar- 
 tinian Stcicalate is equal to about (twtn Shil- 
 lings and Six-pence Sterling.) He has more- 
 over engag'd, that you Ihall have the Ho- 
 nour of carrying only himfelf, or liis Lady^ 
 I was thunderflruck with this Anfwer, and 
 remonftrated in the m.oft pathetic Manner 
 how unworthy an Office this was for one 
 of my ingenuous Education and Family. 
 But fome Courtiers ruihing in in Heaps, in- 
 terrupted me from fpeaking more, and half 
 kilTd me with their Impertinence. For all 
 the Martiniafis are light, frothy, talking 
 Creatures, that have a fmooth, fluent Jar- 
 gon of Words, without the Icaft Mixture 
 of Serioufncfs or Gravity. At length I was 
 condu£^ed to an Apartment, where Swpper 
 was ready; and having taken a modeiate 
 Repad, I retirM to my Repofe. 
 
 I threw myfelf upon my Bed, but fuch 
 was the Diforder of my Mind, I could take 
 no Sleep. 'Fhe Difdain I was receiv'd with 
 fhock'd me to the higheft Degree, and no- 
 thing lefe than a Spartan Patience could di- 
 
184 ^ Journey to the 
 
 geft To grofs an Indignity. I heartily de- 
 plor'd my Fate, which feem'd feverer now 
 than what I had experienc'd in the Planet 
 Nazar, and I could not help faying to my- 
 felf, " What would here become of the 
 ' Kadok'i^ or High Chancellor of Potu^ a 
 ' Perfon of inertimable Worth in his own 
 ' Country, but who requir'd at leafl: an 
 ' intire Month to form a new Law ? What 
 ' would be the Fate of Palmka in this 
 ' Place, where the Senators make Laws 
 ' between the Courfes at Meals r" After a 
 ferious Confideration, I found myfelf tranf- 
 iated from a Land of Sages to a Country of 
 Fools. At laft being tir'd with thinking. 
 Sleep overpower'd me. 1 know not how 
 long I flept, fmce there is here no Difference 
 between Night and Day. For it is never 
 dirk except at one ftattd T^ime, when the 
 fubterranean Sun is in an Eclipfe by the In- 
 terpofition of the Planet Nazar. This E- 
 clipfe is very remarkable, becaufe the afore- 
 faid Planet, being not far from the Firma- 
 ment, overfhadows the whole Sun, and fo 
 always makes the Eclipfe total. But as this 
 happens but feldom, h makes no Alteration 
 of Seafon, which is here invariably the fame 
 upon Account of the conftant Prefence of 
 the Sun. Hence the Inhabitants are forc'd 
 to have Recourfe to various Inventions, as 
 Groves, Baths, Walks, and Grotto's, to 
 qualify the Heat. 
 
 I was fcarce awake, when a Monkey en- 
 tered my Chamber, who told me he was 
 
 my 
 
IVorld Under-Ground. \ S5 
 
 my Comrade in Office, and with a fii^hc 
 Cord (being ordered fo to do) he ypply'd a 
 fi(£litious Tail to my Pofteriors, to make 
 me look more like a Monkey. He then 
 bid me get ready, bccaufe the Syndick with- 
 in an Hour was to be carry'd to the Acade- 
 my, to which Place he and his Brother Se- 
 nators had received a formal Invitation. It 
 feems there was to be a Promotion to a Doc- 
 tor's Degree at Ten o'Clock that Morning. 
 It muft be noted here, that though the 
 Days are not diftinguifh'd from the Nights, 
 by reafon of the perpetual Prefence of the 
 Sun, vet are they diftinguilh'd into Hours, 
 half Hours, and Qiiarters, and that by 
 Means of Clocks or Hour-Glafles, fo that 
 Day and Night to2;ether take up about 
 twenty-two Hours. Hence, if all the Clocks 
 in the Citv were to flop at once, it would 
 be impoffible for the Citizens to recover the 
 true Time, till they had confulted fome of 
 the Clocks in the next Neighbourhood. For 
 there neither are, nor can be, any Sun- 
 Dials, becaufe there is never any Shadow, 
 the Sun continually darting perpendicular 
 Rays upon the Place. So that were you to 
 dicy a Well here, it would be illuminated to 
 the Bottom. As to the Year, that is re- 
 gulated and governed by the Courfe of the 
 Planet Nazar round the Sun. 
 
 At Ten o'Clock we took up his Excel- 
 lence, and carry'd him to the Academy. 
 Entring into the Auditory, we beheld the 
 Do6\ors and Maftcrs feated in Order, every 
 
 one 
 
i86 ^Journey to the 
 
 one of which rofe up as the Syndick pafs'd 
 by, and turning themfelves about paid him 
 their Compliments with their Tail. This 
 is their Manner of doins; Reverence. And 
 this accounts for their Care in adorning 
 their Tails. For my own Part, I confefs 
 thefe inverted Salutations feem'd extremely 
 foolifh and abfurd. For to turn one's Back 
 upon any one, is among us a Mark of In- 
 difference or Contempt : But every Nation 
 has its particular Tafte. The aforefaid Doc- 
 tors and Mafters were feated on each Side of 
 the Auditory. In the lower Part of it was 
 plac'd a Chair, in \^'hich fat the Candidate. 
 Before the A£l of Promotion, the following 
 Qi^ieftion was difcufs'd in a folemn Difputa- 
 tion, namely, JVf)ether the Sounds which 
 Flies and ether Infers make, comes through the 
 Mouth, or the Pq/ieriors f The Prefident un- 
 dertook the Defence of the former Opinion,, 
 which was attack'd by the Opponents with 
 fo much Ardour, that I was afraid it wOuId 
 have terminated in a bloody Battle. And 
 molt certainlv they had come to Blows, but 
 that the Senate rofe up, and cool'd the 
 Flame by their Authority. During the Dif- 
 pute, a certain Monkey play'd upon a Pipe : 
 This was the Moderator, who by the Ma- 
 nagement of his Mufick, either in foft, or 
 in fmart Strains, would quicken the Difpute 
 when it flagg'd and languifh'd, or bring it 
 down when it was noify and violent. Tho' 
 very often all his Art had no Effect : So very 
 hard a Matter it is to preferve the Temper, 
 
 when 
 
JVorld Under-Ground. 187 
 
 when the Difpute is upon fuch interefting 
 Subjeds. The fami Thing often happens 
 in our World, where, when the l^ifpute 
 turns upon fome very dubious and almuft 
 inexpHcable Point, one may obferve the 
 Combatants are often work'd up to the moft 
 violent Agitations of Mind or Body. How- 
 ever, tins threatning Quarrel which pro- 
 mised nothing but Blood and Slaughter, end- 
 ed all in Compliments and Praifes. Some^ 
 thing like this obtains in our European Uni«- 
 verfities, where, according to general Cuf- 
 tom, the Preftdent, when the Difpute i^ 
 clob'd, defcends victorious find triumphant 
 from the Chair. 
 
 This Preamble ended, they proceeded to 
 the Aft of Creation with thefe Ceremonies. 
 Tlie Candidate was placed in the iMiddle 6i 
 the Auditory : Three of the Univerfit^- 
 Beadles vvalk'd gravely up to him, and 
 threw a wj^.ole Pail-full of cold Water upoh 
 his Head ; they then perfum'd him with 
 Incenfe, and laftly gave him a Vomit to 
 take off. Having perform'd this with the 
 utmoft Solemnity, they retired boWing, and 
 dcclar'd him aloud a true and legitimate 
 Doctor. Amaz'd at fo many wonderful 
 Ceremonies, I afk'd a certain learned Mon- 
 key who ftood near me, the Meaning of all 
 this. He told me, (pitying at the fame 
 Time mv Ignorance) that by the Water, 
 the Incenfe, and the Vomit, it was under- 
 ftood that the Candidate was to forfake 
 his old Vices, and to siliime x new Set of 
 
 Manners, 
 
1 88 A JouRNEv to the 
 
 Manners, to diftinguifh him from the V^ul- 
 ^ar. Hearing this, I depIorM my own 
 Stupidity, and full of Admiration, forbore 
 to a(k any farther Qi^ieflioiis, for fear I 
 fhould be thought to have never convers'd 
 with any Thing above Brutes. 
 
 At laft all the mufical Inftruments ftruck 
 -up at once, and the new Doctor, cloath'd 
 in a Robe of Green, and girt with a Safh of 
 -the fame Colour, was efcorted home from 
 the Auditory with all ParnaJJus at his Heels. 
 But as htf was of a plebeian "Family, he had 
 not the Honour of a Coach, but was feated 
 in a Vehicle not unlike a Wheelbarrow, 
 and drawn by Hand, the Univerfity-Beadlcs 
 marching before in their refj^eftive Habits. 
 The Whole ended in a very handfome En- 
 tertainment, where the Guefls drank fo 
 plentifully, that many of them were car- 
 ried home extremely intoxicated, and were 
 fo ill for many Days after, that without the 
 Help of proper Medicines they would hard- 
 ly have recover'd. So that from the Be- 
 einnino; to the Endinsf of this whole Cere- 
 mony, nothing was wanting to the due So- 
 lemnity of iti and I proteft, I never, even 
 in our World, faw a more truly academical 
 Promotion, or any Candidate commence 
 Doctor more legitimately than this. 
 
 li\ the Courts of Juftice, Caufes are dif- 
 patch'd with a furprizing Dexterity, and I 
 was charmed with that Readinefs of Appre- 
 henfion, that Velocity of conceiving Things, 
 fo peculiar to this Nation. Very often, be- 
 fore 
 
World Under-Ground. j 89- 
 
 fore the Advocates have wound up their 
 Pleadings, the Judges rife and give Sentence 
 with equal Expedition and Elegance. I of- 
 ten frequented thelc Courts, to inform my- 
 felf thoroughly of their Manner of Pro- 
 ceeding. At firfl hearing, their Decrees 
 feemM juft and equitable enough ; but upon 
 a more careful Examination, they were in 
 ReaHty abfurd, unjuft, and full oi Contra- 
 didtions, infomuch that 1 would fooner 
 commit my Caufe to the Chance of a Die, 
 than to the Judgment of the Afartinian 
 Lawyers. I forbear to fay any Thing con- 
 cerning the Laws of this'People, by reafon 
 of the capricious Changes they perpetually 
 imdergo. They are as fickle \n thefe as in 
 their Falhions. Many are here punifh'd for 
 Crimes, which were not Crimes at the 
 Time they were committed, but commence 
 fuch by Virtue of an After-Law to make 
 them fo. P^or which Reafon nothing is 
 more common than Appeals from the infe- 
 rior to the fuperior Courts, the Plaintifi:' 
 having Hopes, that, while the Suit is de- 
 pending, the old Law (which loft him his 
 Caufe in the lower Court) may be repcal'd. 
 This is owing to the Suddennefs with which 
 their Laws are invented and promulged. 
 Such Lovers of Novelty are this People, 
 that they pcrfedlly naufeatc the moft ufeful 
 Statutes, folely upon Account of their Anti- 
 quity. The Advocates arc in ^rcat Reputa- 
 tion for their Shrewdnefs m Difputation. 
 Nay, there are fome among them, who 
 
 difdain 
 
j^Q A JouF.NEY to the 
 
 difdain to undertake a Caufe that is not mi- 
 juft, or at leaft very doubtful \ for in fo do- 
 ing they might be deprived of an Occafion 
 of exerting their Parts, and giving Speci- 
 mens of their Abihty to turn Black into 
 White. The Judges will often favour a bad 
 Caufe, in Compliment to the Council for 
 defending it fo well. " We perceive well 
 ^' enough, fay the Judges, the Injuftice of 
 " this Caufe, but then it has been manag'd 
 «.' with fuch inimitable Art, that in JufHce 
 " to the Advocate for his Performance, we 
 '' ought to drain a Point of Law.'* The 
 Students in this Profeflion are taught Law 
 at different Prices ; for Inflance, Thofe who 
 teach their Pupils to manage a bad Caufe, 
 or, according to the Proverb, to make the 
 beft of a bad Market, require twenty $ter- 
 cclates for their Trouble ; the Art of mana- 
 ging a good one fliall cofl but ten. Their 
 Forms ot Law are fo many, .they re~ 
 femble a huge Chaos, without Bottom and 
 without Shore. For the Mariinians, having 
 a fubiime Genius and a quick Perception, 
 deleft every Thing that's plain and fnnple, 
 and think nothing worth their Care that is 
 not very knotty and intricate. 
 
 The fame Tafte prevails In Religion, 
 which does not confifi in Pra6tice, but in 
 idle Speculations. Thus there are two hun- 
 dred and thirty different Opinions about the 
 Form or Figure of the Supream Being, and 
 three hundred and ninety-fix about the Na- 
 ture and Quality of Souls, The Martinians 
 
 never 
 
World Under-Ground. 191 
 
 never rcfort to their Temples or Churches 
 with the View of hearing any Thing ufeful, 
 -or of improving thcmfelves in the Art of 
 living and dying well, but onlv' to obferve 
 with what Art and Dexterity the holy Ora- 
 tors acquit themfelvesj for the more obfcure 
 their Language is, the more they are ad- 
 mir'd, their Audience having very Httle Re- 
 lifti for what they underfland. More l*ains 
 are -taken about the Exprellion, than about 
 the Matter, the Preachers affedling the 
 imooth, round Period more than the 
 Strength of Reafon, and the Audience ex- 
 pecting to be amus'd with a founding Pomp 
 of Words without a Meaning. For this 
 Reafon I did not dare fay any Thing con- 
 cerning the Chriftian Religion, which con- 
 fifting of naked, fimple Truths, could ne- 
 ver recommend itfelf to their Gout. 
 
 Projectors are no where in fo high Repu*- 
 tation as here. The more odd and imprac- 
 ticable the Scheme, the greater is the In- 
 ventor's Glory. When 1 had accidentally 
 been explaining to a certain Monkey the 
 Nature of our terraqueous Globe, and had 
 informed him that the Surface of it was in- 
 habited, he prefently conceived a Project of 
 digging through the Earth, and opening a 
 Pafl'age to the Superten-aneans. This Device 
 met with univerfal Applaufe, and a Society 
 was thereupon inftituted, and call'd THE 
 SUPERTERRANEAN COMPANY, 
 to which the Inhabitants flock'd in Shoals, 
 and, according to the Language of thofe 
 
 Times, 
 
192 A Journey to the 
 
 Times, bought in Stocks. However, as 
 this Affair introdiic'd a great deal of Con- 
 fufion into the Kingdom, and ruin'cl a 
 Multitude of FamilTes beyond Redemption, 
 they found the Folly of the Scheme, and 
 dropt it all at once. And though the Na- 
 tion fmarted fo feverely by it, yet the Pro- 
 jector not only efcap'd with Impunity, but 
 with almofl general Praife, this People en- 
 tertainiji2; the hio;heft; Idea of his sreat Abi- 
 lities. 
 
 Perceiving this Turn of Mind to prevail, 
 I endeavour'd by the fame Means to procure 
 myfelf a Reputation among the Martinians, 
 and to mend my Fortune by fome new Pro- 
 ject of my own. After a due Examination 
 of the State of the Publick, I difcover'd 
 feveral Flaws in it. I faw the whole Coun- 
 try was full of the more fubtle Sort of Ar- 
 tifts, but that it labour'd under a Want of 
 ufeful Traders and Workmen. Upon this 
 I propeis'd a Law for the Inftitution of cer- 
 tain Manufacturers, that might be of great 
 Service to the Nation. But every Propofal 
 of this Kind met with nothing but Sneers 
 and Contempt from this vain People. I 
 then accus'd my own Stupidity in thefe 
 Terms, JVhat a Sot have I been F and how 
 richly do I deferve to end my Days in the igno- 
 ble Ofpce of Chairman ? Yet I did not alto- 
 gether dcfpond, and being convinc'd I 
 (hould never do them, nor myfelf, any 
 Good by falutary Counfels, I refolv'd to try 
 whether I could not get over the Difficulty 
 3 by 
 
JVorld Under-Gi'ound. 195 
 
 by Tome ridiculous Invention or other. I 
 open'd my Dcfign to one of the graved 
 Monkeys I knew, who encourag'd me to it 
 mightily. And when he prov'd to mc, that 
 Numbers there had made their Fortunes by 
 mere Trifles and boyiOi Gewgaws, and 
 more efpecially by the Invention of fome 
 new Fafhion, I then refolv'd to fwim with 
 the Tide, and among Fools to play the 
 Fool myfelf. Upon this I call'd to Mind 
 all the moft ridiculous and extravagant In- 
 ventions of Europe^ and being at Liberty to 
 pick and chufe, I fix'd upon thofe Orna- 
 ments of the Head, which we c^WPerriwigSy 
 and determln'd with myfcif to introduce 
 this Fafhion. What contributed to bear 
 me out in this Attempt, was the great- 
 Number of Goats in this Kingdom, whofe 
 Wool or Hair would be very proper for my 
 Purpofe. And as my good Tutor (now at 
 Reft) long exercis'd the Occupation of a 
 Perriwig- Maker, I was not altogether igno- 
 rant of the Art. In fhort, I procur'd fome 
 Goat*s Hair, and made a Perriwig fitted to 
 my own Head, and thus adorn'd, I ap- 
 peared before the Syndick. Startled at fo 
 new and unufual an Appearance, he afk'd 
 me what it was, and immediately fnatching 
 it from my Head, he put it upon his own, 
 and run to the Glafs to furvey himfclf. But 
 how fliall I exprefs his Wonder and Delight? 
 He burft into an Ecftafy of Pleafure, cry- 
 ing, O ye Gods ! and forthwith fent for his 
 Ladv to join with him in his Joy. Her 
 
 K Won- 
 
194 -^ Journey to the • 
 Wonder was equal to his, and embracing 
 the Syndick, fhe vow*d fhe never favv any 
 Thing fo charming, and every Soul in the 
 Family was of the fame Opinion. The 
 Syndick then turning towards me, A'ly dear 
 Kakidoran, fays he, // this Invention of yours 
 Jhould take with the Senate as it does with 
 me^ you may prcrnife yourfelf every Thing, i 
 thank'd his Excellence, and foon after put a 
 Petition into his Hands, addrefsM to the Se- 
 nate, which I begg'd the Favour of him to 
 ofFer. It was conceiv'd in thefe Terms. 
 
 Mojl Excellent^ ?mji Generous^ moji IlhiflriouSy 
 7mjl Noble^ afid mojl JVife Senators, 
 
 << f 1"^ H E natural Propenfity, by which 
 « JJ I am influenc'd to promote the 
 " publick Good, has now mov'd me to 
 *' contrive this new and hitherto unheard- 
 " of Ornament for the Head, which here I 
 *« mod humbly offer to your Excellencies, 
 *' and fubmit it to the Examination of 
 " this auguft Tribunal, not doubting but it 
 « will meet with a moft gracious Recep- 
 «' tion, efpecially as the Invention muft 
 " conduce to the Glory, as well as Orna- 
 « ment of the Nation, and make the ad- 
 <' miring World confefs, that the Marti- 
 " nians excel the reft of Mortals, not only 
 ** in the Virtues and Endowments of the 
 ^ Mind, but in thofe Ornaments of the 
 " Body which render the Perfon grand and 
 ♦' majefticjc. I folemnly vow to all your 
 I " Excel- 
 
World Under -Ground. 195 
 
 Excellencies, that in this I never con- 
 fultcd my own Interefl:, and therefore I 
 require no Reward : It is enough for me 
 in my flender Capacity to have promoted 
 the publick Welfare, and the Kingdom's 
 Honour. But if the mod illuftrious Se- 
 nate are pleas'd to decree me a fuitable 
 Reward for my Labours, I fhall receive 
 it with a grateful Heart, that fuch their 
 Munificence may be known throughout 
 the World, and others animated to the 
 like, or greater Inventions. In this View 
 I cannot oppofe the Liberality of the Se- 
 nate and People of Martlnia. As to 
 the reit, I commend myfelf to the Fa- 
 vour of your Excellencies, and am, 
 
 May it pleafe your Excellencies^ 
 
 Martin ia. Tour moji obedient^ 
 
 *]th Day of Aftral. 
 
 And moJi humble Servant^ 
 
 Kakidoran. 
 
 The Syndick produc'd the Petition with 
 thePerriwig in open Senate. I heard tiiat all 
 Bufinefs was laid afide that Day, fo much 
 did the Examination of the Perriwig cn;:2:age 
 the general Attention. Upon the Clofe of 
 all, they prais'd the Work, extoH'd the Ar- 
 tift, accepted of his Good-will, and ap- 
 pointed him a Reward. In the whole Se- 
 nate there were but three who oppos'd this 
 K 2 Motion i 
 
196 A Journey to the 
 
 Motion ; but they got no Credit by it, and 
 were look'd upon as rude, unpolifh'd Crea- 
 tures, totally unworthy of the fenatorial 
 Function. 
 
 This Decree being pafs'd, I was com- 
 manded to appear before the Senate, where 
 a fenior Monkey rifing up, thank'd me in 
 the Name of the whole Commonwealth, 
 and afTur'd me they would reward me in a 
 Manner fuitable to my great Merit. He 
 likewife afk'd me, how much Time it 
 would require to make fuch another Or- 
 nament ? I reply*d, that as to the Reward, 
 it was fuificient Recompence to receive the 
 Applaufes of fo venerable a Body : As to 
 the other Point, the making a fecond Per- 
 riwig, provided I might have the AfTiftance 
 of as many Monkeys as I could inftru(5l in 
 the Art, 1 could undertake in one Month to 
 furnifli almoft the whole City. At thefe 
 Words, the Syndick rofe and faid, Htav^n 
 forbid^ Kakldoran, that fuch an Ornament 
 Jhould he common to all the City^ and grow 
 into Dijejieem by frequent Ufe! No-, let the 
 Nobility be by this diflinguijh\l from the Vul- 
 gar. This Opinion was feconded by all the 
 Senate, and the publick Cenfors were or- 
 dered to take due Care that this Decree 
 ihould be inviolably obferv'd, that the No* 
 bility receive no Dilhonour by the promifcu- 
 ous Ufe of Perriwigs, and that fo bright an 
 Ornament fhould be referv'd folely for their 
 Ufe. But this Edidl had the fame EfFe^t 
 that all fumptuary Laws have, and only ex- 
 cited 
 
World Under-Ground, 197 
 
 cited a ftronger Defire in the Commons to 
 . tranfjirefs them. And as this Invention had 
 the Happinefs to pleafe every one, the richer 
 Citizens, by Friends or Money, procur'd 
 Titles of Honour to qualify them to v/ear 
 Perriwigs, inlbmuch that in a (hort Time a 
 very great Part of the City was cnobled. 
 At length, when Petitions arriv'd from the 
 feveral Provinces, to be allow'd to come into 
 this Fafliion, the Senate took the iVIattcr un- 
 der Confideration, and made a Repeal of the 
 Law, with a Permiffion for the promifcuous 
 Ufe of Perriwigs ; fo that I had the Pieafure 
 to fee the whole Nation perriwig'd, if I may 
 ufe the Expreflion, before I left Alartinia. 
 And a moft delightful Sight it was ! Such 
 general Satisfaction did this Contrivance 
 give, that it gave Birth to a new Epoch, or 
 Date of Time, which v/as call'd in the 
 Mart'inian AnnTih, THE YEAR OF PER- 
 RIWIGS. 
 
 To return to myfclf. Surrounded with 
 Applaufes, and cloath'd in a Purple Robe, I 
 was carried back in a Chair to the Syndick's 
 Houfe, and mv Comrade Chairmim now 
 performed the Office of a Horfe for me. 
 From that Hour I was admitted to the Syn- 
 dick's Table. After this lucky Prelude of 
 my Fortune, I purfued my Delign, and by 
 the joint Labours of thofe I inflru(£tcd, I in a 
 ihort Time finifhM off Perriwigs enough to 
 accommodate the whole Senate ; and about 
 the End of the Month the followinor Di- 
 ploma oi Nobility was brought me. 
 K 3 *-'- Whereas 
 
igS A Journey to the 
 
 *' Whereas a certain Perfon, by Name 
 *' Kak'idoran^ Native of a City call'd Europe^ 
 *' has by a glorious and ufeful Invention 
 " highly obh"g'd the whole MarUn'ian Na- 
 ** tion : It is our Will and Pleafure to aflb- 
 «•' ciate him into the Body of our Nobility; 
 *' and we do accordingly decree, That he 
 " and his Heirs henceforth be reputed as 
 *' true and genuine Nobles, and enjoy all 
 **• fuch Privileges, Rights and Immunities, 
 ^' as are claim'd by the Martinicm Nobility. 
 '* Moreover we have decreed to honour 
 *' him with a ncv/ Name, {o that inllead 
 *^ of KakicUran, he Hiall now be il\ I'd Ki- 
 *■*■ kiihrimi. And lalljy, it is our VV^ill and 
 *•* Pleafure to fettle an annual Stipend upon 
 '•' him of two hundred Patari, to enable 
 ** him to fupport his new Dignity." 
 
 Given at our Court of Senate 
 in Martinia, the \th Day 
 ^/Merian, under our Great 
 Sea/, StC. 
 
 Thus from a poor Chairman was I tranf- 
 fcrm'd to a Nobleman ; and for fome l^ime 
 I liv'd in the higheft Repute, and with the 
 utmoft Felicity. And as the Martinians 
 faw I was in high Favour with the Syndick, 
 every Cieature made his Court to me. The 
 Flattery of the Preferment-Hunters went ^o 
 far as to ftrive which fhould write the'moft 
 fulfome Panegyricks upon me, in which 
 they kindly gave me a great many Virtues I 
 never had. Some, though they knew I 
 
 was 
 
World Under-Ground. 199 
 
 was a Native of an unknown World, yet 
 reclcon'd up for me a long Lift of Anceftors, 
 and drew out Genealogies in a diretSI: Line 
 from Heroes of the earlieft Ages. 7'hefe 
 Computations could not be very agreeable to 
 me, nor was it poflible for me to think \x 
 an Honour to be defcended from Monkeys. 
 Moreover, as it is ufual with the Martiniaui 
 to celebrate the Tails of the Qiiality, as 
 our Poets fmg the Beauties of their Mif- 
 trefles, accordingly feme of the Mart'mian 
 Poets celebrated my Tail in Verfe, though 
 I never had any. In fliort, to fuch a 
 Height did their Flattery rife, that a cer- 
 tain Perfon of no mean ExtracSlion, and 
 whofe Name I fpare upon Account of hir, 
 Family, a<Slually ofFer'd me the Enjoyment 
 of his Wife, if in Return I would ufc all 
 my Interelt for him with the Syndick. This 
 vile Propenfity to Flattery, to which all the 
 Martiniam are extremely fubjecfl, makes it 
 not worth one's while to read their Hirto.- 
 ries, which are little more than a Heap of 
 extravagant Encomiums, though the Lan- 
 guage of them is every where polite and 
 elegant. Hence this Country produces bet- 
 ter Poets than Hiftorians, which is owino; 
 to the Sr^wt Imagination of the Martinians. 
 
 I ejijoy'd a tolerable good Share of Health 
 while I was in this Country, tho' the Heat, 
 occafion'd by the continual Prefence of the 
 Sun, was not a little troublefome. Once I 
 was feiz'd with a Diarrhea, attended with a 
 high Fever \ but it was of no great Con- 
 K 4 tinuancc: 
 
200 jd Journey to the 
 
 tinuance : But durir>g my Illnefs, the Phyfi- 
 cian I made ufe of was ten Times more 
 troiiblefome than my Diforder, by reafon of 
 his Impertinence and Loquacity, which are 
 fo peculiar to this People. Having Occa- 
 fion for a Phyfician in that ill State of 
 Health, a Dodor of Phyfick came a Vo- 
 luntier, and ofFer'd me his AiTiftance : I 
 could not forbear laughing at the Sight of 
 him, becaufe who fhoulJ this be but my 
 very B.uher ? I quevtion'd him, how it hap- 
 pen'd that from a Barber he was (o foon 
 metamorphos'd into a Doctor? He reply'd, 
 he exerciisM both Profeilions. Upon this I 
 was a little dubious, whether I ought to 
 truil the Care of my Health to fuch a gene- 
 ral Trader, and frankly told him, that I 
 had rather have a Phyfician who profefs'd 
 the Art of Phyfick alone ; but he vow'd 
 and protefted to me, that there was not one 
 fuch throughout the whole City. I vi^as 
 therefore obli2;'d to venture mvfelf with 
 him. The Hafte the Do61:or was in in- 
 creas'd my Wonder ; for having prefcrib'd 
 for me a Potion, he abruptly took his 
 Leave, declaring he could not poflibly flay 
 longer, becaufe he was oblig'd to attend up- 
 on fome other Affairs, in which he was en- 
 gag'd, at that very Time. And when I 
 afk'd him what thofe Affairs could be which 
 requir'd fuch violent Hafte, he told me, he 
 was under a NecefFity of being at a Market- 
 Town in the Neighbourhood by fuch an 
 Hour, to a(5t as a Notary-Publick, which 
 
 was 
 
IVorld Under-Grouud, 201 
 
 was another of bis Employments. This 
 Multiplicity of Biiiincfs is in great Vogue 
 here, and every body is very ready to un- 
 dertake any the moit oppofite and contra- 
 diaory Oflkes. This Confidence is occa- 
 fion'd by that w^onderful Livelinefs of Ge- 
 nius, which difpatches Bufinefs in a Tnce. 
 Yet from the various Miftakes and Blunders 
 they daily commit, I concluded that thefe 
 Geniufes, which are fo full of Fire, are ra- 
 ther an Ornament to the Commonwealth, 
 than of any real Ufe to it. 
 
 After I had fpcnt two Years m this 1 er- 
 rltorv, partly as a Chairman, and partly as 
 a Nobleman, I fell into an Adventure which 
 had like to have been fatal to me. In his 
 Excellency's Palace, I had met with the 
 hio-heft Civilities ; I had alfo the Honour to 
 be^'extremcly in the good Graces of his La- 
 dy, infomuch that I feem'd to have the firft 
 Place in her Friendihip. She olten favourM 
 me with iete a tctc Converfations ; and tho' 
 {he feem'd highly pleas'd with my Compa- 
 nv, yet all (lie faid was with fo much Mo- 
 defty and Delicacv, that it was impcfTible to 
 put a finifter Interpretation upon her Condua 
 in this Refpea, nor could 1 with all my 
 Penetration guefs, that the Source of all 
 this wondrous Goodnefs was an impure Pal- 
 fion, more efpecially as fhe was a Lady of 
 Quality, and as eminent for her Virtue, as 
 for her Birth and Family. But, in Procefs 
 of I'imc, from fome equivocal Speeches of 
 hers, I could not but entertain a few Sufpi- 
 K 5 cions. 
 
202 A Journey to the 
 
 cions, which were confiderably increas'd by 
 fevcral evident Symptoms, 
 
 The wan Complexion, and the dying Eye, 
 The ftedfalt Gaze, th' involuntary Sigh. 
 
 At length the Myftery was clearM up, a 
 young Virgin, her Confidante, bringing me 
 the followino; Billet. 
 
 Lovely Kikidorian, 
 
 " 1% /TY Birth, and the natural Modefly 
 
 •* jLVX of "^y S^^» ^"^v^ ^"^ riow con- 
 *' ceal'd thofe Sparks of Love, which lurkM 
 *' within my Bofom, and with-held them 
 " from burfting into an open Flame. But 
 " now, finking under the Oppreilion, I 
 *' can no longer refift the Violence of my 
 " Wilhes. 
 
 Let this foft Secret all thy Pity move. 
 Extorted from my Soul by raging Love. 
 
 / am Toursy 
 
 Ptarnusa. 
 
 Words cannot utter the Confufion this 
 paflionate Declaration threw me into. But 
 as I thought it better to be exposM to the 
 Vengeance of difappointed Love, than to 
 difturb the Laws of Nature by mixing my 
 Blood with a Creature not of th^ human 
 Species, I return'd the following Anfwer. 
 
 Madam, 
 
World Under-Ground. 203 
 
 Madam, 
 
 THE repeated Favours I have recelv'd 
 from his Excellency the Syndick, the 
 Benefits he has hcapM upon an undeferving 
 Stranger, the moral Impo/Iibility of com- 
 plying with your Requeft, together with in- 
 numerable other Reafons which I forbear to 
 recount ; all this. Madam, determines me 
 to hazard your Ladyfhip's Refentment, ra- 
 ther than confent to an A6tion which would 
 render me of all two-footed Creatures the 
 moft vile and abominable. Not Death it- 
 felf is half fo terrible. The Crime too 
 would bring an indelible Stain upon a moft 
 illuftrious Family, and (he who commands 
 it muft be the greateft Sufferer. Let me 
 conjure you, therefore, to pardon this Re- 
 fufal, and be fatisfy'd, that in every other 
 Refpedl I fhall always pay the profoundeft 
 Obedience to your Lady{hip*s Commands, 
 I am, 
 
 Madam^ 
 
 Tour mofl humble^ 
 
 And moft obedient Servant ^ 
 
 Kikidorian, 
 
 . This Anfwer I feal'd up, and gave it to 
 the Bearer to deliver to her Miftrefs. It 
 had the Effed I fufpe<^cd. Her Love was 
 
 chang'd 
 
204 ^ Journey to the 
 
 chang'd into the ftrongeft Averfion. How- 
 ever, fhe deferred her Revenge till fhe had 
 recover'd that Letter ihe fent to me. She. 
 then fuborn'd falfe WitnefTes, who fwore 
 that I attempted to violate the Syndick's 
 Bed. This Story was cook'd up with fo 
 much Art, and fuch an Air of Probability, 
 that the Syndick, not making the leafl: Doubt 
 about it, threw me into Prifon. In this 
 Extremity, there was but one Thing to be 
 done, and that was, to make ConfefTion of 
 the Crime, and implore his Excellency's 
 Mercy. By thefe Means, I hop'd to divert 
 or foften his Anger, and procure a Mitiga- 
 tion of my Punifhment. For it was ridicu- 
 lous to think of contefling the Matter with 
 a powerful Family, efpecially in a Country, 
 where not the Merits of the Caufe, but the 
 fole Quality of the Perfon is regarded. 
 Therefore omitting all Sort of Defence, I 
 had Recourfe to the moft abjedl Supplica- 
 tions and Tears, imploring not a total Re- 
 miflion of my Punifliment, but only to 
 have it m.oderated. 
 
 Thus by the Confeflion of a Crime I ne- 
 ver dreamt of, I chang'd the Punifhment of 
 Death for a perpetual Cap ivity. My Di- 
 ploma of Nubility was taken Irom me, and 
 torn in Pieces by the Hands of the common 
 Hangman, and I myfelf was condemn'd to 
 be a Gullcy-Slave all my Days. The Gal- 
 ley, or VeiTel, I was fent to work in, be- 
 long'd to the Government, and lay in Rea- 
 dinefs for its Voyage to the Mezendores^ or 
 
 Land 
 
World Under 'Ground, 205 
 
 Land of Wonders. This Voyage is un- 
 dertaken at a ftated Time of the Year, 
 namely, in the Month Radir, They fail 
 to thefe Parts in Quefl of fuch Commodi- 
 ties as are not to be had in their own 
 Country, fo that the Mezendores are a Kind 
 of Indies to the Martinians. A Body of 
 Merchants, as well Nobles as Citizens, are 
 erected into a Society called the Mezendorian 
 Company^ among whom the Merchandife of 
 the returning VefTel is divided, according 
 to their feveral Subfcriptions and Shares. 
 The VeiTel moves both by Sails and Oars, 
 and to every Oar two Slaves or Captives are 
 affign'd : And to this Drudgery was I con- 
 demned during this Voyage. With what 
 Relu6tance I enter'd upon it, it is eafy 
 to guefs, efpecially as I had done nothing to 
 deferve being thus expos'd to fervile Labour, 
 and to the Lafh, among V/retchcs and 
 Slaves. Various were the Sentiments of 
 the Martiniafis concerning my Misfortune. 
 Some were of Opinion I v/as culpable, and 
 therefore dcferv^d the Punifhment j but 
 then the Sight of me in that miferable Con- 
 dition drew Compaffion from them. Others 
 thought fome Regard ought to have been 
 had to my former Services, and that there- 
 fore my Punifliment need not have been fo 
 fevere. But fome of the honefter Mon- 
 keys mutter'd among themfeives that I was 
 accus'd falfely, thcaigh no one dar'd openly 
 undertake my DcfeiiCC, through Fear of 
 my powerful Accufers, 1 determined, how- 
 I ever. 
 
2o6 A Journey to the 
 
 ever, to bear my Calamity with Patience. 
 My greateft Comfort was the approaching 
 Voyage ; for as I had always a ftrong Paflion 
 for Novelty, I was in Hopes of meeting 
 with fomething new and wonderful, though 
 I could not give Credit to all the Sailors told 
 me, nor bring myfelf to think that there 
 were fuch Prodigies in Nature, as I after- 
 wards met with. There were feveral In-^ 
 terpreters in our Veflel, whofe Afliftance 
 the Mezendorian Company made ufe of in 
 thefe Expeditions ; for all Contra£\s, as to 
 Buying and Selling, were made by them. 
 
 CHAP. XL 
 
 ^he Author's Voyage to the Land of 
 WONDERS. 
 
 BEFORE I proceed to the Defcription 
 of this Voyage, I muft caution the ri- 
 gid and cenforious Critick not to be top 
 much out of Humour at the Relation of 
 fome Things which perhaps may appear not 
 to deferve any Credit, as being contrary 
 to the ufual Courfe of Nature. I fball here 
 recount Things very incredible, but very 
 true, and of which I myfelf was an Eye- 
 Witnefs. The Vulgar and Illiterate, who 
 never have fet a Foot beyond the Limits of 
 their own native Country, are apt to look 
 
 upon 
 
World Under-Ground. loj 
 
 i3()on all fuch Things as fabulous to which 
 they have not been accuftom'd from their 
 Infancy. But the Learned, and efpccially 
 fuch of them as are converfant in phyfical 
 Enquiries, who know how fertile Nature is 
 in her Productions, v/ill look with a more 
 favourable Eye upon the wonderful Parts of 
 this Narration. 
 
 ^is tumidum guttur mlratur in Alpibus ? aut 
 
 quis 
 In Mer'oe crajfo majorem infante mamillam^ &c. 
 
 It is now well known, that there were a 
 People formerly in Scythia^ called Jrimafpt- 
 ans, who had only a fingle Eye apiece in 
 the Middle of their Foreheads ; and others 
 in the fame Parts of the World, whofe 
 Feet were fet on the contrary Way to ours. 
 We read of People in Albania^ who were 
 grey-headed from their Childhood. The 
 Sauromatians usM to make a Meal but once 
 in three Days, and to faft the intermediate 
 ones. Mention is made of certain Families 
 in Africa^ who had the Art of fafcinating 
 or bewitching People with the Sound of 
 their Voices. The Inhabitants of lllyrium 
 were remarkable for having two Pupils in 
 each Eye, and us'd, when they were pro- 
 vok'd, to ftare their Enemies to Death. In 
 the Mountains of India^ there are fome Men 
 with Dogs Heads, and who have been heard 
 to bark like thofe Animals ; others, with 
 Eyes in their Shoulders. And in the far- 
 theft Parts of the fame Country, there have 
 
 betn 
 
2o8 A Journey to the 
 
 been found Animals refembling Men, with 
 Jiairy Bodies, and Wings like Birds, who 
 never eat, but live upon the Scent of Flow- 
 ers, which they draw through their Noftrils. 
 ' Now I may afk, Who would have given 
 Credit to thefe, and the like Things, if 
 Pllny^ a very grave Hiftorian, had not fo- 
 lemnly affirm'd, not that he had heard or 
 read of fuch Things, but that he himfelf 
 had feen them ? In like Manner, who would 
 ever have thought that the Earth was hol- 
 low, and that another Sun, and other Pla- 
 nets, were contain'd within its Bowels, had 
 not my own Experience clear'd up that 
 Myftery ? Oi how could an Account of a 
 World, inhabited by Trees endued with 
 Reafon, and a Power of local Motion, have 
 ever gain'd Belief, had not my Difcoveries 
 prov'd the Exiftence of it beyond a PofTibi- 
 lity of Doubt. I am nor inclin'd, however, 
 to quarrel with any Man for his Incredu- 
 lity, fmce I mull confefs, that before I un- 
 dertook this Voyage, I was a little in doubt 
 myfelf, whether the Relations of Travellers 
 in general were any Thing better than 
 pompous P'ables, and infignificant Amufe- 
 ments. 
 
 It was in the Beginning of the Month 
 Radir that we fet Sail. We had a fair 
 Wind for fome Days, and our VeflTel fail- 
 ing right before it, we had no Occafion 
 to handle our Oars, and were therefore at 
 Liberty to divert ourfelves. But on the 
 fourth Day the Wind funk, and we were 
 
 forc'd 
 
World Under -Ground. 209 
 
 forc'd to take to our Oars. The Captain 
 perceiving I was unaccuftom'd to fuch hard 
 Labour, and unfit to bear it, would often 
 give me Leave to reft a while, and at length 
 he entirely freed me from this fervile Of- 
 fice. Whether he thought me innocent, 
 and therefore fliew'd me fo much Kindnefs, 
 or whether he judg'd nie worthy of better 
 Treatment on Account of the curious In- 
 vention of Perriwigs, which I had the Ho- 
 nour of, as I have before related, I cannot 
 take upon me to determine. I muft how- 
 ever obferve, that he carry'd three Wigs 
 along with him this Voyage, the Combing 
 and Buckling of which was committed to 
 my Charge. So that 1 was on a fudden 
 advanced from being a Galley- Slave, to the 
 Dignity of the Captain's Wig-Drefier. This 
 Civility of the Captain's to me was the 
 Reafon that as often as we arriv'd at any- 
 Port, I was always one of the Number 
 who were appointed to go on Shore. This 
 was extremely agreeable to me, as it gave 
 me an Opportunity of fully fatisfying my 
 Curiofity. 
 
 We kept on our Courfe for fome Time 
 without meeting with any Thing remarka- 
 ble ; but after we had loft Sight of Land 
 we fell among the Syrens, who as often as 
 the Wind abated, and the Sea grew calm, 
 would fwim to the Ship, and beg our Cha- 
 rity. The Language they fpoke refembled 
 the Martinefe, fo that fome of our Ship's 
 Crew were able to talk with them without 
 
 the 
 
2IO A Journey to the 
 
 the Help of an Interpreter. One of the 
 Number, after I had given her a Piece of 
 Meat, fixing her Eyes ftedfaftly upon me, 
 cry'd out, 
 
 Hero \ proceed, and rule a conquerM Wovld ! 
 
 I only fmird at the Prophecy, as thinking 
 it an empty Piece of Flattery, though our 
 Sailors aflur'd me very ferioufly, that thefe 
 S}'rens were feKlom or never out in their 
 Prediclicns. W'^e had been under Sail about 
 ei^jht Days when we difcovered Land, which 
 the Mariners calTd Plcardania, As we were 
 entring the Harbour, we faw a Jack-Daw 
 hovering about us, who upon Enquiry I 
 found to be a Perfon of great Dignity, and 
 at that Time In f^^e^lor- General of the Cuf- 
 toms. I could fcnrce refrain from laughing, 
 when I heard that an Office of fo great 
 Trull was committed to a Jack-Daw, and 
 from the Appearance of their Chief, I con^ 
 jedlur'd, that Wafps and Hornets muft be 
 the Tide- Waiters and Cuftom-Houfe Offi- 
 cers. After this Bird had flown two or 
 three Times round the Ship, he made for 
 the Shore again, and prefently after return'd 
 with three other Daws, and alighted upon 
 the Fore-caftle. I was ready to burft with 
 laughing, when I faw one of our Interpre- 
 ters approach thefe Birds with a profound 
 Refpe<5t, and immediately enter into a long 
 Converfation with them. The Reafon of 
 their coming, was to infpe^l what Merchan- 
 dife we had on board, it being th«ir Bufmefs 
 
 to 
 
World Under-Ground. 2 1 1 
 
 to enquire, whether we had any contraband 
 Goods, and particularly any of the Herb 
 commonly call'd Slac. It is very common 
 for thefe Creatures to fearch every Corner 
 of the Ship, and to unpack every Bale of 
 Goods, to fee if they can difcover any of 
 this Herb, the Importation of which is pro- 
 hibited by the Magiftrate, under a very fe- 
 vere Penalty. The Inhabitants barter fs^ve- 
 ral Sorts of Commodities, which are very 
 ufeful and neceflary towards the Support of 
 Life, in Exchange for this Herb ; from 
 whence it happens, that the Plants which 
 grow in Picardania^ though every whit as 
 good as this, are held in no Efteem. The 
 Picardaninns in this refemble the Europeans.^ 
 who are often fond of Things for no other 
 Reafon, but becaufe they are fetch'd from 
 remote Countries, and grow in foreign Soils. 
 The Infpc61:or, after he had had a long Confe- 
 rence with our Interpreters, went down in- 
 to the Hold with the reft of his Compani- 
 ons, and returning foon after, with an angry 
 Countenance declar'd, that he forbad us 
 trading with the Picardanians^ becaufe we 
 had a(Sed contrary to the Faith of Treaties, 
 in importing prohibited Goods. But the 
 Captain, who knew by Experience how ^ 
 to mitigate the Officer's Anger, prefented 
 him immediately with a few Pounds of Slac, 
 upon which his.Anger fubfided, and he gave 
 us Leave to unload our Cargo. As foon as 
 this was over, a vaft Flock of Daws came 
 fluttering about us. Thefe were all Mer- 
 chants, 
 
2 12 A Journey to the 
 
 chants, who came to trafEck. The Captain 
 intending to go afliore, orderM me, and 
 fome others, to accompany him. Accord- 
 ingly four in Number of us left the Ship, 
 namely, the Captain, myfelf, and two other 
 Monkeys, to wit, our Supercargo and Inter- 
 preter. We were invited to Dinner by the 
 Infpedlor-General. The Inhabitants have 
 no Tables, as not making any Ufe of 
 Chairs, for which Reafon the Cloth was 
 laid in the Middle of the Floor. A moft 
 delicate and magnificent Repaft was pre- 
 fently ferv*d up, but in very fmall Difhes : 
 And as the Kitchen was at the Top of the 
 Houfe, each Difh was brought in fupported 
 by two Pair of Jack-Daws, as if it descend- 
 ed from the Clouds. After Dinner the Of- 
 ficer took us along with him, to fhew us 
 his Library. There was a vaft Colle(5lion 
 of Books, but of a mighty fmall Size, the 
 largeft Folios being fcarce fo big as one of 
 our Primmers. I had much ado to with- 
 hold laughing when I faw the Librarian fly 
 up to the 7^op-Shelves to fetch down fome 
 of the Oclavos and Duodecimos. The Houfes 
 of the Picardaii'tans are very little difFerent 
 from ours, as to the Building, and the Dif- 
 pofition of the Apartments j but the Bed- 
 chambers are fufpended juft beneath the 
 Roof, after the Manner of Birds-Nefts. It 
 may be afk*d, perhaps, how it is pofTible for 
 Daws, (who are reckoned amongft the Birds 
 Mhiorum gentium) to build Houfes of fuch a 
 Magnitude ? But it was evident, from a 
 
 Houfe 
 
M^or'ld UrJer-GrouJid. 2 1 3 
 
 Houfe which was then building from the 
 Ground, that the Thing was very poffible ; 
 for fcveral thoufand Labourers were emplov'd 
 about it at the fame Time -, fo that what 
 was wanting in Strength was fupply'd by 
 Numbers, and by the Agihty with which 
 they flew about their Work. For this Rea- 
 fon they will finifh a Houfe almoft as quick- 
 ly as our Bricklayers can. The Infpedor's 
 Lady did not appear at Table, by reafon of 
 her Lying-in j for at fuch Times the Mother 
 never ftirs out as long as her little ones are 
 callow, but as foon as ever they begin to be 
 fiedg'd, her Hufband gives her Leave to 
 go abroad. We did not ftay long in this 
 Country, for which Reafon 1 can fay no- 
 thing as to the Government thereof, or the 
 Manners and Cufloms of the Inhabitants. 
 Every Thing was in great Confulion at that 
 Time, on Account ot a War which was juft 
 then broke out between the Daws and their 
 Neighbours the Thrujhes^ efpecially as News 
 was brought the Day after our Arrival, 
 that a great Battle had been fought in the 
 Air, in which the Daws were entirely rout- 
 ed. The General was afterwards try'd by a 
 Court-Martial, and fentenc'd to have his 
 Wings dipt, which is look'd upon as a 
 very heavy Punifhment in this Country, 
 and very little different from what is in- 
 Aided for capital Offences. After we had 
 difpos'd of the Cargo, we fet Sail from 
 thence. At a little Diflance from the Shore, 
 v/e faw great Q^iantities of Feathers floating 
 
 about 
 
214 -^ JouRNKY to the 
 
 about upon the Water, and from thence 
 conje6lur'd, that it was the Spot where the 
 late Battle had been fought. 
 
 After a profperous Voyage, which lafted 
 only three Days, we arrived upon the Coaft 
 of Crotchet- IJIand. We immediately came 
 to an Anchor, and went on Shore, prece- 
 ded by an Interpreter, who carry'd that 
 Sort of mufical Inftrument along with him, 
 which is generally call'd a. Bafe. This Ce- 
 remony appeared very ridiculous to me, as I 
 could not comprehend for what Reafon he 
 fhould load himfelf with fuch an ufelefs Bur- 
 den. As the Coafts feem'd to be deferted, 
 and there was no Appearance of any living 
 Creature, the Captain order'd our Interpre- 
 ter to play a March, to give Notice of our 
 Coming. Upon this about thirty mufical 
 Inftruments, or Bafes, with one Leg, came 
 hopping towards us. I thought at firft, that 
 what I faw was all Inchantment, as I never, 
 in all my Travels, met with any Thing fo 
 wonderful. The Make of thefe Bafes, 
 whom I afterwards found to be the Inhabi- 
 tants of the Country, was as follows : Their 
 Necks were pretty long, with little Heads 
 upon them ; their Bodies were flender, and 
 coverM with a fmooth Kind of Bark or 
 Rind, in fuch a Manner, as that a pretty 
 large Vacuity was left between the Rind 
 and the Body itfelf. A little above the Na- 
 vel, Nature had placed a Sort of Bridge 
 with four Strings. The whole Machine 
 refted upoii one Foot, fo that their Motion 
 
 was 
 
World Under-Ground. ijg 
 
 was like that of Hopping, which they per- 
 form'd witli wonderful Agility. In fliort 
 one would have took them for real Bafcs, 
 from their Similitude to that Infhument, 
 had it not been for their Hilnds and Arms, 
 which were in every Refpe^l like our own. 
 One of thcfe Hands was employ'd in hold- 
 ing the Bow, as the other was in flopping 
 the Strings. Our Interpreter begun the 
 Confercjice, by taking up the Inftrument 
 he had brought with him, and playing a 
 flow Strain. 
 
 SuJIinet a lava, tenu'it manus altera pleSJrum^ 
 Artifich Jlahis ipfe fu'it : Turn Jiamina do^s 
 PoUice joUicitat. 
 
 An Anfwer was prefently return'd him in 
 the fame Strain, and thus they went on 
 warbling their Thoughts to one another for 
 a confiderable Time. Their Converfation 
 began with an Adagio, which I cannot but 
 fay had a good deal of Harmony in it, but 
 it foon Aid into Difcords which were very 
 grating to the Ear. The Conference ended 
 with an. harmonious and delightful Prajh, 
 Upon hearing this laft our Men were ex- 
 ceedingly pleased, fince it was a Token, as 
 they told mc, that the Price of their Cargo 
 was agreed upon. I was afterward informed, 
 that the flow Mufick in the Beginning was 
 only a Prelude to the Difccurfe, and was 
 employ'd in mutual CompHments on both 
 Sides : But that when we heard the Difcords 
 they were disputing about the Price of our 
 
 Com mo- 
 
2i6 A Journey to the 
 
 Commodities, and that the Prajio in the 
 Conclufion fignifvM that the Bufmefs was 
 happily detcrmin'd. Accordingly a little 
 while after we unloaded the Ship. The 
 Commodity for which there is the greateft 
 Demand in this Country is Rofin, with 
 which the Inhabitants rub their Bows, 
 which are their Inftruments of Speech. 
 Such as are convidled of any great Crime in 
 this Countrv, are generally fentenc'd by the 
 Judge to be depriv'd of their Bows ; and a 
 perpetual Privation of the Bow is equal to 
 capital Punifhment amongft us. As I un- 
 derftooJ there was to be a final Hearing of a 
 Law-Suit in a neighbouring Court of Juftice, 
 while I ilaid there, my Curiofity prompted 
 me to hear fome of their mufical Law- 
 Proceedings. The Council, inftead of ma- 
 king a Speech, mov'd their Bows, and 
 play'd each of them a Kind of Tune. So 
 long as the Pleadings lafted, I could diftin- 
 guilh nothing but dilTonant and jarring 
 Sounds ; for all the Eloquence of the Bar 
 confifts in the Loudnefb of their Notes, and 
 the quick Motion of their Hands. After 
 the Hearing was over, the Judge rifmg 
 {lowly from the Bench, and taking up his 
 Bow, gave the Court an Adagio^ which is 
 the fame Thing as pronouncing Sentence. 
 For as foon as he had made an End, the 
 Executioners advanc'd dirc6tly to the Cri- 
 minal, to take away his Bow. The Boys 
 in this Country refemble that Kind of In- 
 ftrument, which in our Parts of the World. 
 
 wc 
 
TForld Under-Ground, 217 
 
 ■we call a Kitt. They are never fufFer'd to 
 iiandle a Bow till they are three Years old. 
 Upon their Entrance into their fourth Year 
 they are fent to School to learn their Ga- 
 mut, from Matters appointed for that Pur- 
 pefe, as Children in Europe are, to learn 
 their Alphabet. They are kept under the 
 Difcipline of the Ferula till they are able to 
 play thoroughly in Tune, and to give their 
 Inftruments a clear and diftin£l: Expreflion. 
 We were very much molefted by thefe Boys 
 during our Stay there, as they were perpe- 
 tually teazing us with their fcraping. Our 
 Interpreter, who had a very good Hand 
 himfelf, and perfedlly under ftood the Lan- 
 guage, told us, that the only Meaning of 
 this Mufw:k was to beg a little Rofm of us. 
 They beggM in a whining Tone of the 
 Adagio Kind, but as foon as ever they had 
 got what they wanted, they run into the 
 Allegro^ or Jig-Time, which was their Me- 
 thod of returning Thanks. However, a 
 Repulfe would at any Time fpoil all their 
 Mufick. 
 
 Having difpatch'd our Affairs to our Sa- 
 tisfaction, we left this Place about the Month 
 Cufan^ and after a Voyage of a few Days 
 came in Sight of another Coafl-. Our Crew 
 guefs'd it to be Pyglojjla^ from the foetid 
 Smell which came from thence. The In- 
 habitants of this Country are not unlike hu- 
 man Creatures, except in one Particular, 
 which is the Want of Mouths. This lays 
 them under a Neceffity of fpeaking a pojle- 
 
 L riari^ 
 
2i8 A Journey to the 
 
 rtort, if I may be allowM the Phrafe. The 
 firft Perfon who came aboard our Ship was 
 a wealthy Merchant. He very civilly falu- 
 ted us from behind, according to the Cuf- 
 tom of the Country, and then began to 
 talk with us about the Price of our Goods. 
 The Barber belonging to our Ship, to my 
 great Misfortune, was at that Time fick ; 
 for which Reafon I was oblig'd to make ufe 
 of a Pyglojftan Barber. The People of this 
 ProfelTion are more talkative, if poffible, in 
 this Country, than they are in Europe; fo 
 that whilft he was (having me, he left fuch 
 a horrid Stench behind him in the Cabin, 
 that we were oblig'd to burn great Quanti- 
 ties of Incenfe to fweeten it again after 
 his Departure. I was fo accuftom'd to fee 
 Urange Things, and fuch as were contrary 
 to the ufual Courfe of Nature, that nothing 
 now appear'd furprizing to me. As the 
 Converfation of the Pyglojfians was difagree- 
 able and ofFenfive, by reafon of this natural 
 Imperfection, we were willing to get away 
 from thence as foon as poffible, and there- 
 fore weigh'd Anchor before the Time we 
 had appointed. We haften'd our Depar- 
 ture the more on Account of our being in- 
 vited to Sup|->er by one of the principal In- 
 habitants. We all fhrugg'd up our Shoulders 
 at this Invitation, and nobody would accept 
 of it, but upon Condition that a general Si- 
 lence fhould be obferv'd all Supper-Time. 
 As we were going out of the Harbour, tlie 
 Pyglojjiam crouded to the Shore to wifli us a 
 
 good 
 
World Under-Ground^ 219 
 
 good Voyage ; but as the Wind blew di- 
 rectly from the Land, we made all the Signs 
 we could, by nodding our Heads, and wa- 
 ving our Hands, to let them know we would 
 excufe their Compliments. I could not help 
 reflecling, upon this Occafion, how very 
 troublefome a Man may prove by driving to 
 be over-complaifant. The chief Trade of 
 the Martin'iam to this Country, confifts in 
 Rofe -Water, and divers Kinds of Spices 
 and Perfumes. Wc fteer'd our Courfe from 
 'hence to Iceland^ a Country the moft hor- 
 rid, defert, and inhofpitable, that ever my 
 Eyes beheld. Hardly any Thing is to be 
 feen, but Mountains continually cover'd 
 •over with Snow. The Inhabitants, who 
 are all made of Ice, are difpers'd here and 
 there amongft the Tops of the Hills, in 
 Places where the Sun never comes. For all 
 between the Summits of the Mountains, to 
 fpeak poetically, is bound up in eternal 
 Froft. On this Account likewife \t is per- 
 petually dark here, or if there is any Light, 
 it is only what proceeds from the Ghiter- 
 ing of the Hoar-Froft. But the Valleys 
 which lie betv/een thefe Hills of Snow are 
 (full as miraculouily) fcorch'd with H.-at, 
 and burnt up by the fiery Vapours with 
 which the Atmofphere abounds. For thi» 
 Reafon the Inhabitants never dare venture 
 down into the Valleys, unlefs it be in hazy 
 Weather, or when the Sky is overcaft. 
 And as foon as ever they perceive the leaft 
 Glimmering of the Sun's Rays, they either 
 L 2 get 
 
2 20 A Journey to the 
 
 get back into the Mountains, or plunge di- 
 rectly into fome'Cavern. It often happens, 
 that whifft the Inhabitants are upon the 
 Road into thefe Valleys, they are either 
 melted, or come to fome other Misfortune. 
 The extraordinary Heat in thefe Places fur- 
 niQies them with a ready Means of punifh- 
 ing notorious Criminals. The Executioners 
 take the Opportunity of the firft cloudy Day 
 to carry fuch Criminals down into the Plain, 
 where they tie them to a Stake, and there 
 leave them expos'd to the burning Rays of 
 the Sun, which foon diflblves and melts 
 them. The Country produces all Kinds of 
 Minerals, except Gold, Thefe are bought 
 up by foreign Merchants, in the crude State 
 in which they arc digg'd out of the Earth. 
 For the Natives being unable to bear the 
 Fire, know nothing of the Art of fmelting 
 or working up of Metals. 'Tis thought 
 that the Iceland Trade is the moft beneficial 
 of any that is carry'd on in thefe Parts. 
 
 All thefe Countries, which I have been 
 hitherto defcribing, are fubjc£l to the great 
 Emperor o^Mezendorla^ properly fo call'd ; for 
 which Reafon thefe, as well as others which 
 have not been mention'd, are by Travel- 
 lers call'd by the general Name of the Me- 
 ztnciores, or Mczendorian Ifiands, tho' they 
 are diftinguilh'd from one another by pecu- 
 liar Names, as has been fhewn in this Itine- 
 rary. That Empire, which is no lefs fpa- 
 cious than it is extraordinary, was the End, 
 and as it were the Center of our Voyage. 
 ' -. Eight 
 
I'f'^orld Under-Ground. 221 
 
 Fright Davs after we left Ma7id^ we arriv'd 
 at die Imperial City. Whatever the Poets 
 have- fiiid about Societies of Anirrials, or 
 Trees, we here found to be real. For Me- 
 xendcria is a Country which is a6lually pof- 
 fefs'd in common by Animals and Trees, 
 who are alike endued with Reafon. Any 
 Kind of Animal or Tree whatfoever is al- 
 low'd to enjoy the Privileges of this City, 
 provided he is obedient to the Laws, and to 
 the eflablifh'd Government. One would 
 be apt to think", that a Mixture of fo many 
 Creatures of different Forms and oppofitc 
 Natures fhould necefTarily create Diforder 
 and Confufion. But by Virtue of prudent 
 Laws and Conftitutions, this Contrariety is 
 made to produce happy Effeds. For by 
 Means thereof, a different Office or Em- 
 ployment, and fuch as is fuited to his diffe- 
 rent Genius, Temper, and Abilities, is pru- 
 dently affign'd to each of thefe mifcellaneouS 
 Subjeas. ^ Lions, becaufe of their innate 
 Magnanimity, are here made Generals of 
 Armies ; Elephants, by reafon of their na- 
 tural Sagacity, and the Soundnefs of their 
 Judgments, are appointed Members of th« 
 Supreme Council of the Nation. All Offi- 
 ces at Court arc fiU'd up by Cameleons, 
 which Animals being by Nature fubjedl to 
 Change, can the more readily accommodate 
 themfelves to Times and Circumftances. 
 The Land -Forces arc made up of Bears 
 and Tygers, and fuch warlike Animals. 
 Bulls and Oxen are admitted into the Sea- 
 L 3 Service; 
 
222 yf JOURNKY tO the 
 
 Service ; for thefe being fimplc and well- 
 meaning Creatures, and at the fame Time 
 hardy and obftinate, and not overburdened 
 with good Breeding, are therefore efteemM 
 the propereft Inhabitants for that boifterous 
 Element. They have hkevvife'a Seminary 
 of Calves, which are inftru6led in the Art 
 of Navigation, and train'd up for the Ser- 
 vice of the Fleet ; thefe are call'd Sea-Calves, 
 and are promoted by Degrees to the Dignity 
 of Captains and Admirals. Trees, by rea- 
 fon of their Uprightncfs, are created Judges. 
 Gcefe are Advocates in the Supreme Court*^ 
 of Juflice, and Magpyes have the Manage- 
 ment of Caufcs in the inferior Courts. 
 Foxes are made Plenipotentiaries, Envoys, 
 Confuls, Agents and Secretaries to Embaflies, 
 Rooks are generally appointed Adminiftra- 
 tors to the Goods and Chattels of fuch as 
 die inteftate. Goats are Philofophers, efpe- 
 cially Grammarians, as well out of Regard 
 to their Horns, with which they are us'd to 
 pufh their Adverfaries upon the flighteft 
 Provocation, as on Account of their vene- 
 rable Beards, in which Refpcd they furpa(s 
 all other Animals. Horfes are Civil Magi- 
 ilrates j and Vipers, Moles, and Dormice, 
 Farmers and Hufhandmen. Birds are em- 
 ployed as Couriers and Poft-Boys. Afles, 
 on Account of the Loudnefs of their Voices, 
 are made Deacons; and Nightingales exe- 
 cute the Office of Singing-Men and Choir- 
 ifters. Cocks are the Watchmen in great 
 Towns> and Dogs arc Porters at the Gates. 
 
 Wolves 
 
fVorld Under-Ground. 223 
 
 Wolves are the fuperior Officers in the Trea- 
 fury and Cuftom-Houfe, and Hawks and 
 Vultures are their Deputies. 
 
 Bv Means of thefe excellent Inflitutions 
 all publick Offices are duly and faithfully 
 executed, and every Thing tranfa^led in 
 the moit orderly Manner. This Empire^ 
 therefore, ought to be a Pattern for all Le- 
 giflators to copy after in the Eftablifhment 
 of new Forms of Government. For that 
 ib itiany worthlefs Wretches get into Em- 
 ployments is not ovv'ing to any Want of 
 Ferfons of Abilities to fill them up, but fole- 
 ly to an improper Choice. But if this Mat- 
 ter was taken Care of as it ought to be, 
 and wife and able Men promoted not on 
 Account of their general Merits, but of 
 their Fitnefs to that particular Poft, wc 
 fhould fee publick Offices far better manag'd 
 than they now are, and Governments in a 
 more flourifliing Condition. What a falu- 
 tary Inftitution this is which we have been 
 fpeaking of, is evident from tlie Example of 
 this Empire. Wc find in the Annals of 
 Alezendoria^ that about three hundred Years 
 ago tjiis Law was repeal'd by the Emperor 
 Lilak, and that publick Employments were 
 conferr'd upon all Sorts of People indiffe- 
 rently, provided they had Merit of any 
 Kind, or had fignaliz'd themfelves by any 
 extraordinary Adfion. But this promifcu- 
 ous Diftribution of Places of Trufl occa- 
 fion'd C.) many and fuch great Diforders, 
 tJiat the Government fcem'd upon the Point 
 L 4 of 
 
224 ^ Journey to the 
 
 of being ovcrturn'd thereby. Thus, for 
 Example, a Wolf having acquitted himfelf 
 with Reputation in the Management of the 
 publick Revenues, lays Claim, on that Ac- 
 count, to a fuperior Dignity, and becomes 
 a Senator ; on the other Hand a Tree, ha- 
 ving fignaliz'd himfelf by the Integrity of 
 his Decifions, was rewarded by an Em- 
 ployment in the Treafury. By this pre- 
 pofterous Promotion, two able Men at once 
 were rendered abfolutely ufelefs to the Pub- 
 lick. A Goat, or a Philofopher, who was 
 extoird to the Skies by the Scholafticks, for 
 his Keennefs and Obftinacy in defending an 
 Argument, defiring to advance himfelf, re- 
 queued the firft Place that Should happen to 
 be vacant at Court, and obtained it ; whillt 
 a Cameleon, noted for his Good-Breeding 
 and his Compliance with the Times, ob- 
 tain'd by thefe Qualities a ProfefTor's Chair 
 in the Univerfity, which he follicited for 
 the Sake of the Salary.. The EfFecSl of thij 
 was, that the former from an able Philofo- 
 pher became an abfurd Courtier ; and the 
 latter from an excellent Courtier, was tranf- 
 form*d into a moft empty Philofopher. For 
 that Perfeverance in maintaining his Opinio 
 ons, which does a Man Credit as a Philor 
 fopher, is an Imperfecflion in the other Cha- 
 ra6ler, fmce Ficklenefs and Inconftancy are 
 cardinal Virtues at Court, and he that 
 would rife there muft regard not fo much 
 what is true, as what is fafe, and muft af- 
 fums a different Afped juft as the Face of 
 
 Affairs., 
 
TVorld Under-Ground. 225 
 
 Aft'airs happens to change. What is there 
 a Vice, is a Virtue in the Schools ; where 
 Pofitivenefs, and a determin'd Rcfolution to 
 adhere, at all Events, to the Point you 
 have undertaken to defend, is a Token of a 
 very great Man. In fhort, the Subjects in 
 general, even fuch as were remarkable for 
 very extraordinary Abilities, were by this 
 Alteration in the Conftitution render'd ufe- 
 lefs to their Country, and the Republick of 
 courfe began to totter. In this State of 
 Affairs, when every Thing was running to 
 Ruin, an Elephant of great Prudence, na- 
 med Baccan\ at that Time a Senator, laid 
 this Grievance before the Emperor in very 
 pathetick Terms. That Prince, being con- 
 vinc'd of the Truth of what was told him, 
 determin'd to put an immediate Stop to the 
 growing Evil. The Manner in which a 
 Reformation was brought about was this. 
 Such as were in Employment were not im- 
 mediately turn'd out, for by that Means the 
 Remedy v;ould have been worfe than the 
 Difeafe ; but as faft as Offices became va- 
 cant, fuch as already were in Employments, 
 for which they were unfit, were remov'd to 
 others better adapted to their Capacities. 
 The good EfFevHis of this Change foon be- 
 came vifible ; and Bacran\ for the great 
 Service he had done his Country, had a Sta- 
 tue ercvSlcd for him, which is to be feen in 
 the great Square in Afezendoria at this Day. 
 Ever fince that Time the ancient Laws have 
 been rtligioufly obfervM. Our Interpreter 
 L 5 affirm'd,, 
 
226 ^ JOURNTY t'd the 
 
 affirm'd, that he had this Relation from a 
 certain Goofe, with whom he was very in- 
 timate, and who was reckoned one of the 
 jnoft eminent Lawyers in the whole Cicy. 
 
 Many unufual, and even ftupendous Phae- 
 nomena, are daily offering themfelves to 
 View in this Country, and attrading the 
 Eyes of Strangers and Travellers. The 
 Sight alone of fo many Kinds of Animals, 
 to wit, Bears, Wolves, Geefe, Magp)'es, 
 i^c, walking up and down the different 
 Streets and Qiiarters of the City, and con- 
 verfmg familiarly with each other, cannot 
 fail of exciting Admiration and Delight in 
 fhofe who are unaccuftom'd to fuch Kind of 
 SiQihts. The firft Perfon who came on 
 board us was a meagre Wolf, or Cuftom- 
 Houfe Officer ; he was attended by four 
 Kites, or Under-Officers, fach as in Europe 
 are call'd Searchers. They ftiz'd whatever 
 they had a Mind to of our Cargo, and by 
 that Means made it appear that they had 
 learnt their Leffon perfedlly, and were very 
 far from being Novices in their Trade. The 
 Captain, according to his ufual Civility, al- 
 ways took m.e along with him when he went 
 afhore. We were met at our Landing by a 
 Cock, who having afk'd the ufual QLieftions, 
 namely, what our Bufmefs was, and from 
 whence we came> gave Notice of our Ar- 
 rival to the chief Officer of the Cuftoms. 
 We met wiih a very civil Reception, and 
 were invited to fup with him. His Wife^ 
 who, as we were told^ was a celebrated 
 
 beauty 
 
World Under-Ground, 227 
 
 Beauty among the Wolves, did not make 
 her Appearance at Table. The Reafon of 
 her Abfence, we heard afterward, was her 
 Hufband's Jealoufy, who did not think it 
 proper to expofe a Perfon of her Beauty to 
 the View of Strangers, and efpecially of 
 Sailors, v/ho by reafon of their long Abfti- 
 nence, being generally very loving when 
 they come on Shore, ufe little or no Diftinc- 
 tion in their AddrefTes. Divers other mar- 
 ry'd Females fat down to Supper with us. 
 One of our Company, a white Cow with 
 black Spots, was the Wife of a Sea-Officer. 
 Next to her fat a black Cat, who was Wife 
 to on:: of the King's Huntfmen, and was 
 juil come up out of the Country. The 
 Perfon that fat next to me at Table was a 
 particolour'd Sow, Wife to a Gold -finder^ 
 all Offices of this Kind being fiUM up by 
 fuch as are of Hoggifti Extraction. She 
 was very fluttifh, and fat down to Table 
 without wafhing her Hands, which is a 
 common Thing amongft thofe of her Tribe ; 
 but then fhe was extremely officious, and 
 help'd me feveral Times with her own 
 Hands. Every body was furpriz'd at her 
 i!inufual Civility, efpecially as thefe Crea- 
 tures are by no Means remarkable for Po- 
 litenefs. For my Part, I wifh'd fhe had 
 not been quite fo well-bred, fince the being 
 help'd by fuch Hands was not in the leaft 
 agreeable to me. I muft here obferve, that 
 though the Inhabitants of Mexetidoria re- 
 fembk Brutes, as to their Shapes, yet they 
 
{" 
 
 2 28 ^ Journey /<? trje 
 
 have Hands and Fingers which grow out o'c 
 their Forefeet, in which Refpeit alone they 
 differ from our Quadrupeds. They have 
 no Occafion for Cloaths, as their Bodies are 
 covered over with Hair or Feathers. The 
 Rich arc diftinguilh*d from the Poor only 
 by certain Ornaments,, as Collars of Gold, 
 or Pearls, or Garlands wound in a fpiral 
 Manner round about their Horns. The 
 Sea-OiEcer's Lady was fo fet ofF with Orna- 
 ments of this Kind, that one could fcarce 
 fee any Horns (he had. She excused her, 
 Hufband's Abfence, by faying he was de- 
 tained at home by a Law-Suit> a Hearing of 
 which was to come on the Day following. 
 Aftsr Supper was over, the particolour*d 
 Sow,, whom I have been fpeaking of, took 
 our Interpr£ter afide, and had a long Con- 
 ference with him, the Purport of which 
 was, that fhe had conceived a violent Paflion 
 for me. He comforted all he could, and 
 promifing her a mutual Paflion on my Part, 
 he next began to make his Attack on me. 
 But as he found his \\ ords made no Im- 
 prcfHon upon me, he advis'd me to make 
 my E/cape as foon as poflible, fince he knew 
 the Lady would leave no Stone unturn'd to. 
 gratify her Wifhes. From that Time for- 
 ward I kept clofc on board, efpecially after I 
 heard that a former Admirer of her Lady- 
 lhip!sy a Student ia Philofophy, who was 
 grown jealous of me, had form'd a Defiga 
 againft my Life. I was fcarce fecure evea 
 on board againft the repeated Attacks o£ 
 
 this , 
 
World . Under- Ground, 229/ 
 
 this Inamorata^ who fometimes by MefTages,. 
 ajid at other Times by Billet-doux and Love- 
 Verfes, endeavoured to ioften my obdurate- 
 Heart. Had not I unfortunately loft thefc. 
 Letters, when I afterwards fufFer'd Ship- 
 wreck, I could here have prefented the 
 Reader with a Specimen of Piggifn Poetry. 
 But they are now flipt out of Memory, and 
 all that I can at prefent recollect of them 
 are the following Lines, . in v»'hich fhe thus 
 fets off her Beauties. 
 
 'Tis true, in dread Array my Briftles rile ; 
 But let me not for this be hateful to thee. 
 What is the Steed, without his flowing Mane ?• 
 What are the feather'd Race, without their 
 
 Plumes ? 
 What is a Tree, ftript of its leafy Honours ? 
 What is a mortal Man without his Beard ? 
 And what, ye Gods ! a. Sow without her 
 
 Briftles?. 
 
 We made an End of our Market with 
 fuch Expedition, that we were in a Condi- 
 tion to fet Sai^l from thence in a few Days. 
 Our Voyage, however, was retarded fome 
 Time, by a Quarrel which happened be- 
 twixt our Sailors, and fome of the Inhabi- 
 tants of tiie Country. The Occafion of 
 the Qi'arrcl was this. As one of our Men ■ 
 was pafting through the City, a Cuckoo^ 
 who had a Mind to be arch upon him, call'd 
 him in Derifion Peripom^. which fignifies the 
 lame as a Stage-Player amongft us. For as 
 
 Monkev« 
 
i-^O' ^Journey to the 
 
 Monkeys in this Country are commonly 
 Rope-Dancers and Comedians, the Cuckoo 
 took our Alartinian for a Player. The 
 Sailor, refenting the AftVont, fell upon him 
 with a Cudgel, and repeating his Blow, 
 almoft maim'd him. The Cuckoo calling 
 out for Help, dcfir'd the By-Standers to bear 
 Witncfs of the AfTault, and fummon'd them 
 the next Day to give Evidence in a Court 
 of Jiiftice. The WitnefTes having been ex- 
 amin'd, the Matter was laid before the Se- 
 nate. The Sailor bein2; isinorant both of 
 the Laws and Language of the Mezcndo- 
 rians, was fv;rc*d to fee a Pye, or Lawyer, 
 to be Counfei for him. The Caufe was 
 thus brough.t before the Senate, and after a 
 Hearing, which lalled about an Hour, Sen- 
 tence was given to the following Purpofe : 
 That the Cuckoo, as being the Aggrcffor, 
 fhould undergo the Punifhmcnt in that Cafe 
 provided, and pay the Colts of the Suit. 
 However, the Lawyer's Fees had fwallow'd 
 up all his Cafl:i already. The Judges who 
 determin'd this Affair were Horfes, two of 
 which were Confuls, and the other four* 
 Senators. An equal Number of Colts were 
 likewife prefent, who had a Right of giving 
 their Opinions, but not of voting, and were 
 admitted into the Court as Pupils and Can- 
 didates to fill up Vacancies upon the Bench. 
 Having finifli'd our Affairs to our Satif- 
 fadtion, and got our Loading which was 
 \cvy valuable on board, wc thought of re- 
 tuniiiig iiome. Soon after we were our at 
 
 Sea, 
 
TVorld Under-Ground. 231- 
 
 Sea, a fudden Calm at once put a Stop to 
 our Courfe. Upon which we Tell to our 
 Diverfions, fome to- fpearing of Fiflics as 
 they leapt above the Surface, otheis to 
 angling for them. By and by we h-.d a^ 
 Gale of Wind, and proceeded in our Voyage, 
 Having long plough'd the Ocean with a 
 profperous Gale, Vv'c at length came in 
 Sight of other Syrens, who by Intervals 
 would fet up a moft hideous and difmal 
 Yell. Tins ftruck an uncommon 7\Tror 
 into the Sailors, who knew, by woful Ex- 
 perience, that fuch mournful Muficlc por- 
 tended Storms and Shipwrecks. Hereupon 
 we immediately took in our Sails, ard every 
 Man was ordered to his Poft. We liad 
 fcarce made an End of our Work before 
 we faw the Heavens covered with black 
 Clouds. The Waves began to fwell, and 
 fuch a Storm follow'd, that the Pilot, who 
 had us'd the Subterranean Seas for almofl. 
 forty Years, declar'd he had never known 
 fo terrible a one. Every Thing that hap- 
 pen'd to be upon Deck was immediately 
 wafhM overboard,, partly by Means of the 
 Waves, which v/crc every Moment break- 
 ing over it, and partly by the violent Rains 
 which fell at the fame Time, attended with 
 dreadful Lightning and loud Claps of Thun- 
 der. So that all the Elements fcem*d to 
 confpire together for our Deftrudtion. Our 
 Main-Maft was prefently broke fhort ofF 
 ?.nd carry'd aWay, and the reft fcon fol- 
 low'd it. We had nothing now but Death 
 
 before 
 
23-2 A Journey to t-he 
 
 before our Eyes. One was calling out upon 
 his Wife and Children, another upon his 
 Friends and Relations, and the whole Vef- 
 fel refounded with their mournful Cries. 
 The Pilot, though without Hope himfelf, 
 was neverthelefs oblig'd to footh the reft 
 with Hopes, and to advife them not to 
 give Way to unavailing Sorrows. W^hilfl 
 he was in the Midft of this Difcourfe, a 
 fuddcn Guft of Wind hurry'd him over- 
 board, and he was quickly fvvallovv'd up 
 by the Waves. Three others underwent 
 the fame Fate, namely, the Purfer, and two 
 S-ilors. I was the only one who bore the 
 general Calamity without repining. Life 
 was grown a Burden to me, and I had no 
 Inclination to return to Alnrtinia^ where 1 
 had forfeited my Liberty and good Name. 
 All tiie Compaffion I had left was for the 
 Captain, who had treated mc with fo much 
 Kindncfs during our whole Voyage. 1 
 ftrove with all the Eloquence 1 was Maftcr 
 of, to raiie his drooping Spirits ', but in 
 vain ; he perfifted in his Sighs and wo- 
 manifh Complaint::, till a Wave came rolling 
 over us, and carry'd him away with It Into 
 the Ocean. 
 
 The Storm Increafing ftill, no farther 
 Care was taken about the Ship. Not a 
 Maft, not a Rudder, or even fo much as a 
 Rope or Oar was left ; and our Veflel float- 
 ed at Random on the Waves. We were 
 tofs'd about in this Condition near three 
 whole Days, half dead with Fear and Hun-- 
 
 ger. 
 
World Under-GrQund, 233., 
 
 gcr. The Skv appeai'd ferene by Intervals,. 
 but neverthelefs the Storm continued with 
 its ufual Violence, At length we difcovered 
 Land, the Sight of which, though it ap- 
 pear'd to be nothing but craggy Rocks and 
 Precipices, was fome Comfort to thofe of 
 the Crew who were flill left alive. A%> 
 the Wind blew towards the Shore, wc 
 were in Hopes that we fhould foon be 
 driven thither. But this could not happen 
 without our fufFering Shipwreck,, by reafon 
 of the Cragginefs of the Coaft. It feem'd 
 however probable, that fome of us, if not. 
 all, by the Help of fome Fragments of the. 
 Ship, might for the prefent at leaft efcape. 
 But whilft we were comforting ourfelves 
 with thefe Hopes, we ftruck upon a Rock,, 
 which being under Water had efcap'd our 
 Notice, with fuch Violence, that the VefTel 
 was in an Inftant dafh'd into an bundled 
 Pieces. In the Midft of this Confuficn I- 
 laid hold of a Plank, being only anxious for 
 my own Safety, and little minding what 
 became of my Companions, whofe Fate I 
 am yet a Stranger to. It is mcfl likely 
 that they were all loft, fince I could not 
 hear of the Arrival of any of them into, 
 that Country. I was carry'd with great 
 Rapidity to the Shore, by the Help of the 
 Tide and of the Waves. This was a Means 
 of faving me, for had I continued a little 
 longer in the State I was in, 1 fhould cer- 
 tainly have perifh'd through Hunger and. 
 Fatigue. After I had doubled the Point of. 
 
 a 
 
234 yf Journey to the 
 
 a certain Promontory, the Waves abated^ 
 an:l I heard the Murmuring of them at a 
 Diflance only, and that too by Degrees 
 grevv weaker and weaker, till it intircly va- 
 jiifh'd. 
 
 This whole Region is mountainous. And' 
 hence the frequent Windin<is of the Moun- 
 tains, their overhanging Tops, together with- 
 the Deepnefs of the Vales below, are the 
 Occafion of very 2;rcat Echoes here. As 
 foon as I found myfeif near the Shore, I 
 Iiollow'd out as iOud its I was able, in hopes 
 that fome of the Inhabitants upon the Coafts 
 might hear m'e, and come to my AfRftance. 
 My firft Shout was not return'd, but after I 
 had repeated it, I heard a Kind of Noife 
 from the Shote, and at length fliw the In- 
 habitants running out of the Woods, and 
 coming to meet me wi"th a Boat, which- 
 was made of Ofier Branches and Oaken 
 Twigs, a Proof that they were not a very 
 jmprovM or c'v^iiiz'd People. But the Sight 
 of the Rowers gave me a Tranfport beyond 
 Dcfcription ; for as to their exterior P'igure, 
 they diJ not diff:r at all from Men, and 
 were the only Creatures of my own Species 
 thit I had beheld during; this whole Subter- 
 ranean Tour. TIjcv are fomething like the 
 Inhabitants of the Torrid Zone. For they 
 have black^Beards, and Ihort,^ curKd Hair ; 
 and thofe who have long, flaxen Hair, are 
 reputed a Kind of Mongers. At length 
 they drew near to the broken Piece of the 
 Ship I was upon, and took me into their 
 
 Boat 
 
Wcrld Under-Ground. ii^^ 
 
 Boat in a dropping Condition. They then 
 row'd to Shore, where after I had been re- 
 frefh'd with Tome Meat and Drink, though 
 in a very plain and coarfc Manner, I fooii 
 recovcr'd my Vigour and Spirits, notwith- 
 ftanding I had been three whole Days and 
 Nights in a Aianner combating with Third 
 and Hunger. 
 
 CHAP. XII. 
 
 The Author^ s Arrival at Qua ma. 
 
 AND nov/ a Croud of People furround- 
 Ji\, ed me. They talk'd to me in their 
 Language, of which, as I was wholly igno- 
 rant, I was at a Lofs what to anfv/er. They 
 often repeated the Word DarJ, Dank^ which 
 fcimding.like High Dutch ^ I anfwer'd fird 
 m that Language, then in the Danijh 
 Tongue, and laftly in Latin. Bat to all 
 this they only fhook their Heads, to in- 
 timate that thefe Languages were utterly un- 
 known to them. Then I trvM them in the 
 Subterranean Languages, namely, the Na- 
 zaric, and the Alartinian ; but all to no 
 Purpofe. This made me conclude, that they 
 were an unfociable Nation, who had no 
 Kind of Commerce with the reft of the 
 World, and that therefore 1 fhould be un- 
 der a NeceiTity in this Country of turning 
 
236 A Journey to the- 
 
 Boy, and going to School once more to 
 learn my Letters. 
 
 After we had conversM fomc Time toge- 
 ther, but in fuch a A4anner that we did not 
 underftand one another, they brought me to 
 a Cottage made of Ofiers. There were no 
 Seats, Benches, or Tables in it ; for they 
 eat upon the Ground, and for Want of 
 Beds, they ufe only Straw, and fleep pro- 
 niilcuoufly on the Floor, which is the more 
 to be admir'd, as they have Plenty of Tim- 
 ber among them. Their Food is Milk, 
 Checfe, Barley-Bread, and Flefli ; which 
 laft they broil upon the Coals, having no 
 Notion of any other Sort of Cookery. In 
 Haort, they liv'd in as plain a Manner as 
 the firft Race of Mankind. So that 1 was 
 forcM to live like a Cynic Philofopher, till I 
 had made fuch a Progrefs in their Language 
 as enabled me to converfe with the Inhabi- 
 tants, and afiift their Ignorance. And, in- 
 deed, all my Orders and Directions were 
 obferv'd as fo many Oracles. Nay to fuch 
 a Ht ight my Reputation rofe, that they 
 flock'd to me in Crouds from all the adja- 
 cent Towns and Villages, as to an illuftri- 
 ous Doctor, or a TeacJier fent from Hea- 
 ven. I heard alfo, that a new Computation 
 jpf Time was made ufe of among them, 
 which commenc'd from my Arrival. All 
 this, I own, was fo much the more grateful 
 to me, as in the Planet Nazar^ and at Mar- 
 ijniay I had been a publick Jeft; in the former 
 Place for my Vivacity and quick Concep- 
 tion j, 
 
World Under-Ground, 237 
 
 tion, and in the latter for my Dulnefs, 
 And here I experienced the Truth of that 
 vulgar Saying, " Among the Blind, he that 
 *' fquints is a King." For I was now in a 
 Country, where with a flender Share of 
 Knowledge, and with ordinary Abilities, I 
 could arrive at the higheft Honours. And 
 Room enough there was here, to try my 
 own Strength, and exercife my Talents; 
 for the' Country abounded to Profufion with 
 every Thing neceflary for the Ufe of Man. 
 Many Things it producM fpontaneoufly, 
 and whatever Grain was fow'd, repaid the 
 Hufbandman with ample Intereft. The Inha- 
 bitants were of a docil Difpofition, and by 
 no Means deftitute of Wit and Underftand- 
 ing ; but then, as they had never been 
 taught any Thing, they remain'd in the 
 Depth of Ignorance. When I related to 
 them the Circumftances of my Family, my 
 Country, my Shipwreck, and the other Ac- 
 cidents that befel me in my Travels, nobody 
 could be brought to believe it. For they 
 were pofitive, that I was an Inhabitant of 
 the Sun, and that I defcended from that 
 glorious Luminary, Agreeably to this Con- 
 ceit, they commonly call'd me by the Name 
 of Pib'i-Su, that is, Embaffador cf the Sttn, 
 As to their Religion, they did not deny the 
 Exiftcnce of a Supreme Being, but then 
 they did not trouble their Heads about the 
 Proof of that high Point ; it was fufficient 
 to them that their Fathers before them be- 
 liev'd it : And this is their whole S)'ftem of 
 3 Divinity. 
 
n^^ A Journey to the 
 
 Divinity. As to their Morality, they knew 
 nothing except this iuigle Precept of Not 
 doing to others ivhat you ivould not have done to 
 yourjclf. They knew no Law befide the 
 Ible Will and Pleafure of their Emperor, 
 and therefore no Crimes, but thofe of a 
 publick Nature, were ever punifh'd. What- 
 ever Mifdemeanour was otherwife commit- 
 ted, ail the Revenge the Neighbours took, 
 was to avoid the Company of the Offenders, 
 -to whom fuch a general Contempt was 
 ufually fo intolerable, that many have died 
 for Giit-f, and as many more have laid vio- 
 lent Hinds upon themfelves through a Wea- 
 rinefs of Life. Chronology they know no- 
 thing of, only they compute their Years 
 from the Ecliple of the Sun, which happens 
 by the Interpofition of the Planet Nazar ; 
 fo that when you enquire how old any one 
 is, their Anfwer is, that he is fo many 
 Eclipfes old. Their Phyficks are exceifively 
 barren and abfurd ; they believe the Sun is a 
 Golden Plate, and the Planet Nazar a 
 Cheefe. Wl.en I enquir'd the Reafon why 
 at ftated Times the Planet Nazar increas'd 
 and dccreas'd, they reply'd, that they knew 
 nothing at all about it. Their Wealth and 
 Subftnnce confifls chiefly in Swine, which 
 they diflinguifh by fome particular Mark, 
 ar^d then fuffer them to run loofe in the 
 W^oods. They fcourge and beat all fuch 
 Trees as bear no Fruit, from a foolifh Opi- 
 nion, that their Sterility proceeds from Ma- 
 lice and Envy. Such was the State of this 
 
 poor 
 
World Under-Ground. 259 
 
 poor mlferable People, whom I almoft de- 
 ipair'tl of ever reducing to Humanity ; but 
 rccollcding that Afiertion of the Poet, 
 
 Nemo adeo ferns cji^ lit 7icn mitefcere pojjitj 
 Si modo cultures patientem praheat aurem^ 
 
 I took Courage, and cmploy'd the vvjiole 
 Force of my Capacity and Abilities in re- 
 forming theCe Barbarians. For thefe my 
 Endeavours, and the Succefs wliich attended 
 them, they regarded me as fomething above 
 the Race of Mortals, and fo extravagant 
 an Opinion did they entertain of my Wif- 
 -dom, that they thought nothing was impof- 
 fible to me. Upon the Lofs of Cattle or 
 Goods, they would come, at all Hours, to 
 my Hut, and implore my Ailiilance, One 
 Day 1 faw a poor Peafant proitrate before 
 my Door weeping and wringing his Hands, 
 and crying out to me to help him. Upon 
 Inquiry into the Occafion of his Grief, he 
 complain'd to me of the Perverfenefs and 
 Ill-Nature of his Trees, aid begg'd me to 
 interpofe my Authority to make them bear 
 more Acorns. 
 
 I was inform'd, that the whole Country 
 was in Subjection to a Monarch, va h(^fe Re- 
 fidence, at that Time^ wr.s about eii^ht Days 
 Journey from the Place I was n-jw in. I 
 fay at that Time^ becaufe the Metropolis of 
 the Empire was moveable, th.t is, h.is Ma- 
 jefty (whofe Place of Refidcnce was look'd 
 upon as the Capital) had no Palace, or fix'd 
 
 Habi^ 
 
'^4^ A Journey to the 
 
 "Habitation, but liv'd in Tents, which he 
 'tranfported, together with his Royal Family 
 and the whole Court, from one Province to 
 another. The Prince, who then fway'd 
 the Sceptre, was a Man in Years, and was 
 caird Casba^ which fignifies, Great Empe- 
 ror. This Territory, with refpedt to the 
 -Extent of it, merits indeed the Name of 
 an Empire ; but thro' the Ignorance of the 
 Inhabitants, who do not know their own 
 Strength, it makes no great Figure, but is 
 expos'd to the Infults and Ridicule of its 
 Neighbours, and is often oblig'd to become 
 tributary to Nations in Reality more con- 
 temptible than themfelves. 
 
 Fame had now fpread my Name and Vir- 
 tues over all the Provinces. Nothing of 
 Moment was undertook without firft con- 
 fulting me, and every unfuccelsful Enter- 
 prize was afcrib'd to my Coldnefs and Want 
 of Favour. Nay, fome had it in their 
 Heads to appeafe my Anger with Sacrifices. 
 I forbear to recount all the Follies of this 
 ftupid Nation, and (hall only give one or 
 two Inltances, by which you may eafily 
 judge of the reft. A big-belhed Woman 
 came to me, to defire (he might have a Boy. 
 Another intreated me to make his old Pa- 
 rents voung again.. Another begg'd me to 
 take him with me up to the Sun, that he 
 mijiht return from thence with as much 
 Gold as he could carry. With thefe, and 
 fuch unaccountable Requefts, was I conti- 
 nually pellerM, tho' I ftill reprimanded their 
 
 Folly 
 
World Under-Ground, 241 
 
 Folly in a fevere Tone : For I was afraid 
 left that abfurd Conceit of my Power might 
 terminate in divine Worfhip. 
 
 At length it reachM the Ears of the Mo- 
 narch, that a Stranger was arrivM in his 
 Dominions, who calPd himfelf the Ambaf- 
 fador of the Sun, and who by giving moft 
 wife and divine Inftru£tions to the ^amites 
 (fo were callM the Inhabitants of this Coun- 
 try, the Name of which was ^ama) had 
 convinced the People that he was more than 
 Man. Upon this he prefently difpatch'd an 
 EmbafTy to me, inviting me to Court. The 
 Embafladors were in Number thirty, all 
 cloath'd with Tigers Skins, a Drefs fo much 
 the more honourable in this Country, as the 
 Ufe thereof is permitted to none but thofc 
 who have behav'd themfelves with Gallan- 
 try in the War againft the Tanachites, 
 (Thefe are rational Tigers, and implacable 
 Enemies to the ^amites.) But during all 
 this Time, in the Village where I conti- 
 nued, I had run up a Stone-Houfe of two 
 Stories, after the Manner of the Buildings 
 in Europe. The EmbafTadors beheld it as a 
 ftupendousWork, exceeding human Strength, 
 and therefore when they came to me to fig- 
 nify his Imperial Majefty's Pleafure, they 
 enter'd my Houfe with a religious Awe, as 
 into a Temple or San£iuary. The Speech 
 they made to me, on this Occafion, was 
 nearly this : 
 
 " Whereas the great Emperor Casba^ our 
 
 " Sovereign Lord and Mailer, derives his 
 
 M « Origin 
 
G42 A Journey to the 
 
 *' Origin from the great Spynko^ Son of the 
 
 *' Sun, and Founder of the ^lamitic Em- 
 
 *' pire, he therefore thinks nothing could 
 
 -*' be more fortunate or agreeable, than your 
 
 ;*' Arrival, efpecially as it muft be of the 
 
 -*' higheft Advantage to his Dominions, and 
 
 *' as there is all the Reafon in the World to 
 
 *' hope, that under fuch an illuftrious and 
 
 •*' celeftial Teacher, the Kingdom will, in 
 
 *' a fhort Time, wear another Face. For 
 
 ;*' which Reafon he hopes you will fo much 
 
 .*' the more willingly honour his Court, as 
 
 *' the Capital of the Empire is a more am- 
 
 *' pie Field for the Exercife of your Vir* 
 
 *' tues." 
 
 This Harangue being ended, I returned 
 my humble Thanks to the EmbafTadors, and 
 accompanied them immediately to the Pa- 
 lace. Though they had taken up fourteen 
 Days in coming, yet in returning we fpent 
 only four, which was owing to a Contri- 
 vance of mine. For as I had obferv'd a vaft 
 Multitude of Horfes in this Country, which 
 were of no Manner of Ufe, but rather a 
 Burden upon the People, inafmuch as they 
 liv'd in the Woods like wild Beafts, I laid 
 open to the Natives the feveral Advantages 
 which would accrue from the Service of 
 thofe generous Brutes, and taught them the 
 Art of breaking them. In a Ihort Time a 
 great Number were tam'd, and upon the 
 Arrival of the EmbafTadors, I had as many 
 broke and prepar'd, as would ferve us all in 
 our Return. At the Sight of the Horfes 
 
 thus 
 
World Under-Ground, 243 
 
 thus inftru6ted, the EmbafTadors were ama- 
 zed, but were afraid to mount them. But 
 when they faw me and others guiding and 
 turning them which Way we pleas'd, by 
 Means of the Bridle, and that without Fear 
 or Danger, they took Courage, after two 
 or three Trials, and ventured upon the Jour- 
 ney. And this was the Reafon that they 
 returned in one Third of the Time they 
 came. When we drew near the Place 
 where the Royal Gity was fuppos*d to be, 
 VJQ heard that this famous Metropolis was re- 
 .mov'd into another Province, which oblig'd 
 us to bend our Courfe another Way. 
 
 Upon our Approach to the Capital, the 
 Fright and Surprize of the People is not to 
 be exprefs'd. Many, flruck with a Panicle, 
 abandoned the Royal City. The Emperor 
 himfelf kept fhuddring in his Pavilion, nor 
 dar'd to go out of it, till one of the Em- 
 bafTadors alighting from his Horfe, went 
 and cxplain'd the Myftery to him. I was 
 introduc'd foon after in great Form, and 
 with a Train of People behind me, to the 
 Emperor^s Prefence. Casba was fitting on 
 a Carpet, furrounded by his Courtiers, 
 Having paid my Compliments to his Imoe- 
 rial Highnefs, he rofe, and afk'd me how 
 the Emperor of the Sun did, the Founder of 
 the Royal Family of ^ama. To this 
 Qucftion, as I conceiv'd it necclfary to keep 
 up the popular Error, I reply'd, *' That I was 
 " fent from the Monarch of the Sun to re- 
 ** form the favage Manners of the ^a- 
 M 2 «' mtes 
 
244 ^ Journey t(k the 
 
 ^' niltes with falutary InftruiSlions, and ((» 
 ** open a Way for them not only to repel 
 " the Infults of their Neighbours, but alfo 
 *' to enlarge the Bounds of their Empire, 
 *' and that I had Orders to end my Days 
 *' among them. " This Speech highly 
 pleas'd the Emperor. He commanded a 
 Tent to be created for me near his own ; he 
 alfo ailign'd me fifteen Domefticks to attend 
 on me, and, laying afide the Monarch, be- 
 hav'd to me always like a Friend. 
 
 CHAP. XIII. 
 
 The Rife of the fifth Monarchy. 
 
 FROM that Time forward, I was whol- 
 ly taken up in giving a new Form to 
 the Government, and inftru(5ling the Youth 
 in military Difcipline. 
 
 Jnte urbem hinc pueriy t^ primavi fiore ju- 
 ventus \rus : 
 
 Exercentur eguis, domitantque in pulvere cur- 
 Jut acres tendunt arcusy aut lenta laartis 
 Spicula contorquent, 
 
 I began with teaching them the Manage- 
 ment of Horfes, and training them for War, 
 as I hop'd that by our Horfe alone our 
 Neighbours might be kept in Awe. The 
 Emperor was foon fupply'd, through my 
 Diligence, with fix thoufand Horfe. The 
 
 Tana- 
 
World Under-Ground. 245> 
 
 Tanachltes were at that Time preparing for 
 a frelh Invafion, on Account of the Delay 
 of the annual Tribute, the Payment of 
 which had often been follicited in vain. I 
 was order'd by the Emperor to go and meet 
 the Enemy with my new-raisM Cavalry, ta 
 which were added a Body of Infantry. 
 Thefe were arm'd with Pikes and Javelins, 
 v/ith which they might engage the Tana- 
 chltes at a Diflance. For the ^amites had 
 hitherto made ufe of ftiort Swords or Dag- 
 gers only ; for which Reafon being oblig'd 
 to engage Hand to Hand with very fierce 
 Enemies, who were much fuperior to them 
 in Strength, they had always fought upon 
 unequal Terms; 
 
 Being appointed General in this Expedi-- 
 tion, as foon as I heard that the Tanachltes 
 were drawn up in Order of Battle, not far 
 from the Borders of our Empire, I march'd 
 to meet them with all my Forces. The 
 Enemy, thunderftruck with the Sight of an 
 unexpe6led Army, remained for fome Time 
 motionlefs : But our Forces advancing to- 
 wards them, began to handle their Pikes 
 and Javelins as foon as the Enemy came 
 within Reach, and made a heavy Slaughter 
 of them. The Tanachltes^ however, did 
 not lofe Courage, but made a brifk Attack 
 upon our Infantry : But the new-raisM 
 Horfe falling upon their Flanks, their Ranks 
 were quickly broken, and they themfelves 
 put to Flight J fo that the Fortune of the 
 Battle wholly turnM on this Aflault. A 
 M 3 terrible 
 
i4^ A Journey to the 
 
 terrible Slaughter enfued, and the General 
 of the Tanachites^ together with twenty Ti- 
 gers of the firft Quality, were taken Pri- 
 foners, and \t^ in Triumph to ^ama. 
 Il is fcarce to be exprefs'd what Joy this 
 extraordinary Victory difFus*d throughout 
 the Empire ; for the ^uamites had generally 
 been routed in all former Battles, and forc'd 
 to beg a Peace upon the moft difhonourabic 
 Terms. The Emperor, according to Cuf- 
 tom, immediately fentencM all the Prifoners 
 to be executed : But as I had an Abhorrence 
 of this Cuflom, I advis'd the keeping them 
 in Curtody, thinking the Tanachites (with 
 whom we could neither be faid to be at 
 War, nor in Peace, at that Time) would 
 be quiet, until they faw what was to become 
 of their Prifoners. And befides I urg*d, 
 that a Truce was neceflary for me, to put 
 fome Schemes in Execution which I was 
 then projecting. I had before taken Notice, 
 that the Country abounded with Salt-Petre, 
 and had got together a large Quantity of it, 
 in order to make Gunpowder. I had not 
 however communicated my Defign to any 
 body but the Emperor, whofe Authority I 
 ftood in need of, to ere6l Offices for caft- 
 ing Barrels for Guns, and other Kinds of 
 Weapons : And I was in Hopes, that by 
 the Help of thefe Inftruments all the Ene- 
 mies of this Empire might in a ftiort Time 
 be fubdued. After I had got fome Hun- 
 dreds of Mufkets made, together with a 
 Quantity of Ball, I gave a publick Speci- 
 men 
 
World Under-Ground, 247 
 
 men of my Invention, to the great Afto- 
 nifhment of every body. A certain Num- 
 ber of Men were immediately fet afide, to 
 be continually exercised in the Management 
 of thele Mufkets. After the Mufketeers 
 came to be pretty ready in their Exercifes, 
 I was declar'd Jachal by the Emperor, or 
 Generaliffimo of all his Forces, and all the 
 fubordinate Officers were order'd to receive 
 their Commands from me. Whilft thefe 
 Affairs were tranfa6ling, I had frequent 
 Conferences with Tomopoloko^ the General 
 of the Tanachites^ in order to difcover the 
 State, the Manners and Difpofition of that 
 Nation. I found him, to my great Sur- 
 prize, to be a Perfon of Prudence, Learn- 
 ing, and Politenefs, and was informed by 
 him, that Literature and Arts were in no 
 fmall Efteem in the Country of the Tatia- 
 chites. He told me likewifc, that there 
 were a very warlike People Eaftward of 
 them, whom the Tanachites were oblig'd to 
 be perpetually upon their Guard againft. 
 The Inhabitants were fmall of Stature, and 
 much inferior to the Tanachites in Strength- 
 of Body ; but then their Underftandings 
 were very acute, and they were eminent 
 for their Dexterity in managing their Jave- 
 lins, or Darts, and for this Reafon had of- 
 ten compeird the Tanachites to fue for Peace, 
 I learnt afterward, that that Nation was 
 compos'd of Cats, and that of all the Inha- 
 bitants of the Firmament, they were the 
 moft remarkable for their able Judgment 
 M 4 and 
 
248 A Journey to the 
 
 and Skill in Politicks. It was no fmall Grief 
 to me to be informed, that Learning, Wif- 
 dom, and Politenefs, flourifli'd among all 
 the Creatures of this Subterraneous World, 
 Man only excepted, and that the ^amites 
 alone were barbarous and uncivilized. I 
 hop'd, however, that this Reproach would 
 fpon be remov'd, and that the ^uamites 
 would recover that Dominion which Nature 
 has given to Man over all other Animals. 
 
 The Tanachites continued quiet for a long 
 Time after their laft Defeat ; but after they 
 had difcover'd, by Means of their Spies, the 
 State and Difpofition of the new Body of 
 Horfe, namely, that thofe Centaurs, which 
 had ftruck fuch a Terror into them, were 
 nothing elfe but Horfes, which had been 
 broke and mana2:'d, thev refum'd new Cou- 
 rage, and rais'd frefh Forces, which the 
 King himfelf commanded in Perfon. The 
 Army confifted of twenty thoufand Tigers, 
 all veteran Troops, except two Regiments 
 which had lately been inlifted. Thefe new- 
 rais'd Forces were however a nominal, and 
 not a real Addition to their Strength. This 
 Army, flufti'd with Hopes of Victory, ftruck 
 a Terror into the whole Empire of ^uama. 
 Twelve thoufand of our Foot advanced to 
 meet them, among which were fix hun- 
 dred Mufketeers, together with four thou- 
 fand Horfe. As I had no Doubt about the 
 Succefs of the Battle, left the Emperor 
 fhould be defrauded of the Glory of the 
 Vidlory, I intrcated the old Man to put 
 
 himfelf 
 
World Under 'Ground, 249 
 
 himfelf at the Head of his Forces. I loft 
 nothing of my Credit by this feignM Mo- 
 defty, fince the whole Army looked upon 
 me as their Leader. I thought it moft ad- 
 vifable not to let my Mufketeers have any 
 Share in the firft AfTault, having a Mind to 
 try, whether we could not carry the Victo- 
 ry by Means of the Horfe alone. But this 
 Piece of Management coft me dear. For 
 the Tanachites attacked our Foot with fo 
 much Violence, that they obligM them to 
 give Way : They flood likewife the Shock 
 of our Horfe fo valiantly, that for a long 
 Time it could not be faid to which Side the 
 Vi6lory inclined. While we were in the 
 Heat of the Battle, I led my Mufketeers on 
 to the Attack. At the firft Difcharge of 
 our Artillery, the Tanachites were in a Man- 
 ner ftupefy'd. They could not conceive 
 from whence thofe Thunders and Light- 
 nings proceeded ; but when they faw the 
 dreadful EfFefls thereof, they were feiz'd as 
 it were with a Panick. This firft Salutation 
 laid two hundred Tigers proftrate on the 
 Ground, amongft which were two Chap- 
 lains belonging to the Camp, who wer3 
 each of them pierc'd thro' with a Mufket^ 
 Ball, whilft they were encouraging the Sol- 
 diers to do their Duty by very pathetick 
 Difcourfes in Praife of Valour. T'heir Fat« 
 was bitterly lam.ented by all, for they wer« 
 reckoned admirable Orators. As foon as I 
 perceived the Terror our Enemies were in, 
 I order'd a fecond Difcharge to be made 
 M 5 Thii 
 
250 A Journey to the 
 
 This did more Execution than the former : 
 Great Numbers were kill'd, and among the 
 reft, the King himfelf. Upon this the Ene- 
 my lofing all Hopes, turnM their Backs. 
 Our Horfe purfued them, and made fo great 
 a Slaughter of them as they fled, that the 
 Multitude of Carcafles with which the Field 
 was covered, at length put a Stop to their 
 Purfuit. After the Battle was over, and 
 we had Time to take an Account of the 
 Number of the Slain, they were found to 
 amount to thirteen thoufand. The Enemy 
 being thus intirely routed, the victorious 
 Army enter'd the Country of the TanachiteSy 
 and^ after a few Days March encamp'd un- 
 der the Walls of the Metropolis. Such a 
 Terror had at that Time feiz'd all Peoples 
 Minds, that though the Town was ftrong, 
 and well fecur'd by its Situation, Walls, 
 and Forts, and well ftor'd with Provifions 
 of all Kinds, yet the Magiftrates came out 
 in the moft fuppliant Manner to meet the 
 Conquerors, and to offer them the Keys of 
 the City. This City was no kfs remarka- 
 ble for its great Extent, than for the Clean- 
 nefs of its Streets, and the Neatnefs of its; 
 Buildings. And it was certainly Matter of 
 great Wonder, that the ^amites, who 
 were encompafs'd on all Sides by Nations fo 
 polite, Ihould have continued fo long in 
 their Barbarity. But they were in this Re- 
 fpe«St like fome other Nations, who though 
 ignorant of what pafles in foreign Coun- 
 tries, entertain a high Conceit of them- 
 
 felves. 
 
World Under-Ground, 251 
 
 lelves, and who having no Commerce or 
 Communication with others, Uve hugely 
 contented in their own Sordid nefs and Igno- 
 rance, of which it would be very eafy to 
 produce Inftances among the Europeans, 
 This Defeat became a new iEra among the 
 Tanachites 'y and as this decifive Battle was 
 fought, according to their Computation, 
 upon the third Day of the Month Toruly 
 they reckon this among the unlucky Days. 
 At this Seafon of the Year, the Planet Na^ 
 %ar, whofe Revolution round the Subterra- 
 nean Sun regulates the Time, and diftin- 
 guifhes the Seafons, is at its fartheft Diftance 
 from this Part of the Firmament. The 
 whole Firmament likewife makes its Revo- 
 lution round the Sun, but as the Planet 
 moves' with greater Velocity, Nazar feems 
 to increafe or dccreafe, according as it is 
 nearer to, or more remote from this or that 
 Hemifphere. The Increafe or Decreafe of 
 this Planet, as alfo the Eclipfes of the Sun, 
 are the Subje<£l of aftronomical Obfervations 
 in this Country. I once took the Pains, 
 at my Hours of Leifure, to examine the 
 Tanachiufly Kalendar, and it feem'd to me 
 to be an orderly and well digefted Thing. 
 
 The Taking of the capital City was fol- 
 low'd by the Surrender ot the whole King- 
 dom ; fo that the Contempt with which 
 the ^amites had been before ftigmatiz'd, 
 was changM into Renown ; and the Empire 
 of ^atna^ by the Addition of this con- 
 quer'd Nation, became almoft twice a* 
 
 powerful 
 
252 A JotmNEY to the 
 
 powerful as it was before. But as every 
 body looked upon this Succefs to be owing to 
 my Induftry and Management, the Efteem. 
 which they had for a long Time conceiv'cL 
 for me was heightened almolt into Adora- 
 tion. The Tanachites being thus fubdued, 
 and Governors appointed in every City, to, 
 keep this fierce and warlike People in their 
 Duty, I went to work, to finifh the Tafk 
 I had begun, and to root out that Barbarity 
 in which the ^amites were as yet involved. 
 It was a Matter of great Difficulty, how- 
 ever, to introduce the Study of the liberal 
 Arts at once ; for the Latin Tongue, and a 
 few Scraps of Greeks which I had learnt in 
 Europe^ would not, I knew,v be here of any 
 Ufe. For this Reafon, I caus'd. twelve of. 
 the molt learned Tigers to be fcnt for out of 
 the Enemies Country. Thefe were made 
 ProfelTors, and commanded to found an 
 Univerfity upon the Model of thofe in their 
 own Country. I likewife order'd the Royal 
 Library of Tanachin to be remov'd to ^a- 
 ma. I was determined, however, that as 
 ibon as the ^lamites had made fuch a Pro- 
 grefs in Literature as to be able to fland 
 upon their own Legs, I would fend thefe; 
 Foreigners back into their own Country. 
 
 I was very defirous of feeing the 'Tana- 
 cbitijh Libiary, becaufe I had been informed 
 by their General Totnopoloko, that amongft 
 other Manufcripts in the Archives of the 
 Library, there was one compos'd by an Au- 
 thor who had been in our World, and had , 
 
 left. 
 
World Under-Ground. 253 
 
 left a Defcription of its different Kingdoms^ 
 efpecially the European, ones; he told me 
 likewife, that the Tanachites had got Poffef- 
 fion of this Book while they were at War 
 in a very dlftant Country, but that the 
 Name of the Author was conceal'd, nor. 
 could it ever be learnt who he was, or how 
 he. was carry'd to the Superterranean Habi- 
 tations. 
 
 Upon looking over the Book, I found 
 what TomopGloko had told me concerning the 
 Author was true, and therefore I candidly 
 difcover'd my Race and Country to him, 
 aiTuring him at the fame Time, that I had 
 declar'd the fame Thing to the ^am'ites at. 
 my firft Arrival, but that the flupid Mortals 
 gave no Credit to my Narration, but would 
 needs have me to be an Emballador front 
 the Sun, and ftill continued to perfifl obfti- 
 nately in that Error. I added likewife,. 
 that as I lookM upon it to be a Crime to 
 keep fo vain a Title any longer, I was at 
 length determined to difcover my Origin to 
 the Publick, by which ingenuous Confeilion 
 I thought my Reputation would not in the 
 leaft fuffer,. efpecially as I hop'd, that the 
 Reading of this Book would convince 
 every body how much the Europeans ex- 
 cel all other People in Virtue and in 
 Knowledge. The prudent Tomopoloka did 
 not feem pleas'd with my Defign, and gave 
 me his Sentiments upon it, as I remember, 
 in the following Terms. " Good Sir, be- 
 ■*' fore you proceed in your Defign, it will 
 3, " be- 
 
254 ^ Journey to the 
 
 *' be neceflary for you to fee the Book, the 
 '' Reading of which may, perhaps, divert 
 " you from your Purpofe ; for either the 
 " Author has mifreprefented them, or the 
 ** A'lanners of the Superterraneans are fool- 
 <' ifh and abfurd, and they are govern'd by 
 " Laws and Cuftoms more worthy of 
 *' Laughter than Regard. But" after you 
 '^ have read the Book, you may ufe your 
 *' own Difcretion. One Piece of Advice, 
 " however, I will prefume to give you, 
 *' and that is, not rafhly to rejedl a Title 
 " which has rendered you fo venerable in 
 ** the Opinion of the ^infnites : For no- 
 " thing ferves more effedl:ually to reftrain 
 *' Men within the Bounds of Duty, than 
 *' the Opinion which the Vulgar entertaia 
 " of Birth and hi^h Defcent." 
 
 I took the Advice, and determined, with' 
 the AiTiftance of Tormpoloko^ to read the 
 Book. The Title of it is this ; Tanian\ 
 'Journey to the Superterrancan JVorld^ or a De- 
 Jcription of the Kingdoms and Countries upon- 
 Earth, The Name of Tanian is thought 
 to be fictitious, and as the Book was grown 
 mouldy for want of being taken due Care 
 of, and ini perfect in feveral Places through 
 Length of Time, what I wanted moft to 
 fee, namely, which Way the Author got 
 up to our World, and down again, was 
 mifling. Thefe are the Contents of what 
 remaia'd of the Work. 
 
 Frag" 
 
World Under-Ground, 2§^- 
 
 Fragments ^Tanian'5 journey above Ground^ 
 trayijlated from the Original^ by the cele- 
 brated^ nobUy and valiant Tomopoloko, 
 General of the Tanachites. 
 
 * * * This Country (i. e. Germany) goes 
 by the Name of the Roman Empire ; but 
 this is merely titular, for the Roman Monar- 
 chy has been extin6l for feverai Ages. The 
 Language, which the Germans ufe, is with 
 much Difficulty to be underftood, becaufe 
 the natural Order of the Words is inverted ; 
 for what goes firfl in other Languages, comes 
 laft in this, fo that you may be oblig'd to 
 read to the End of a Page before you can 
 comprehend the Meaning of it. The Form 
 of Government is flrange. The Germans 
 think they have a King, and yet in Reality 
 they have none. Germany is faid to be one 
 Empire, and yet it is divided into many 
 feparate Principalities, each of which has 
 the Sovereign Power within itfelf, fo that 
 they often make War upon one anotherj. 
 and have moft certainly a Right fo to do. 
 The Empire is faid to be always Augujiy 
 though it is fometimes very much dimi- 
 nifh'd ; Holy^ tho' without any Holincfs \ In- 
 vincible^ though often expos'd to the Depre- 
 dations of its Neighbours* Nor are the 
 Rights and Privileges of this Nation lefs 
 wonderful, fince many have Rights, which 
 they are prohibited from making any Ufe 
 of. Infinite are the Comments which have 
 
 beea 
 
25^ ^ Journey to the 
 
 been publifh' 1 upon the State of the German 
 Empire, but (o intricate is the Subje<f^, that 
 in Spite of all their Labours they are at 
 every Turn as much at a Lofs as ever con- 
 cerning it ; for * * * * 
 
 * * * * The Capital of this Kingdom 
 (France) which is very large, is call'd Paris. 
 It may in fome Senfe be flylM the Capital of 
 Europe : For it exercifes a Kind of Jurifdic- 
 tion over all other European Nations. For 
 Example, it prefcribes Rules to them about 
 their Eating, and about the Faihion of 
 tlieir Cloaths ; fo that let any Falhion be as 
 lidiculous and as inconvenient as it will, 
 all' other Nations are oblig'd to follow it, 
 whenever the Parifians are pleasM to lead 
 the Way. How or what Time they ac- 
 quired this Right, I could never learn. 
 Their Authority, however, did not, as I 
 underftood, extend to other Things, for 
 the reft of the European Nations are often at 
 War with the French^ and fometimes force 
 them to accept of Peace upon very fevere 
 Terms j but tlie Servitude they are under 
 with regard to Drefs, and the Manner of 
 Eating is perpetual ; fo that whatever Fa- 
 (hion is invented at Paris, the reft of 
 Europe are ftridly oblig'd to come into it. 
 The Parifians very much refemble tlie Mar- 
 tinians in Q^iicknefs of Apprehenfion, the 
 Love of Novthy, and a Fertility of In- 
 vention. 
 
 * * * Having left Bononia, we went to 
 Rome* This City is fubjcct to a Prieft, 
 
 who. 
 
World Under-Ground, 257 
 
 who, though his Dominions are very nar- 
 row, is reckonM the mofl powerful of all 
 the European Kings and Princes. For other 
 Princes exercife Dominion only over the 
 Perfons and Eftates of their Subjects, but 
 this can deftroy their Souls likewife. The 
 Europeans in general believe, that the Ke)s 
 of Heaven are in the Cuftody of thisPrieft. 
 I was very defirous of feeing fo great a Cu- 
 riofity, but I loft my Labour, nor do I 
 know, to this Day, what Form they are 
 of, or in what Cabinet they are kept. The 
 Authority which this Pontiff exercifes, not 
 only over his own Subje6^s, but over all 
 Mankind, chiefly confifls in this, that he 
 can abfolve whom God condemns, and con- 
 demn whom he abfolvcs. An enormous 
 Power, indeed ! and fuch an one as our 
 Subterraneans will never believe can fall to 
 any Mortal's Share. But it is aa eafy- 
 Matter to impofe upon the Europeans as 
 one pleafes, and to make them fwallow the 
 greateft Abfurdities, though they imagine 
 that nobody has any Underftanding but 
 themfelves ; and being puft'd with this Opi- 
 nion, they look down with Contempt upon, 
 all other Mortals, as if they were Barba- 
 rians in Ccmparifcn of them. 
 
 For my Part, I do not undertake to jufli- 
 fy the Manners, Laws,, and Cufloms of our 
 Subterraneans ; I will only produce fome 
 Inftances of the Cuftoms of the Europcansy 
 in. order to make it appear how undefervedly 
 
 they 
 
25^ A Journey to the' 
 
 they pafs a Cenfure upon the Manners of 
 other Nations. 
 
 It is a Cu-^lom all over Europe for People 
 to fcatter a Kind of Meal, which is made 
 by grinding the Fruits of the Earth, and 
 which Nature intended for Food, over their 
 Hair and Cloaths. This Meal is commonly 
 call'd Powder^ and great Care and Pains 
 are us'd to cleanfe their Hair from it every 
 Morning, v^'ith an Inftrument caird a 
 Comb, in order to make Room for more of 
 the fame Sort. They have another Cuftom 
 which appeared to me no lefs ridiculous, 
 which is this. They have a Kind of little ' 
 Cover, or Hat, to defend their Heads againft 
 the Cold, which Cover they very often wear 
 under one of their Arms, even in the very 
 Depth of Winter. This appeared as abfurd 
 to me, as it would have been to have feen a 
 Man vTalking through the Streets with his 
 Coat or his Breeches in his Hand, and leav- 
 ing his Body to be expos'd to the Inclemen- 
 cies of the Air, from which they were in- 
 tended to defend it. 
 
 The religious Opinions of the Ewopeans 
 are very found and agreeable to right Rea- 
 fon. They are under an Injunction care- 
 fully to ftudy the Books in which the Rule 
 of Faith and Practice is contain'd, in order 
 to difcover their true Senfe and Meaning. 
 Thefc Hooks recommend Indulgence to 
 weak Brethren, and fach as happen to be 
 miftaken ; but if any fhould chance to 
 underftand a Thing in a different Senfe 
 
 from 
 
World Under-Ground. 25^ 
 
 from the Majority, he is punifli'd for this 
 Defe6l of Judgment by Fines, Imprifon- 
 ment, Whipping, and even fometimes by 
 dying at a Stake. This feem'd to me the 
 fame Thing, as if a Man, who happened to 
 be fhort-fighted, fhould undergo the Bafti- 
 nado, only becaufe Obje(Sls, which feem 
 fquare to me, appear round to him. I was 
 informed, that Thoufands had been hang'd 
 and burnt, by Order of the Magiitratc, on' 
 this Account. 
 
 In almoft every Town and Village, you 
 fee Men flanding up in Places of publick 
 Refort, and feverely reprimanding others 
 for thofe Sins which they themfelves are 
 daily guilty of ; which is jufl as if one 
 fhould hear a Man in Liquor declaiming 
 againft Drunkennefs. 
 
 Oftentimes a Perfon who is born hump- 
 back'd, crooked, or lame, (hall be ambi- 
 tious of being thought handfome ; and 
 another fprung from the Dregs of the Peo- 
 ple, fliall be ambitious of a Coat of Arms, 
 or a Title: Which is full as abfurd as if a 
 Dwarf fhould afl^ecl to be call'd a Giant, or 
 an old Man, young. 
 
 It is a Cuftom in great Tov/ns, for 
 Friends and Acquaintance to vifit one ano- 
 ther after Dinner, in order to drink a Kind 
 of black Broth made of burnt Beans. This 
 Broth is commonly call'd Coffee. When 
 they make thcfe Vifits, they are fhut up in 
 a Box, which is fix'd upon four Wheels^ 
 and diawn to the Place of Rendezvous by 
 
 twa 
 
26o A Journey to the 
 
 two Beafts of very great Strength : For the 
 Europeans think it a Difgrace to ufe their 
 Legs. 
 
 Upon the firlt Day of the Year the Eu^ 
 rope an s are feiz'd with a Difeafe, which we 
 have no Knowledge of amongft us. The 
 Symptoms of it are ftrange Commotions 
 and Agitations of MinJ, and an Inabihty 
 to fit (liU in any Place. They run about at 
 fuch Times from one Houfe to another, as 
 if they were diftracfted, without knowing 
 wliy they do it. The Difeafe fometimes 
 lafts for fourteen Days. At length, when 
 they are quite fatigu'd and fpent with conti- 
 nually running about, they come to them- 
 felves again, and recover their former 
 Health. 
 
 As the Europeans have innumerable Dif- 
 eafes of Mind, (o they have innumerable 
 Remedies. Some are feiz'd with a ft range 
 Paflion of walking in fuch a Manner, as 
 that the left Sides of their Bodies may be 
 turned towards the right Sides of others. 
 The farther North you go, the ftronger 
 you find this Humour, which proves that it 
 is all owing to the Climate, and the Intem- 
 perature of the Air. This Difeafe is cur'd 
 by certain fcal'd Papers, fill'd v/ith Charac- 
 ters of a particular Kind. As long as the 
 Patient carries thefe Papers about him, by 
 Way of Talifman or Charm, he grows 
 better and better by Degrees, till he is quite 
 recovered. 
 
 Another 
 
World Under-Ground. 16 1 
 
 Another raging Diftemper they have, 
 wliicli is cur'd by the Sound of a Bell, at 
 the Noife of which the Mind immediately 
 grows calm, and the Diforder abates : Yet 
 this Remedy is by no Means efFedlual, be- 
 caufe in two or three Hours Time the fame 
 raging Evil returns. 
 
 In Itafyy France^ and Spain^ during the 
 Winter Seafon, an epidemick Madnefs pre- 
 vails for feveral Weeks. They put a Stop 
 to it at length, by fprinkling the Foreheads 
 of the Patients with Afhes, at an appointed 
 Time. But in the Northern Parts of Eu^ 
 rffpe thefe Afhes have no Virtue, and the 
 Inhabitants of the North recover by the 
 Help of Nature only. 
 
 Moft of the Europeans enter into a folemn 
 Covenant with God, which they call the 
 Communion^ three or four Times a Year, and 
 break it as foon as ever they have made it. 
 So that they fcem to make it for no other 
 Reafon, but that they may (hew that they 
 are refolv*d not to ftand to their Agree- 
 ment. 
 
 When they confefs their Sins, and im- 
 plore the Mercy of God, their Words are 
 generally fet to Mufick. Flutes, Trum- 
 pets, and Drums, are fometimes added to 
 the Concert, according to the Greatnefs of 
 the Crime, for which they are fuing Par- 
 don. 
 
 Almoft all the European Nations are obli- 
 ged to confefs their Belief of a Do6trine 
 contained in a certain facred Book. But 
 
 the 
 
£62 A Journey to the 
 
 the reading this Book is totally prohibited in 
 the Southern Countries, fo that People there 
 are laid under a Neceffity of believing what 
 it is criminal to read or enquire into. 
 
 In the fame Countries, Men are forbad 
 to worfhip God in any, but an unknown 
 Tongue ; fo that fuch Prayers only are 
 thought to be legitimate, and agreeable to 
 the divine Being, as are put up by Perfons, 
 who do not underftand a Word they fay. 
 
 In the great Cities, fuch as arrive at Ho- 
 nours and profitable Employments are all 
 paralytick ; for they are oblig'd to be car- 
 r_y'd along the Streets, like weak and impo- 
 tent People, on a Kind of Couch, made in 
 the Figure of a Cheft or Box. 
 
 Moll of the Europeans ihave their Heads, 
 and to conceal their Baldnefs, wear an ar- 
 tificial Covering made of other Peoples 
 Hair. 
 
 The Controverfies which are commonly 
 difcufs'd in the Schools in Europe^ are about 
 Things, the Knowledge of which neither 
 concerns Mankind, nor is within the Reach 
 of their Comprehenfion. But the moll 
 learned Subjects of all, which the Europeans 
 comment upon, are the Rings, Robes, Slip- 
 pers, Shoes, and Bufkins of certain antiqua- 
 ted People, who liv'd many Centuries ago. 
 As to the Sciences, as well facred as pro- 
 fane, the Generality do not judge for them- 
 felves, but fubfcribe implicitly to the Opi- 
 nion of others. Whatever Seel they hap- 
 pen to fall into, they flick to it with all 
 
 ima- 
 
. World Under-Ground, 263 
 
 , imaginable Firmnefs. As to what they fay 
 of pinning their Faith upon the Sleeve of 
 others who are wifer than themfelves, I 
 fliould approve of it, were the Vulgar and 
 Illiterate proper Judges of this Matter ; for 
 -to be able to diftinguifli who is this wife 
 Man that may be rely'd upon, requires the 
 greatefl Wifdom. 
 
 In the Southern Countries, a Sort of little 
 .Cakes or Wafers are carry'd about the 
 Streets, which the Priefts fay are Gods: 
 .But what Is moft furprizing, the very Ba- 
 ckers themfelves, who fhew you the Flour of 
 which they were made, will take their Oaths 
 upon it, that the World was created by thefe 
 Wafers. 
 
 The Englijh are very fond of Liberty, 
 and are fubjecfl to nobody but their Wives. 
 A% to their Religion, it is hard to fay what 
 it Is, for they take up an Opinion one Day, 
 ^nd throw it afide the next. I imputed 
 this fickle Difpofition to the Situation of the 
 Country. For the Englifi live upon an 
 Ifland, and being a maritime People, par- 
 take much of the Nature of the inconflant 
 Element that furrounds them. 
 
 The Englijh are very follicitous about the 
 Health of every one they meet, fo that a 
 Man w^ould take them all to be Phyficians. 
 But that common Queftion, Hew do you do? 
 I found to be only an empty Form of Speech, 
 and a Sound without any Senfe or Meaning 
 in it. Many of thefe Iflanders take fo much 
 Pains to improve their Minds, and polifli 
 3 their 
 
264 ^ Journey ta the 
 
 their Underftandings, that at length thej 
 
 intirely lofe them. 
 
 Towards the North, there is a Republick 
 confifting of feven Provinces. Thefe go 
 by the Name of the United P?'ovinces, tho' 
 there is but little Sign of Concord or Unity 
 amongft them. The People here boaft of 
 their Power, as if the whole Authority of 
 the Republick was lodg'd in their Hands ; 
 and yet the Populace are no where more ex- 
 cluded from publick Employments, and the 
 fupreme Power is vefted in a very few Fa- 
 milies. The Inhabitants of thefe Provinces 
 are deeply attentive upon heaping up Riches, 
 which they make no Ufe of ; fo that while 
 their Purfes are full, their Bellies are empty. 
 They feem to live upon Smoke only, which 
 they fuck in thro' a Tube or Pipe, which is 
 made of Clay. It mufl: be allow'd, how- 
 ever, for the Honour of this Nation, that 
 they are the neateft of all People, for they 
 take great Care to wafh every Thing except 
 their Hands. 
 
 In the Cities and great Towns in Europe^ 
 a Watch is kept in the Street by Night. 
 The Watchmen go their Rounds every 
 Hour, and wake People out of their Sleep, 
 by wifhing them a good Night. 
 
 Everv Country has its peculiar Laws, and 
 its peculiar Cuftoms likewife, which are oft- 
 times diametrically oppofite to thofe Laws. 
 For Example : A Wife, according to the 
 Laws, ought to be fubje6l to her Hufband ; 
 
 but 
 
World Under 'Ground. 265 
 
 but according to Cuftom, fhe has a Rigiit 
 to govern him. 
 
 Thofe who h*ve moft luxurioufly, and 
 confume the greateft Quantity of the Pro- 
 ducts of the Earth, are held in moft Efteem 
 in Europe ; and only Hufbandmen, and fuch 
 as fupply Materials for the Luxury of the 
 Great, are treated with Contempt. 
 
 The great Number of Gibbets, GaIIows*s, 
 and Places of Execution, which are every 
 where to be feen, fhew the Europeans to be 
 people of very bad Difpofitions, and fubjecl 
 to many Kinds of Vices. There is a pub- 
 lick Executioner in every City. The Eiig- 
 I'ljh are an Exception to this Rule, amongft 
 whom, I believe, there are no Executioners ; 
 for the People in that Country hang them- 
 felves. 
 
 One would fufpeCl the Europeans to be 
 Anthropophagi^ or Men- Eaters ; for it is a 
 Cuftom amongft them to fhut up a great 
 Number of able-body'd Men in Cloifters, 
 which they call Monafteries, for no other 
 End, but that they may grow fleek and fat : 
 And whilft they are kept in thcfe Cells, 
 they are utterly exempted from all Labour, 
 and have nothing to do but to eat and 
 drink. 
 
 The Europeans have a Cuftom of drink- 
 ing Water every Morning, to moderate the 
 Heat of their Stomachs ; but before they are 
 well grown cool by this Means, they go to 
 work to- warm them again, by fwallowing 
 
 N down 
 
2 65 A Journey to the 
 
 -down Draughts of fiery Liquors, which they 
 call Drams. 
 
 The Religion of the Europeans is divided 
 into two principal Se£ls, one of which are 
 caird Proteftants, and the other Papifts. 
 The former worfhip one God only ; but 
 the latter adore feveral, for they have a$ 
 many Gods and GoddeiTes, as there arc 
 Towns and Villages. All thefe Gods and 
 GoddefTes are made by the Roman Pontiff, 
 or High-Prieft. This Pontiff himfelf is 
 made by Prefbyters, commonly call'd Car- 
 dinals. Hence it appears how great the 
 Power of thefe Cardinals muft be, fmce 
 they can make him who makes the Gods. 
 
 The ancient Inhabitants of Italy con- 
 quer'd the whole World, and were only 
 iUbjeft to their AVives: But the modern 
 ones tyrannize over their Wives, and are 
 Slaves to all Mankind befides. 
 
 The Animals in Europe are divided into 
 terreftrial and aquatick. There are fomc 
 amphibious ones likewife, as Frogs, Dol- 
 phins, and Dutchmen. The laft dwell in 
 a marfhy Soil, and live upon Land or Water 
 indifferently. 
 
 The Europeans ufe much the fame Food 
 that we do : But a Spaniard will live upon 
 Air. 
 
 Trade flourlflies much in every Part of 
 Europe, and many Commodities are fold 
 there In which we never traffick : Thus, for 
 Example, the Romijh Qhwrch fells Heaven; 
 thi^Swifi fell themfeivesi and in*** Crowns, 
 
 Scepters, 
 
World Under-Ground, 26 j 
 
 Scepters, and the Royal Authority Itfelf arc 
 fet to Sale. 
 
 In Spain, Lazlnefs is the Token of a Gen- 
 tleman, and nothing is a greater Recom- 
 mendation of Nobility than fleeping much, 
 Thofe are call'd good Men and true Be- 
 lievers, who believe what they do not under- 
 iland, and never think it worth their while 
 to examine what they hear. Some have even 
 been reckon'd Saints merely for their Sloth- 
 fulneis, their Want of Curiofity, and their 
 negle£ting to enquire into religious Matters. 
 But thofe who are follicitous about their own 
 Salvation, and happen, through a diligent 
 and accurate Enquiry, to dilTent from any 
 reigning Opinion, are faid to be damn'd to 
 all Eternity. 
 
 It is a prevailing Opinion in Europe, that 
 future Happinefs or Mifery does not depend 
 upon good Works, or the Exercife of Vir- 
 tue and Religion, but upon the Place of 
 a Man's Nativity. For all agree, that if 
 they had been born in another Place, or of 
 other Parents, they fhould have been of a 
 different Religion. HeiKe they in Reality 
 condemn People not fo much on Account 
 of their Religion, as the Place, or other 
 Circumftances of their Birth. Bit how 
 this Opinion is reconcileable with the divine 
 Juftice or Goodnefs, I cannot comprehend. 
 
 Amongd the Men of Letters, thofe arc 
 
 moft efteem'd, whofe Bufinefs it is to invert 
 
 the natural Order of Words, and render 
 
 that obfcure and perplex'd, which before 
 
 N 2 was 
 
2 6S A Journey to the 
 
 -was plain and eafy. Thefe are calPd Po- 
 ets, and this Art of disjointing Words goes 
 by the Name of Poetry. But Poetry does 
 not confift in this Perverfity of Stile only ; 
 becaufe to deferve that Name, a Compofi- 
 tion muft likevvife be extremely full of Lies. 
 An ancient Poet, Homer by Name, is held 
 in high Efteem, and almoft Adoration, be- 
 caufe he excell'd in both thefe Arts. Many 
 Jiave imitated him, but nobody ever yet 
 came up to him, either in confounding 
 the Order of Words, or perverting the 
 Truth, 
 
 The Literati of Europe are very fond of 
 buying Books, but in this Point they do not 
 fo much regard the Matter they contain, 
 as they do the Form and Neatnefs of them. 
 The Bookfellers, who are well aware of 
 ;this, and know that their learned Cuftomers 
 had rather fcaft their Eyes than their Minds, 
 ,are perpetually reprinting their Books in a 
 different Size and Letter, and with new 
 Decorations ; by which Means they make 
 an infinite Advantage, For in this Country 
 the liberal Arts are made a Trade of, and 
 fome Authors are reckon'd as fharp and cun- 
 ning as any Trader at all. 
 
 The Univerfities in Europe are Shops, 
 where Degrees, Promotions, Dignities, and 
 various Kinds of Titles, and other learned 
 Wares, are fct to Sale at reafonable Rates : 
 All which are not to be acquir'd in our 
 Subterranean World without indefatigable 
 Pains and Study for Years together. Thofe 
 
 who 
 
World Under-Ground. 269. 
 
 who have reach'd the Summit of all Erudi- 
 tion, or (in tlie European Phrafe) have got 
 to the Top of a certain Mountain, call'd 
 Parnajfus^ inhabited by nine Virgins, are 
 ftyFd Doctors. The next to thefe are i\L,i- 
 ters of Arts, who come at their Titles at 
 ibmevvhat a lefs Expence, and aie thereforu- 
 thought to be lefs learned. The Good-will 
 which thefe Supertcrranean Schools bear to 
 Mankind is evident, from their thus ren- 
 drlng the Way to Learning frnooth and eafy. 
 The Northern Seminaries were a little more 
 rigid in this RefpedV, fince the higheft Ho- 
 nours are not there conferr'd without a pre- 
 vious Examination. 
 
 The Learned are diftinguidi'd from the 
 Illiterate by their Drefs and Manners, but 
 chiefly by their Religion ; for the latter wor- 
 fhip only one God, tut the former pay their 
 Devotions to leveral. The principal Dei- 
 ties of the Learned are Apollo^ Minerva^ the 
 Nine Mufes, and others of an inferior Rank, 
 which Writers, and efpecially Poets, are 
 wont to invoke at fuch Times as they fall 
 into Raptures, or a Kind of Raving. 
 
 The Learned, according to the Divcrfity 
 of their Studies, are diftinguifh'd into va- 
 rious Clafies; for Liftance, Philofophers, 
 Poets, Grammarians, Naturalifts, Meta- 
 phyficians, ^c. 
 
 A Philofopher is a literary Merchant, who 
 
 fets to Sale Precepts concerning Self-Denial, 
 
 Temperance, and Poverty, at a ftatcd Price, 
 
 and fpends his Time in writing and declaim- 
 
 N 3 ing 
 
2yor A Journey to the 
 
 ing againft Riches till he grows rich himfelf. 
 The Father of thefe Philofophers was one 
 Senecay who, by this Method, amafs'd to- 
 gether a princely Fortune, 
 
 A Poet is a Perfon who acquires Renown 
 by being thought to be out of his Senfes. 
 Hence it is ufual to fpeak of all great Poets, 
 as poflcfs'd with a divine Fury or Diftrac- 
 tion ; and all who exprefs their Thoughts 
 ^ith Simplicity and Perfpicuity, are judg'd 
 unworthy of the Laurel. 
 
 The Grammarians are a Sort of Militia, 
 whofe onlv Bufmefs is to difturb the publick 
 Peace. They differ from the other Sol- 
 diery in this Rerpe(Sl, that inftead of a Coat 
 of Mail, they wear a Gown, and fight 
 with their Pens inftead of Swords. They 
 contend as obftinately for Letters and Sylla- 
 bles, as the otdiers do for their Liberties and 
 properties. The Reafon why they are kept 
 up, I believe, is this, that the European 
 princes are afraid left People in a Time of 
 Peace ftiould grow dull, and lofe their Spi- 
 rits for want of fomewhat like a War, 
 Sometimes, however, when thefe Different 
 ces begin to threaten Bloodflied, the Senate 
 jnterpofes its Authority. An Accident of 
 this Kind happen'd not long ago at Paris^ 
 as I was told. P^or a Difpute concerning 
 the Letters Q^and K growing to a Height 
 among the Dc£lors, the Senate wifely put 
 an End to it, by allowing every one to ufe 
 the Letter he lik'd beft. 
 
 A 
 
World Under-Ground. lyi 
 
 A Naturalid, or Natural Philofopher, is 
 a Perfon who diligently enquires into the 
 N. ture of Q^iadrupeds, Reptiles, and In- 
 fects of all Kinds, and Vv'ho is acquainted 
 with t'verv Thing, except hirnfelf. 
 
 A Mjtaphyfician is one who alone knows 
 thofe T.'ur.gs wliich are conccal'd from 
 others, and who can defcribe and define the 
 EITence of Spirits and of Soul?, of Entities 
 and Non- Entities ; and who being very 
 fharp-fighted in fpying out Things at a Dif- 
 tance, overlooks fuch as are almofl under 
 his Nofe. 
 
 Such is the State of Learning in Europe. 
 I could fay more upon this Head, but it is 
 fuiiicient to have touched upon the principal 
 Points. The Reader will eafily judge from 
 hence, whether the Europeans are right or 
 wrong, in thinking no People have any 
 Knowledge but themfelves. 
 
 It muft be confefs'd, however, that th< 
 Doctors and Mafters in Europe^ are much 
 more dextrous in inftru(5ting Youth, thaji 
 our Subterraneans are. For they have Maf- 
 ters of Arts, and of Languages, among 
 them, who teach others not only what they 
 have learnt themfelves, but even what they 
 are utterly unacquainted with. If it is an 
 arduous Talk, to communicate clearly to 
 others what we know ourfelves, furely it 
 is much more fo to teach them what we are 
 intirely ignorant of. 
 
 Amongft the Men of Learning, ther« 
 
 are fome who apply themfelves, with equal 
 
 N 4 Dlli^ 
 
272 A JouR^NEY to the 
 
 Diligence, both to Philofophy and Divinity. 
 Thefe Men, as Divines, dare not deny, 
 what as Philofophers they very much doubt 
 of. 
 
 The Europeans apply themfelves to Letters 
 with as mudi Induftry as we do ; but they 
 become learned in much lefs Time, by 
 Means of a certain extraordinary magical 
 Invention, by the Help whereof they can 
 read over a hundred Volumes in a Day. 
 
 l^heSuperterraneans are very religious, and 
 conftant at Divine Service ; but their Times 
 of Worfhip are not regulated by the Mo- 
 tions of the Heart, but by the Ringing of 
 Bells, by Clocks, or Sun-Dials ; {o that 
 this Devotion feems to be purely mechani- 
 cal, and to depend upon Externals, upon 
 Cuftom, or upon ftated Times, rather than 
 to flow from the Didates of the Heart. 
 
 Their Tafle for religious Duties apppears 
 from their Cuftom of fmging Hymns or 
 Pfalms, while they are cleaving Wood, 
 wafhing Difhes, or employed in any other 
 manual Labour. 
 
 When I arriv'd in Italy^ I look'd upon 
 myfelf to be Lord of the whole Country, 
 for every one I met profefsM himfelf my 
 Slave. Having a Mind to try how far this 
 Servility, which they made fuch a Shew of, 
 would extend, I order'd my Landlord's Wife 
 to be brought to me one Night : But he 
 immediatelv fell into a Paffion, and com- 
 manded me to pack up my Baggage and be 
 
 <rone j 
 
JVorld Under 'Ground. I'j^ 
 
 gone ; and as I did not make hafte enough, 
 he fairly turn'd me out of Doors. 
 
 In the Northern Countries, People are 
 very fond of Titles, though they have not 
 the PofTeffions which belong to them. They 
 are likewife extremely ambitious of the up- 
 per Hand. Moreover * * * 
 
 Thus far I patiently attended, but my 
 Indignation was now raised, and I would 
 hear no more, declaring, that thefe were 
 Fictions of a partial Writer, and one who 
 was over-run with Spleen. But when my 
 Heat a little abated, I began to form a more 
 favourable Judgment of this Itinerary, as I 
 faw that the Author, though he appeared in 
 many Places to be partial, and not to have 
 had the befl Regard to Truth, was not, 
 however, miftaken in his Judgment, but 
 had often hit the Nail, as we fay, on the 
 Head. 
 
 I now determined with myfelf, to take 
 the Advice of Tomopoloko^ and cherifh the 
 Error of the ^amites concerning my Ori- 
 gin ; fmce I thought it more for my In- 
 tereft to pafs for an Embaflador Extraordi- 
 nary from the Sun, than for a Citizen of 
 Europe. 
 
 Our Neighbours had now continued quiet 
 for a long Time, and 1 had taken the Ad- 
 vantage of this wifh'd for Peace, to fettle 
 the Republick to my Satisfaction. News at 
 length arriv'd, that three very powerful Na- 
 tions had entcr'd into an Alliance to invade 
 the ^uamiUs, Thcfe were the Ariionlans, the 
 N 5 Kijpu- 
 
274 -^ JouRNiY to ths 
 
 Kifpucians^ and the Aleiioriam. The ArSto- 
 nians were a Nation of Bears, who were 
 endued with Speech and Reafon, and were 
 reckoned very fierce and warlike. The 
 Kifpucians were Cats of an extraordinary 
 Size, and were in great Repute among the 
 Subterraneans, for their Sagacity and Judg- 
 ment : For this Reafon they kept fome very 
 powerful Enemies in Awe, not fo much by 
 their fuperior Strength, as by their Artifice 
 and Stratagems. The Ale£iorians fought in 
 the Air, as well as upon Land, and by that 
 Means gave their Enemies infinite Vexa- 
 tion : Thefe were Game- Cocks, arm'd 
 with Bows and Arrows dipt in Poifon, 
 which they manag'd with wonderful Dex- 
 terity, and thereby did great Execution. 
 
 Thefe three Nations, alarm'd at the un- 
 ufual Succefs of the §uam'ites^ enter'd into 
 a League or Alliance, by which it was 
 agreed to check the growing Power of the 
 ^am'ites with their united Force, before it 
 fprcad any further. However, before they 
 <]eclar'd War, they fent Embafladors to 
 ^ama^ to demand that the Liberties of 
 the Tanachttes might be reftor'd, and to 
 threaten War, in cafe fuch Demand* were 
 not comply'd with. 
 
 The EmbafTadors deliver*d their Com- 
 mifiion, and received the following Anfwer, 
 which was given them by my Advice : 
 That the Tanachttes having broken th^ 
 Peace, and violated the Faith of Treaties, 
 ought to impute the Misfortune they were 
 
 fallen 
 
JVorld Under-Ground, 275 
 
 fallen into, to their own Folly and Pre- 
 fumption ; that the Emperor was refolv'd, 
 with all his Might, to defend the Territo- 
 ries he had acquir'd by Right of War ; and 
 laftly, that he was not to be awM by the 
 Threats of the Confederate Nations. The 
 Heralds were difmifsM with this Anfwer, 
 and we turn'd our Thoughts towards making 
 Preparations for the impending War. In a 
 fhort Time I got together an Army of forty 
 thoufand Men, among which eight thou- 
 fand Horfe, and two thoufand Mufketeers. 
 The Emperor, though he was grown de- 
 crepid through Age, refolv'd to be prefent 
 in this Expedition, and was inflam'd with 
 fuch a Thirft of Glory, that neither I my- 
 felf, nor the Emprefs and her Children, 
 who joined with me in ftriving to overcome 
 his Obftinacy, could divert him from his 
 Purpofe. What gave me the moft Diftur^ 
 bance at that Time, was my Jealoufy of 
 the Tanachites ; for I was afraid left they 
 fhould grow weary of their Servitude, and 
 lay hold" of that Occafion to fliake ofF the 
 Yoke, and join the Enemy, Nor W2fs L 
 deceiv'd in my Conjedure ; for a little 
 while after War had been proclaim'd. News 
 was brought us,, that twelve thoufand Ta- 
 nachites had taken Arms, and were gone 
 over to the Enemy. Hence I faw, that we 
 Ihould have four powerful Enemies to ilrug- 
 gle with at one and the fame Time. 
 
 All neceflary Preparations being made, 
 the Army was commanded to begin their. 
 
 Marc hi 
 
lyS A Journey to the 
 
 March towards the Enemy in the Beginning 
 of the Month K'll'ian. As we were upon 
 the Road, InteHigence was brought us, that 
 the Confederate Forces had entered the 
 Country of the Tanach'ites^ and laid Siege to 
 the Caftle of ^ihol^ which was fituated on 
 the Borders of the Kifpucian Territories. 
 The Place was attacked with fo great a 
 Force, and with fo much Violence, that 
 the Governor was juft going to furrender it. 
 But as foon as the Enemy were inform'd of 
 our Approach, they broke up the Siege, and 
 march'd againft us. The Battle was fought 
 upon a Plain, not far from the Fortrefs 
 which had been beficg'd, from whence it 
 was call'd the Battle of Sibol. The Ar^o- 
 niansy which compos'd the Enemies left 
 Wing, falhng upon our Horfe, made great 
 Slaughter of them ; and, as this Attack was 
 fupported by the Rebel Tanachites, it was 
 very near proving fatal to us. But the 
 fVlufketeers going in to their AfTiflance, and 
 having thrown the Enemy into Diforder by 
 two Difcharges of their Artillery, the Face 
 of the Battle was quite chang'd j fo that 
 they who but juft now had borne down our 
 Horfe, and were almoft Conquerors, being 
 now borne down themfelves, began to give 
 Way, and at lafl to turn their Backs. In 
 the mean Time the Kifpucians bri(kly at- 
 tacked our Foot, and fhot their Arrows with 
 fo much Art, and with fuch Succefs, that 
 fix hundred ^tamites were, in a very little 
 Time, either fhot dtad, or defperately 
 
 wounded. 
 
JVorld Uiider 'Ground. 277 
 
 wounded. But the Horfe, together with 
 the Mufketeers, coming to their AfTiftance, 
 the Enemy were oblig'd to fave themfclves 
 by Flight ; which they did, however, in fo 
 good Order, without once breaking their 
 Ranks, that they might be rather laid to 
 yield than fly. This was owing to the 
 Conduct of Monfonius^ General of the Kif^ 
 pucians, who at that Time was thought to 
 excel all the Subterranean Generals in the 
 Art of War. The Jle^orians yet remain'd, 
 whom it was no eafy Matter to fubdue ; for 
 as oft as our Mufketeers fir'd upon them, 
 the Enemy fprung up all at once into the 
 Air, and thence difcharg'd a Shower of Ar- 
 rows, which were fo well aim'd, that few 
 of them fell to the Ground without doing 
 Execution. The Reafon why thefe Arrows 
 feJdom mifs'd their Aim, was becaufe it is 
 eafier to hit an Objed: when you are above, 
 than when you are below it. Our Men 
 often mifsM their Mark, becaufe the Enemy 
 were fo volatile, and perpetually fliifting 
 Places. In the Midft of the Engagement, 
 whilft the Emperor was in the very Heat of 
 Action, his Neck was pierc'd through with 
 a poifon'd Arrow. He fell from his HoiTe 
 immediaiely, and was carry'd out of the 
 Battle to his Tent, where he expir'd foon 
 after. In this ticklifh Situation of Aiiairs, 
 I thought it moft advifable to injoin all fuch 
 as had been Witnefl'es of this unhappy Ac- 
 cident, to keep it fecret, left the Ardour of 
 the Soldiers ftiould abate upon hearing the 
 
 Emperor 
 
27S A Journey to the 
 
 Emperor was dead. I bade them take Cou- 
 rage, and told them, that the King indeed 
 Was ftunn'd with the fudden Stroke, but 
 that the Arrow had not enter'd deep; that 
 the Wound had been fearch'd, and taken 
 due Care of; that every Thing would go 
 well, and that they might expedl to fee their 
 Emperor again very foon. By this Means 
 moft of the Army were kept in Ignorance 
 of what had happened, and the Battle was 
 prolonged till Night. At length the Jlccfo- 
 riaris quite fpent with Labour, and the 
 Wounds they had received, retir'd into their 
 Camp, and a Truce of a few Days Continu- 
 ance was agreed upon, in order to bury the 
 dead Bodies. In the mean Time, as I 
 found that there was need of fome other 
 Stratagem to fubdue the AleSiorians^ I or- 
 dered our Mufkct-Ball to be cart into fmall 
 Shot. This ProjecSt was attended with fo 
 good Succefs, that at our next Encounter 
 the Ale^torians came tumbling down apace, 
 and one Half of the Army perifh'd in a 
 miferable Manner : Thofe that were left 
 feeing this, threw down thtir Arms, and 
 begg'd for Peace. The ArSfonians and Kif- 
 pucians follow'd their Example, and com- 
 mitted themfelves, their Arms, and Por- 
 trefTes to our Mercy. Matters being thus 
 brought to a happy Iflue, 1 cali'd a Coun- 
 cil, and addrefs'd them in the following 
 Harangue. 
 
 " Gentlemen and Fellow-Soldiers, I do 
 
 ** not doubt but mofl of you are well ac- 
 
 2 " quainted^ 
 
World Under-Ground. 279 
 
 *' quainted, how earneftly I di/Tuaded our 
 *' moft Serene Emperor from this Expedi- 
 " tion ; but his innate Fortitude and Mao-- 
 " nanimity would not permit him to re- 
 " main idle at home, while his faithful Sub- 
 *' je6ts were expoiing their Lives abroad in 
 *' his Defence. I can truly fay, that this 
 '' is the only Requeii: which his Imperial 
 *' Majefly ever refus'd to grant me. How 
 <' happy fhould I have thought myfelf Jiad 
 <' he refus'd me every lliing befides, and 
 '* only been indulgent to me in this ! For 
 '' then we fhould not have known that Ca- 
 " lamity that now hangs over us, our Re- 
 ** turn into ti^e Imperial City would have 
 *' been truly triumphant, and our Joys for 
 *' our Succefs would have been pure and 
 *' unmix'd. I cannot, nor indeed ounht I, 
 " any longer conceal from you that fatal 
 *' Accident which has thus daih'd all our 
 *' Happinefs. Attend then to the dreadful 
 *' News : Your Emperor, while he was 
 " gallantly fighting for his Subjedis, was 
 *' pierc'd by an Arrow in the Battle, and 
 *' now lies breathlefs in his Tent. What 
 ** Grief, what Anguifh muft not the Lofs 
 *' of fuch a Piince occafion ? I can eafily 
 *' make a Judgment of your Sorrows from 
 " what I feel myfelf. But let us not give 
 *' Way to Defpondency ; Death, to fuch a 
 *' Hero, is not the End of Life, but only 
 *' the Period of Mortality. We have not 
 ** wholly lofl our Emperor, fince he has 
 ♦' left two Princes behind, form'd after the 
 
 *' Example 
 
28o A Journey to the 
 
 " Example of the beft of Parents, and who 
 '' inherit their Father's Virtues, as well as 
 *' his Dominions. You cannot, therefore, 
 *' be fo properly faid to change your King, 
 " as the bare Name of King. And fmce 
 •' the eldeft Prince, Timufo^ is by Right of 
 *' Primogeniture to be promoted to his Fa- 
 •' ther's Throne, I (hall henceforth derive 
 *' my Authority from him. He it is to 
 *' whom we ought to fwear Allegiance, and 
 " to whom we will now pay Homage." 
 
 CHAP. XIV. 
 
 ^he Author is elevated to the Imperial 
 Dignity. 
 
 AT the Conclufion of this Harangue, 
 the Soldiery lifted up their Voice and 
 cry'd, IVe will have no Emperor but Pikil- 
 fu. I was all Aftonifhment at this, and 
 with a Flood of Tears befought them to con- 
 fider better, to remember the Allegiance 
 they ow'd to the Imperial Houfe, and the 
 publick as well as private Benefits they had 
 received from the departed Monarch, which 
 it was not poflible to forget, without bring- 
 ing an indelible Stain upon their Character. 
 To this I added, that if ever they had Oc- 
 cafion to commaud my Services, I could be 
 of equal Ufe to them in a private Capacity. 
 But all this fignify'd nothing. The Officers 
 
 and 
 
World Under-Ground. 281 
 
 and Soldiers join in the common Cry, and 
 the whole Camp refounded with the before- 
 mention'd Acclamation. Upon this, I re- 
 tir'd to my Tent in Cc/nfufion, and order'd 
 the Guards to give Entrance to none : Be- 
 caufe, probably, the Soldiers might return to 
 Rcafon, when this fudden Fit of Zeal {hould 
 cool. But the Generals and common Sol- 
 diers burft into my Tent, and in fpight of 
 all my Relud^ance, adorn'd me with the 
 Enfigns of Royalty, and conducing me out 
 of the Tent with Trumpets and Drums, 
 proclaim'd me Emperor of ^uama^ King 
 of Tarjachin^ Ar^^onia^ AUSioria^ and Great 
 Duke of the Kijpucians. Seeing then how 
 vain was all Rehilance, I no longer flrug- 
 gled with my Fortune, but follow'd the 
 Torrent ; and I muft own, that I was not 
 altogether unwilling to be rais'd to this Ele- 
 vation ; for an Empire, with three King- 
 doms, and a Great Dutchy, was too deli- 
 cious a Morfel to be ey'd with Indifference. 
 I immediately fent to thePrince, to acquaint 
 him with the prefent Situation of Affairs, 
 and to advife him to infift ftrenuoufly upon his 
 natural and hereditary Rights, and to de- 
 clare this new Election void, as being con- 
 trary to the Laws of the Realm. But at the 
 fame Time I had refolv'd with myfelf net 
 to relinquifii in Hafle an Empire thus fpon- 
 taneoufly ofTer'd me ; fo that this Advice of 
 mine to his Highnefs the Prince was rather 
 to feel his Pulfe upon this OccaHon. The 
 Prince had an admirable Underftanding, 
 
 and 
 
ttz A Journey to the 
 
 and a very folid Judgment ; and as he well 
 knew ihe Doubles and Difguifes of the hu- 
 man Hea't, and that this Modefty of mine 
 was only put on to ferve a Turn, he wifely 
 yielded to the Neceffity of the Times, and 
 after the Example of the Army, he himfelf 
 proclaim'd me Emperor in the Capital 
 City, to which I was foon after led in 
 Triumph, attended by the Generals and Of- 
 ficers of the Army, in the mid ft of the 
 Shouts and Acclamations of the Populace, 
 In a few Days after this, I was folemnly 
 crov/n'd, and invefled with the Regal Au- 
 thority. Being thus metamorphos'd from a 
 miferable ShipwreckM Sailor into a Mo- 
 narch, that I might ftrengthen my Intereft 
 with the ^amites^ who I perceiv'd had ftill 
 a great Veneration for the Royal Race of 
 ^ama^ I efpous'd the Daughter of the 
 deceas'd Emperor, whofe Name was Ralac. 
 
 Having perform*d thefe great Things, I 
 projected new Schemes, to raife the Empire 
 to a Height that fhould make it formidable 
 to the whole fubterranean World. My 
 firft Care was to afTure myfelf of the Duty 
 and Allegiance of the lately conquered Na- 
 tions. To this End I garifon'd all their 
 Citadels and fortify'd Places in the Itrongeft 
 Manner, treated the Conquered with the 
 utmoft Humanity, and advanc'd fome of 
 them to very great Offices in the Capital. 
 In particular the Captive Generals, Tomopo^ 
 loko and MonfoniuSy had the higheft Share in 
 my Eavour, a Circumftance that rais'd the 
 
 Envy 
 
World Under-Ground. 285 
 
 Envy of the ^uamiteSy tho' they fupprefs'd 
 their DifTatisfaition for the prefent ; but in 
 Time the Spark, which had long; Iain con- 
 cealed under the Afhes, burft into an open 
 Flame, as fliall be related in its proper 
 Place. To return to my domeftick Affairs: 
 The liberal Sciences, and the Art of War, 
 1 labour'd to bring to the higheft Perfe6iion: 
 And as this Country abounded with very 
 deep Woods, which could furnifh Plenty 
 of Timber for the building a Fleet after th« 
 Manner of the Europeans^ I purfued this 
 Point with fuch unwearv'd Ardour, that 
 tho* in Reality I had a thoufand other 
 Affairs to perplex me, it feem'd as if my 
 whole Thoughts were directed to this one 
 View. The K/'/pu clans -WQTC of great Ser- 
 vice to me in this Cafe; they had a tolerably 
 Knowledge of maritime Affairs, and their 
 General Monfon'ius I appointed Lord High 
 Admiral of the Fleet. 
 
 And now the Timber is felling, the In- 
 flruments for working it preparing, and with 
 fuch Vehemence I apply m\felf to the Bufi- 
 nefs, that in fixty Days from the firlt falling 
 of the Wood, a Fleet of twenty Ships now 
 rides at Anchor in the Harbour. All this cor- 
 refponding exad^'tly with my Wifhes, I look'd 
 upon myfelf as the Alexander of the fubter- 
 ranean World, and that below I was the 
 Author of as great Revolutions as he was 
 above. The Luft ot Power is infinite, and 
 never finds the Point to flop at. Some few 
 Years fince, the Office of a Deacon, or 
 
 that 
 
284 -^ JouRNEV to the 
 
 that of a Writer, or Clerk, was the Height 
 of my Ambition, nor did I afpire to any 
 thing greater ; and now four or five King- 
 doms feem too narrow for me : So that 
 with RefpeiSl to my Defires, which rife in 
 Proportion to our Wealth and Power, I 
 never found myfelf more indigent than 
 now. 
 
 Having made myfelf acquainted, from 
 the Accounts and Informations of the Kif- 
 pucian Mariners, with the Nature of the 
 Seas, and the Situation of the Kingdoms on 
 the Coafts, and underftanding that it was 
 very practicable with a fair \Vind to make 
 the M.e'z.endoric Shore in eight Days Sail, 
 from whence it would be but a fhort 
 Trip to Martinia^ and that over a well- 
 known Ocean ; I fay, being acquainted 
 with all this, I made Preparation for the 
 Voyage. Indeed, Martinia was the prin- 
 cipal Objeft of my Defigns, I was fpurr'd 
 on by the immenie Wealth of that Nation, 
 and the Informations I fhould gain from a 
 People of their Knowledge in maritime 
 Affairs, fince the Lights I might receive 
 from them would be very ufeful to me in 
 the Courfe of all my great Undertakings. 
 There was alfo another Incentive, namely, 
 a Thirft of Revenge, which prompted me 
 to fubdue this Nation. I took the Elder of 
 the two Royal Princes along with me as 
 an AfTociate in this Expedition, pretending 
 that a fine Occafion oiFer'd itfelf to his 
 Highnefs of exercifing his Bravery and 
 
 mar- 
 
IForld Under 'Ground, 285 
 
 martial Virtues. But the true Meaning of 
 this was, that I might keep him as a Ho^ 
 ftage or Pledge of the Fidelity of the ^O" 
 mites. The younger Prince indeed re- 
 mained at Home, but the Regency of the 
 Empire I committed to the Emprefs, who 
 was then big with Child. The whole Fleet 
 confifted of twenty Ships, great and fmall ; 
 and were all built after the Martinian Mo- 
 del, by the Direction and Superintendency 
 of Monfonius the Kifpiician General, to 
 whom the fole Management of the Navy 
 was intrufted, and who had made Draughts 
 and Defigns of them with his own Hand. 
 For the Mariinians were among the Sub- 
 terraneans what the Tynans and Sidmians 
 were in antient Days, or what the EngUJh 
 and Dutch are in our Times, that is, Sove- 
 reigns of the Seas. Yet, when we arrived 
 at Martinia^ I perceiv'd that in the Built 
 of our Ships we had widely err'd from 
 their Model. 
 
 We fet fail about that Time of Year 
 when the Planet Nazar was at its mean 
 Diftance from us. Having fail'd three 
 Days, we fpy'd a large Ifland, the Conqueft 
 of which would be no difficult Matter, by 
 Reafon of the Feuds and Fa6lions into 
 which the Inhabitants were fplit ; but (what 
 is remarkable) as they were deltitute of 
 Arms, and were ignorant of the Ufe of 
 them, they fought only with their Tongues, 
 and gave all the hard Names, Curfes, and 
 foul Language they could invent. This 
 
 was 
 
286 A Journey to the 
 
 was all we had to fear. The only Punilh- 
 ment that in this Country was inflidled 
 upon Offenders, was that they were taken 
 up nnd imprifon'd, and upon full Proof of 
 the Crime were openly brought into the Fo- 
 rum, there to hear themfelves revilM in 
 the bitterefl Manner. Certain People were 
 appointed for this very Purpofe, call'd Sabuti, 
 that is, Revilers, and are there look'd upon 
 in the fame Light, as an Executioner 
 amongft us. As to the Make of their Body, 
 they differed only from us in one or two 
 Circumrtances, which was, that the Women 
 had Beards and the Men none ; the Feet 
 alfo of them all were turn'd backwards. Af- 
 ter we had made a Defcent upon thislfland, 
 about three hundred CanaUffcans^ (fo the 
 Iflanders were call'd) met us. They at- 
 tack'd us in a hoftile Manner with their 
 ufual Weapons, that is to fay, with a Vol- 
 ley of Curfes and hard Names. With 
 fuch exquifite Malice, and in fuch a diabo- 
 lical Spirit of Bitternefs, their foul Lan- 
 guage was conceived and utter'd, (as we 
 were informed by an JleSforian Interpreter 
 of the Canalifcan Tongue) that they fhew'd 
 themfelves perfe(£l Mafters of their Wea- 
 pons, and not inferior to the Grammarians of 
 our World. However, knowing that Rage 
 alone was infignificant without Power, I 
 forbid any Violence to be ofFer'd to them, 
 but only to fpread Terror among them. 
 I order'd fome Guns to be fir'd, which 
 had this Effe£l, that they fell upon their 
 
 Knees, 
 
World Under-Ground. 2S7 
 
 Knees, and implorM Mercy. Prefently the 
 feveral little Kings of the Ifland came down, 
 and made a formal Surrender of themfelves 
 and SubjecSVs, putting their whole Dominions 
 under Tribute to me, making me at the 
 fame Time a Compliment, that it was no 
 pifhonour to be fubdued by him, whom 
 it was Impiety to refift, nor any Difgrace to 
 fubmit to him, whom Fortune had rais*d 
 above all the World. Thus this Ifland, (the 
 Conqueft of which added fomething to my 
 Power, tho' little to my Glory, by Reafon 
 of the Effeminacy of the Inhabitants) be- 
 coming tributary to me, we hoified Sail, 
 and after a fair V^oyage of fome {t^ Days, 
 arriv'd at the Mezeiidoric Coafl. I then 
 caird a Council of War, to enquire what 
 was befl to be done, whether it were ad- 
 vifeable immediately to acl in a hoflile 
 Manner, or to fend an EmbafTy to the Em- 
 peror, to know if he would make a peace- 
 able Surrender, or whether we muft come 
 to an open Rupture. The Majority were 
 for the latter. Wherefore five Perfons 
 were commifTion'd for this EmbafTy, one of 
 each Nation, a ^amite^ an Jr£ionian, an 
 AleSiorian^ a Tanachite, and a Kifpucian, 
 Being introduced into the Capital, they 
 were ask'd by the chief Magiffrate, in the 
 Name of the Emperor, the Meaning of 
 this unexpe6led Vifit to the Mezendoric Do- 
 minions ? The Deputies reply'd, that it 
 was not by Accident, but by Defign they 
 came there, and forthwith they produced 
 
 their 
 
288 A Journey to the 
 
 their Credentials, and a Letter from me t«i 
 the Emperor, the Tenour of which was as 
 follows : 
 
 " Nicolas KIi?mus, EmbafTador of the 
 '« Sun, Emperor of ^aina^ King of Ta- 
 '' nachin^ Ar6lonia^ and Alc6loria^ Great 
 <' Duke of the Kifpuciam^ and Lord of 
 «' Canalifca^ to Miklopolatu^ Emperor of 
 <' Mezendoria^ Greeting. Be it knowft 
 *' unto thee, that by the immutable Coun- 
 " cil of Heaven, it is ordain'd, that all the 
 " Empires and Kingdoms of the World 
 " fubmit to the ^tamitic Sovereignty. And 
 " fmce the Decrees of Heaven are irrevo- 
 *' cable, it is neceflary your Empire Ihould 
 " undergo the common Deftiny of all. 
 " We exhort you therefore to a voluntary 
 " Surrender, and cordially admonilh you 
 " not to fubje£t your Realms to the Chance 
 <' of War, by a ralh Opppofition to our 
 *' vi(Slorious Arms. A timely Obedience 
 " may fave the Eftufion of innocent Blood, 
 " and mend your own Condition. Given 
 " aboard our Fleet, the 3d Day of tha 
 " Month Rimat.'* 
 
 In a few Days the EmbaiTadors return'd 
 with a fierce and haughty Anfwer. Here- 
 upon all Profpecf of Peace difappcaring, wc 
 made a Defcent. Having rang'd our Troops 
 in order of Battle, we fent out Spies to 
 explore the Condition of the Enemy. They 
 foon return'd with News, that the Enemy's 
 Army was in Readinefs, that it confifted of 
 Lions, Bears, Tigers, Elephants, and Birds 
 
 of 
 
World Under 'Ground, 289 
 
 €»f Prey, to the Number of fixty Thoufand, 
 Hereupon we pofled ourfelves on an advan- 
 tageous Piece of Ground, and waited their 
 Coming. All things being now in Readi- 
 nefs, and the Signal of Battle being given, 
 ■fuddenly there came four EmbafTadors, all 
 Foxes, from the Enemy, to renew the 
 Negotiations, and treat of a Peace. But 
 having fpent fome Days in Conferences 
 with our Generals, they departed without 
 coming to any Conclufion. It appeared af- 
 terwards that thefe were Spies, rather than 
 EmbafTadors, fent for no other End but to 
 explore the State and Condition of our Ar- 
 my. They pretended indeed that they would 
 foon return with more ample Powers : 
 But as we quickly perceived the whole Body 
 of the Enemy marching brifkly towards us, 
 we hoifted our Colours, and marched to 
 meet them. An obftinate Fight enfued. 
 For tho' our Mufketeers made a furious 
 Slaughter among them, yet the Elephants 
 every where kept their Rank, the Hardnefs 
 of their Hide being Proof againft our Ball. 
 But as foon as our heavy Artillery began to 
 thunder upon them, and the Elephants per- 
 ceiv'd the horrible EfFeds of it, they were 
 feiz'd with a Panic, and left the Field. In 
 this Battle thirty-three thoufand Mczendo- 
 riam were flain, and twenty thoufand taken 
 Prifoners. Thofe who efcap^d, fled to the 
 Metropolis, a City very well fortify 'd, and 
 fiird the Inhabitants with Terror and Con- 
 Itcrnation. "We pufh'd our Vi£lory, and 
 
 O ia 
 
290 yf Journey to the 
 
 in three Days March, came to the Capital, 
 •which we befiegM by Sea and Land. At 
 our Approach, we were faluted by a new 
 EmbafTy, which brought much fofter Terms 
 of Peace. In this the Emperor ofFer'd me 
 his Daughter in Marriage, who was efteem'd 
 the moft beautiful Lionefs throughout the 
 whole Dominions, together with Half his 
 Empire in Dower with her. Thefe Condi- 
 tions were by no Means agreeable to me, 
 efpeciallv with Refpe^St to the Nuptials of 
 his Daughter ; for it fecm'd to me neither 
 fafe nor honourable to divorce my Emprefs 
 to marry a Lionefs. Hereupon the Embaf- 
 fadors were difmifs'd without any Anfwer, 
 Prefently our great Guns began to play 
 againft the City-Walls, which tho' com- 
 posed of Stone, were foon torn and fhat- 
 ter'd in many Places. And as this City 
 was full of Animals of all Species, it was 
 flrange to hear the Variety of Noifes upon 
 this Occafion, fuch as Roaring, Howling, 
 Bellowing, Braying, Bleating and Hifling. 
 The Serpents retired into the Clefts and 
 FifTures of the Earth : The Birds hover*d 
 in the Air, and feeing the City fo fiercely 
 afTaulted, fled off to the Rocks and open 
 Country. The Trees trembled and drop*d 
 their Leaves all over the City. "We heard 
 that twenty Maids of Honour, (thefe were 
 Rofes and Lilies) upon the firfl Difcharge 
 of our Cannon flirunk up, and withered 
 away through Fear. Such a prodigious Con- 
 courfe of Animals of all Kinds, as well 
 
 thofe 
 
World Under-'G round, 291 
 
 thofe of the City, as thofe from the Neigh- 
 bourhood, niiferably ftraitenM each other ; 
 and that very Afliftance, which was fo ne- 
 cefTary, was the Caufe of Difeafes and In- 
 fe6lion. The Elephants flood the Siege 
 better than the reft; but upon the Dif- 
 charge of the great Guns, they abandon'd 
 the Walls. Hereupon the Emperor, de- 
 fpairing to hold out much longer, fummon'd 
 a Council to deliberate upon the prefent 
 Pofture of Affairs. They were all unani- 
 mous for a Peace upon any Terms ; and 
 therefore without Delay his Imperial High- 
 nefs made a formal Surrender of himfelf, 
 ^vith all, his Territories. Thus in one Day 
 my Power was increased by the Addition of 
 an Empire, together with nine or 'en lefler 
 Realms or Principalities-, for immediately 
 all the petty Sovereignties followed the Ex- 
 ample of the Emperor, and ftrove who 
 ftould be foremoft in their Submiflions. 
 
 After fuch marvellous Succefs, having firft 
 plac'd a Garifon of fix hundred Mufke- 
 teers in the Capital, I ordcr'd the captive 
 Emperor to be conducted aboard our Fleet. 
 1 treated him with the moll: perfedt Huma- 
 nity, and upon our Return fome time after 
 to ^uama^ I gave him an intire Province, 
 the Revenues of which enabled the Royal 
 Prifoner to live with a good Degree of Splen- 
 dor. 
 
 We now fet Sail from this Place, and 
 
 coafled along the Mezendoric Shores. In 
 
 this Voyage we demanded Hoftages of all 
 
 O 2 the 
 
292 A Journey to the 
 
 the feveral States and Governments ful>je(^ 
 to the Emperor Miklopolatu^ {o that in a 
 fmall Time the very Mczendoric Name and 
 Empire were in a manner extinguifli'd, 
 Thcfe People were for the moft Part the 
 fame of which I have formerly given fome 
 Account in my Defcription of my Voyage 
 from Mariinia. Leaving therefore the 
 Mezendoric Territories, we fteer'd dire£lly 
 ibr Martina^ which, after a profperous, 
 tho' long Voyage, we happily arrived at. 
 Never was the Sight of any Country fo 
 highly grateful to me as this ; and when 
 I refled^ed, that in Times paft I had been 
 condemn'd to the Oar in this very Place, to 
 which I now return'd as a puiflant Con- 
 queror, I was hardly able to conceal the 
 Tranfport of Joy I felt. I had at iirft re- 
 folv'd to declare myfelf, in order to fpread 
 the ereater Terror amons: the Martlnians : 
 But I chang'd that Refolution, and deter- 
 ntin'd to cherifh the old Error concerning 
 my Birth, and ftill to pafs for an EmbafTa- 
 dor of the Sun. 
 
 I flatter'd myfelf, that in a fhort time, 
 and with a very little Trouble, I (liould be 
 able to make a compleat Conqueft of the 
 /yIartim'arjs^who(e Effeminacy I was well ac- 
 quainted with. For this People have a ftrong 
 Propenfity to Plcafure, and are hurry'd 
 on to all vicious Excelles, not only through 
 a natural Bent, but from that Affluence 
 and Abundance, which both Sea and Land 
 confpire to indulge them in. However, I 
 
 found 
 
World Under-Ground. 293 
 
 found by Experience, that I had an ar- 
 duous Enterprise upon my Hands : For by 
 means of that vaft Commerce carry'd on by 
 thefe People, they had amafs'd fuch endlefs 
 Riches, as enabled them to have always at ' 
 their Devotion the choiceft of the moft 
 varlike Troops among the neighbouring 
 Nations, who ftood ready at their Nod to 
 fight their Rattles for them. Add to this, 
 that the Maj-ttJtians were eminent for their 
 Skill in maritime Affairs beyond all the 
 Subterraneans, and our Vcflels were ii; 
 Comparifon of theirs extremely rude, 
 and very flow of Motion. For it is eafy to 
 judge what fort of Ships ours muft be, 
 which were run up in Hafte under the Di- 
 rei^ion and Supervifion of a Bachelor of 
 Philofophy, as alfo what a Cenfure they 
 would undergo, were they to be fubmitted 
 to the Criticifm of the Dutch, EngltJJ), or 
 Danes, But this Defe6l my Artillery a- 
 ton'd for ; a Method of Fighting hitherto 
 unknown to the A'lartinians. 
 
 Before I attempted any Thing in a ho- 
 ftile Manner, I fent an f^mbaflA' to the Se- 
 nate with the fame Tenders of Peace, which 
 I had lately ofFer'd the f^mperor of Me- 
 %enclQr'ui. But while we waited for an An- 
 fwer, all on a Sudden we beheld a Fleet of 
 Ships coming full Sail upon us, in order of 
 Battle. At Sight hereof, we rang'd our 
 VefTels in as much order on our Side, as 
 the Murry would permit, and immediately 
 gave out the Signal for Engagement. The 
 O 3 Battle 
 
294 ^ Journey to the 
 
 Battle was fought with equal Bravery and 
 Ardor on both Sides. The Martinians in- 
 ftead of Guns, made ufe of a Machine, 
 which flung Stones of an enormous Size and 
 Weight, and which grievoufly gall'd our 
 Sailors. They had alfo Fire-fhips loaded 
 with Pitch, Brimftone, Sulphur, and other 
 combuftible Materials. Thefe fet Fire to- 
 our beft Ship, and utterly confum'd it. 
 Victory was a long Time in Sufpence, and 
 my Forces even began to deliberate whether 
 they had beft fight, or ?iy. But at laft, 
 the Explofion of the great Guns changM 
 the Face of Things, and fo funk the Cou- 
 rage of the Martinic7is^ that they retir'd 
 precipitately into their Harbour. Yet we 
 took not one of the Enemy's Ships, becaufe, 
 as they were light Sailors, they could at any 
 Time efcape from us. After this Fight, we 
 landed our Forces, and with all Speed made 
 directly towards the Metropolis o{ Martinia, 
 In our March we met our own EmbafTa- 
 dors returning from the Senate, by whom 
 they had been receiv'd in a proud and lofty 
 Manner, and difmifs'd with much fuch 
 a Meflage as Neptune gave to the Winds. 
 
 Maturate fugam^ Regique hac dic'ite vejiro ; 
 Non Hit imperium Pelcigi j fccvumq^ trident em^ 
 Nobis forte datum : tenet illeimmania faxa. 
 
 For the Martinians claiming the Sove- 
 reignty of the Seas, reccivM my Offers with 
 all imaginable Difdain^ 
 
 And 
 
World Under-Ground. 295 
 
 And now they levyM a vafl Body of 
 Forces, for bcfides the mercenary Troops, 
 the whole mlHtary Power of Martmia took 
 the Field upon this Occafion. We had not 
 march'd far before we efpy'd a numerous 
 Army, composM of different Nations, ad- 
 vancing direaiy againft us. This Confi- 
 dence and Prcfumption of the Enemy, not- 
 vvithflanding their late Defeat at Sea, occa- 
 fioned a good deal of Uneafmefs on our 
 Side. But all this was but a Meteor v.'hich 
 liiddenly appears, and as fuddenly vanifhes : 
 For at the very fir ft Difcharge of our Art iU 
 fcry, they all turn'd their Backs, and fled. 
 We purfued the flying Foe, and made a 
 prodigious Slaughter of them. What the 
 Number of the Slain were, appeared from 
 that of the Perriwigs, which we colle6led 
 after the A^ion, and which upon a mode- 
 rate Computation amounted to the Num- 
 ber of five Thoufand. The Make^of thefe 
 Perriwigs was prett)' much alter'd fince 
 my Time, and I obfervM above twenty 
 different Fafhions of them ; nor is that at 
 all ftrange ; for fo ingenious a NatioR 
 would give a thoufand Improvements to 
 any Invention whatever. 
 
 After this fuccefsful Battle, or rather 
 Carnage, we immediately fet about the 
 Siege of the Capital. But, when we had 
 prepared every Thing for the Enter prize, 
 and difposM our Cannon in proper Order, 
 the whole Body of Senators came in a fup- 
 ^liant Manner to our Camp, and made a 
 O 4 volun- 
 
296 A JouRtNEY to the 
 
 voluntary Surrender of the City, together 
 with the whole Republick. Hereupon, 
 Peace being declar'd, we enter'd in Tri- 
 umph into this moft fplendid City. Up- 
 on our Entrance into the Gates, there was 
 not that Tumult and Hurry, as is gene- 
 rally obfervable in conquered Towns, but 
 a forrowful Silence, and an univerfal 
 Sadnefs every where prevailed. But when 
 we declar*d that we would not do the 
 leaft Injury to the Citizens, their Sadnefs 
 was chang'd into Joy. The firft Thing I 
 did, was to make a Vifit to the publick 
 Treafiiry. I was beyond Meafure aftonilh'd 
 at the immcnfe Stores of Riches depofited 
 there ; great Part of which I diftributed 
 among my Soldiers, referving the reft for 
 my own Finances. I left a Garifon at 
 Alartinia, and took feveral of the Senators 
 aboard the Fleet, by way of Hoftages. A- 
 mong thefe, was my old Friend the Syndic, 
 together with his Wife, who had falfly ac- 
 cufed me of the Crime for which I was con- 
 demned to the Gallies. Yet I entertained 
 no Thoughts of Vengeance, as thinking it 
 beneath an Emperor of ^lama to refent an 
 Injury done to a Chairman. 
 
 After this complcat Conqueft of the Mar^ 
 tiniansy I refolv'd to reduce the feveral neigh- 
 bouring Powers. But while I was upon 
 the Point of executing this Defign, the 
 EmbafTadors of four different Realms ar- 
 rived, and made their SubmiiTions. I bad 
 already fo many States and Kingdoms under 
 
 my 
 
World Under- Ground, 297 
 
 my Dominion, that I did not fo much as 
 give myfelf the Trouble to enquire the 
 Names of thefe four furrender'd Territo- 
 ries, but was contented to comprehend them 
 under the general Name of the Alartinian 
 Provinces. 
 
 CHAP, XV. 
 
 iri^^ C A T A S T R O P H £. 
 
 HAVING performed fuch an ama- 
 zing Series of Exploits, and our Fleet 
 being confiderably augmented, by the Ad- 
 dition of the Martmian Ships, we now 
 hoifted Sail, and return'd to. ^tama^ where, 
 upon our Arrival, we triumphed with more 
 than Roman Magnificence. And, in good 
 IVuth, the noble Deeds we had atchiev'd, 
 deferv*d the higheft Pomp of Feftivals and 
 publick Rejoicings. For what can be con* 
 ceivM more heroic, than to transform a 
 Nation the moft-abjedt, and the moft ex* 
 pos'd to the Infults of their Neighbours, into 
 the Lords and Sovereigns of the whole Sub-^ 
 terranean Globe ? What can be conceived 
 more glorious, or more for my Hanour, 
 as a Man, whofe Fate it happened to be to 
 live among fo many heterogeneous Crea- 
 tures, what, I {A\y could redound more to 
 my Glory, than to have afTertcd that Do- 
 minion which Nature gave Mankmd over 
 O 5 the 
 
298 A JouRNFY to the 
 
 the Animal Creation ? A Defcriptlon of 
 the Splendor of this Triumph, the Crowds, 
 and theApplaufes of Men of all Ranks and 
 Ages, would of itfelf make a regular Vo- 
 lume, and therefore I fhall not attempt it 
 in this fhort Account. I fhall only oblerve,. 
 that from this Time a new i5ira appears 
 in Hiftory, and there may now be reckoned 
 five Monarchies, namely, the Ajfyriati^ the 
 Ferftan^ the Grecian^ the Roman^ and the 
 ^iamitic y the laft of which feems to furpafs 
 the reft in Power and Grandeur. And ac- 
 cordingly I accepted the Title of Koblu^ or 
 Great, which was offered me, as well by 
 the ^amites^ as by the otiier vanquilh'd Nati- 
 ons. Inhere is, Iconfefs, fomethingexceffively 
 vain and arrogant in the Name Great: But 
 yet, when you compare me with the Cyrus' Sy 
 the Jlexanders^ the Pompeys^ and the Ca- 
 Jars^ the Title then feems perfectly humble 
 and modeft. Alexander indeed enflav'd the 
 £j/?, but with what Forces ? with hardy 
 veteran Troops inur'd to War ; for fuch 
 were the Macedoniam in the Time of his 
 Father Philip. But I, in a fhorter Space 
 of Time, fubdued far more and fiercer Na- 
 tions than the Perfiansy and that by the 
 Help only of a rude and barbarous People^ 
 whom I myfelf had form'd and inftru(Sled;». 
 The Titles I now us'd were thefc ; Nicolas 
 the Greats Emperor of ^ama and MeT.en-^ 
 doria^ King of Tanachin^ Ale^oria and Ar£io^ 
 ma^ Great Duke of Kifpucia^ Lord of Mar^ 
 iinia and Canalifca^ ^c. &c* 
 
 3 M^^ 
 
World Under-Ground. 299 
 
 Ingem jamjiahat Regnum^ poteramque vtderi 
 Exilio fel'ix : Jed fctlicet tdt'ima femper 
 Expe^anda dies homini^ diet que beat us 
 u^nte obitum nemo fuprema que funera debet. 
 
 Being thus lifted up to a Point of Power 
 and Succefs, beyond even the Wifhes of a 
 mortal Man, the fame Thing happened to 
 me, as to almoft all thofe who rife to Great- 
 nefs from a fordid Original. For unmind- 
 ful of my former State, I grew intolerably 
 vain and haughty, and inftead of all thofe 
 winning Ways, which artful Princes ufc to 
 procure the popular Efleem, I became a 
 hot and cruel Perfecutor of all Orders of 
 Men, defpifmg as very Slaves thofe Subjects, 
 whom before I had courted to my Interefb 
 with all imaginable Affability, infomuch^ 
 that none had Accefs to my Perfon, without 
 a Ceremony, almofl like that of Adoration, 
 and when they were admitted, were re- 
 ceived with a moft difdainful Air : All 
 which alienated the Minds of the People 
 from me, and chang'd their Love into 
 Coldncfs and Terror. This Difpofition of 
 my Subjeits I foon experienced, and parti- 
 cularly upon the following Occahon. The 
 Emprefs, my Spoufe, whom I had left big 
 with Child, was in my Abfence brought to 
 Bed of a young Prince. Intending to ac- 
 knowledge this Prince for my Succeflbr, I 
 affembled the feverai States of my Empire, 
 as well thofe of the conquer'd Kingdoms, 
 7& thofe of ^tama^ to the folemn Inaugu- 
 ration 
 
^oo A Journey to the 
 
 ration of the Infant. As none dar'd dii- 
 obey my Orders, the Ceremony was per- 
 formed with all poflible Pomp and Gran- 
 deur. But It was eafy to perceive in the 
 Vifages of my Subjeds, that all the Joy 
 upon this Occafion was forc*d, unnatural, 
 and mix'd with hidden Difcontent. What 
 help'd to confirm my Jealoufy, was, that at 
 this Time certain Libels or Pafquinades, 
 written by anonymous Author?, were hand- 
 ed about, in which the Injury done to 
 Prince Timufo by this Inauguration^ was fet 
 forth with much Satyr and Acrimony. This 
 created kich Diforders in my Spirits^ that I 
 could take no Rcfl: till I had got rid of that 
 beft of Princes. However, I thought it 
 by no means advifeable to difpatch this illu- 
 ftrious Rival in an arbitrary Manner, and 
 therefore I fubornM certain Witnefl'es to 
 accufe him of High Treafon. As Sovereigns 
 never want for Minifters of Darknefs to 
 ferve their criminal Purpofes, I quickly 
 found out proper Perfons to fwear that the 
 Prince was projedling a Revolution, and had 
 a Defign againft my Life. Upon this he 
 was thrown into Prifon, and condemned by 
 his Judges, the Majority of whom I had 
 corrupted. However, he was executed pri- 
 vately, for fear of raifmg Difturbances. 
 
 As to the fecond Prince, becaufe he was 
 very young, I defer'd facrificing him to my 
 Repofe yet a while ; fo that the Weakneft 
 of his Age was his Protection, Thus ftain'd 
 Vk'ith the Parricide of his Brother, I began 
 
World Under-Ground, 301 
 
 now to rule with (o much Cruelty and Ri- 
 gour, and carry'd my Rage to fuch a Height, 
 that all Perfbns, whofe P'idelity I fufpecSed, 
 whether ^uamites^ or others, I delivered 
 over to immediate Death. Not a Day 
 pafs'd, but was remarkable for ibme extra- 
 ordinary Execution, which haftened the 
 Rebellion, which the Nobles had been for 
 a confiderable Time projecting ; as will be 
 related in its proper PFace. 
 
 I own I deferv'd all thofe Misfortunes, 
 which I afterwards experience. It had 
 doubtlefs been more glorious, and more 
 worthy of a Chriftian Monarch, to have 
 guided a grofs and barbarous People to the 
 Koowledge of the true God, rather than to 
 have proceeded f 1 om Conqueft to Conqueft, 
 and to have filed fuch Torrents of innocent 
 Blood. And, indeed, it had been eafy {on 
 me to have converted the whole Empire ; 
 for there was a Time when all my Deter- 
 minations were rever*d like Oracles. But 
 unmindful of God, and of myfelf, I dreamed 
 of nothing but the vain Splendor of a Court, 
 and the Increafe of my Power. Moreover, 
 being now given up to a depravM and re- 
 probate Mind, I chofe to aggravate and in- 
 flame thefe Difcontents, rather than remove 
 them, as if the Offences of my Injuftice 
 were to be reCtify'd by my Cruelty. To 
 all the Reraonftrances of my Friends I ftill 
 urg*d, 
 
 Necejtiyy the Tyrant's heWJh PUa, 
 
 So 
 
302 ^Journey to the 
 
 So that Misfortune on Misfortune came 
 thick upon me, and 1 fell into fuch Dif- 
 grace and Wretchednefs, that from my Ex- 
 ample, all Mortals may learn what a Vi- 
 cifiitude there is in human Affairs, and 
 how fhort is the Duration of arbitrary Power 
 and Violer.ce. 
 
 My Subje<Sls Averfion increased with the 
 Severity of my Government, and when they 
 perceiv'd that the Vices, to which I aban- 
 doned myfelf, but ill agreed with that di- 
 vine Original I boafted, and were utterly 
 irreconcilable with my Charadler, as Em- 
 baffador of the Sun, they began to examine 
 every thing with more Attention, particu* 
 larly the Circumftance of my Arrival into 
 thefe Parrs, and the Condition I was in 
 when 1 landed upon their Coaft. They now 
 faw, that all the great Things I had done, 
 were owing more to the Savagenefs of the 
 ^iiamites^ than to any extraordinary Abilities 
 <^ my own, efpecially as they found, after 
 that Mift of Ignorance was difpelTd, that I 
 had adtuall)' committed many Errors in the 
 Courfe of my Government. Above all my 
 Conduct was highly cenfur'd by the Kifpu- 
 c'tans^ a judicious and penetrating People. 
 They had obferv'd in my publick Edi<5l a 
 Multitude of Things fo crude and indigefted, 
 as betray'd the groflefl Ignorance in Politicks. 
 jNor was the Cenfureunjuft : For as my aca- 
 demical Tutors and Inftruclors never dreamed 
 of Crowns and Scepters for me, they gave 
 me an Education more adapted to a pri- 
 vate 
 
■TVorld Under-Ground. 303^ 
 
 vate Station, than that of a Sovereign ; and 
 my Studies, which extended no farther than 
 to fome little Sydem of Divinity, and a 
 few metaphyfical Terms, were by no Means 
 equal to my prefent Elevation, where I had 
 the Charge of two Empires, and almoit twen- 
 ty Kingdoms upon my Hands. Tne Mar^ 
 tlnians had alfo remarked, that the Ships of 
 War I had built, were fo rude and clumfy, 
 that in an Engagement they were of no 
 manner of ufe againft a regular and well 
 appointed Fleet, and that all my naval 
 Glory was to be afcrib'd folely to the Inven- 
 tion of Cannon. All thefe cutting Re- 
 marks they induftrioufly difpers'd, and at 
 the fame Time call'd to Remembrance the 
 Manner of my firft Appearance in this 
 Country, namely, how 1 had efcap'd from 
 a Shipwreck, and being ready to perlfli 
 ■with Hunger,, was taken up by the 
 Inhabitants all in tatter'd Garments, an 
 Equipage furely very unfuitable to an Em- 
 bafTador of the Sun. Add to this, that thefe 
 fame Martinlansy being excellent natural 
 Philofophers, had now given the ^wmites 
 a Tincture of Aftronomy,. enough to know 
 that the Sun was an inanimate Body, plac'd 
 in the Centre of the Heavens by the Al- 
 mighty, to give Light and Heat to all Crea- 
 tures, and that as it was a Globe of Fire, 
 it could of Confequence be no proper Habi- 
 tation for a mortal Man. 
 
 With thefe and other fuch unlucky Dif- 
 courfes, was I from Day to Day diltradled. 
 
 But 
 
304 ^ Journey to the 
 But the}^ were mere Marmurs; fince nobody 
 through fear of mv Power dar*cl talk thus 
 with any Degree of Opcnnefs. And inReahty, 
 I vv .s a lone: Time ignorant that the Male- 
 volence f my Subjf;(3:s had rofe to fuch a 
 Pitch, as to i]ueftion mv Condition, till at 
 length I was convinc'd of it by a Bv)ok 
 composed in the Canalifcan Tongue, and 
 publifh'd with this Title, The happy 
 Shipwreck. For I obfervM before, that 
 the Canal'ifcans were perfect Artifts at Satyr 
 and Reproaches, which were all the Wea* 
 pons they wag*d War with. The Book in 
 Queflion comprthended all thofe Accuni- 
 tions, of which I have juft now given a 
 Detail, and was wrote in a Stile the moft 
 fevere and farcaftical, that can well be ima- 
 gined, according to the Genius of the Ca~ 
 nalifcansy who excel in this Manner of 
 Writing. 
 
 But fuch was the Weaknefs of my Mind 
 at this Jun<^ure, fuch my vain Prefumption 
 and Confidence of my own Power, that 
 no Advices or Remonftrances whatever could 
 make me change my Cbnduft, or bring me 
 to my Senfes. The moft wholefome Counfcls 
 inftead of checking, contributed, only to in- 
 flame my Cruelty. Wherefore thofe whom 
 1 had moft Reafon to fufpe£V, I put to the 
 Torture to difcovcr the Author of this Libel. 
 But all endur'd their Torture with an afto- 
 nifhing Firmnefs, infomuch, that this Cru- 
 elty produced no other Effe6l, than to 
 irritate the Spirits of my People ftill more 
 
 againft. 
 
World Under 'Ground, 505 
 
 againft me. Thus my Fate would have it, 
 and I run headlong to my Deftru6lion. 
 
 In this State of Affairs I determined to 
 facrifice the furviving Prince Hicoha. I o- 
 pen'd my Defign to the High Chancellor 
 Kalac^ in whom I plac'd great Confidence, 
 He promifed me all Obedience and Aflift- 
 ance, and ftrait withdrew on Pretence of 
 contriving the Means of putting this Scheme 
 in Execution. But dctefting the Villany in 
 his Heart, he difcover'd the Plot to the 
 Prince. Both of them retired into the Ci- 
 tadel, which was well fortify 'd and there 
 the Chancellor harangu'd the Guards, and 
 in the moft pathetick Manner laid open 
 their prefent Condition. His Difcourfe, 
 together with the Tears of the young Prince 
 which added conGderable Weight to it, 
 producM the defir'd EfFe£t. The Soldiers 
 run to their Aims, and vowM they would 
 die to fave their Prince. Upon this the 
 dexterous Chancellor did not give their Ar- 
 dour Time to cool, but perfuadcd them 
 immediately to fwear Allegiance to their 
 Piince, and then out of hand fent private 
 Mefiengcrs to thofe whom he knew to 
 bt exafpcrated againft me, exhorting them 
 to take Arms againft a Tyrant, v ho at- 
 tempted the Extii £lion o\ the whok Royal 
 progeny. Upon this all the DifaftecSled rofe 
 and join'd w^h 'he Garifon. While I 
 was expe(9:ine the Reti'rn of tff Chancellor, 
 a Meftenrer brought me the News of this 
 grand InlurieCtion. My Friend TomopoloU 
 
 ad;-^ 
 
3o6^ ^Journey, to the 
 
 advls'd me by all Means to retreat to Tanc^, 
 chin. There, fays he, we can quickly raife'' 
 an Army, and bring thefe Mutineers to 
 Reafon. Thefe Words produced in me- 
 various Agitations of Mind, and Hope and 
 Fear alternately governed me each Moment, 
 At length in Compliance with his Admo- 
 nition I flsd from ^ama^ and that with 
 little or no Difficulty, as the Bulk of the 
 ^amites were yet unacquainted with the 
 Reafons of this Sedition. Soon after this, I 
 return'd with an Army of forty thoufand 
 Soldiers, the greateft Part of which were 
 Tanachites, expecting a confiderable Aug- 
 mentation from fuch ^amites as continu- 
 ed in their Duty. But I deceiv'd myfelf 
 egregioufly : For inftead of thofe Auxilia- 
 ries I flatter'd myfelf with, I met a Herald 
 who broug.ht me Letters from the Prince, 
 to acquaint me, that War was declared a- 
 gainft me as an Ufurper and Invader, and 
 that my Wife and Son were Prifoners of 
 State. Soon after the Departure of the He- 
 rald, I beheld the ^lamitic Army advancing 
 with my young Rival at their Head. As 
 they had a fine Artillery, 1 would not run- 
 the Rifque of an Engagement, till I was- 
 reinforc'd with frcfh Troops : Therefore 
 I made a Stop, and entrenched myfelf in 
 the bed Manner 1 could. But when I per- 
 ceiv'd that my own Soldiers deferted to the 
 Enemy, who befides expevf^ed hourly new 
 Supplies, I took Advice of my General 
 Oifice.rs, and refolv'd to engage directly ; 
 
 nor 
 
World Under-Ground, 307 
 
 nor did Tomopoloh oppofe this Refolution. 
 We fought upon the fame Plain, where 
 fome Years ago in a decifive Battle the Ta- 
 nachites were entirely routed. The Enemy's 
 Cannon now threw our Ranks into great 
 Diforder, and it griev'd me to the Soul to be 
 baffled by my own Invention, and be con- 
 quered by thofe very Arms I myfelf had 
 devls'd. For a while however my Soldiers 
 fuftained the Attack of the rebellious Ar- 
 my, till a Ball took off Tomopoloh. Then 
 every one loft his Courage, and we all turn d 
 ©ur Backs and fled to the Woods and Moun- 
 tains. I, for my Part, climb'd to the To]^ 
 of a Rock, from whence I defcended into 
 the Valley on the other Side. There I 
 paus'd a while to curfe my Fate, or rather 
 my Folly, and to pour out my Soul in Tears 
 and Sighs. But, alas I it was all too late. So 
 great was the Diforder of my Spirits, that 
 I forgot to throw off my Diadem, which, 
 was the very thing that in all likelihood 
 muft have difcover'd me. After I had fat 
 trembling for half an Hour in that Valley, 
 I heard the Voices of fome Perfons climbing 
 the Rock, and roaring out Vengeance a- 
 gainft me if they found me. I then look'd 
 all round me for a Place to conceal myfelf 
 in. There was hard bv a deep Wood over- 
 grown with Trees and Bufhes. I prefently 
 entered into it, and having pick'd out fome- 
 thin'T like a Path, I walk'd on till I came 
 to a'^Cave. Here I ftopp'd fome Moments 
 to take Breath. By and by I crept into the. 
 
 vave>. 
 
3o8 A Journey to the 
 
 Cave, like a Serpent, upon my Belly, and 
 as I perceived it to be very deep and (hel- 
 ving, yet of eafy Defcent, I refolv'd to pe« 
 netrate to the Bottom of it. But I had 
 fcarce walk'd a Qiiarter of a Mile, when 
 all on a Sudden I tumbled down, and as if 
 Thunder drove me, was hurry*d headlong 
 through the thickefl Darknefs, till at laft a 
 faint elimmering Light dawn'd in upon 
 me. With the Increafe of that Light the 
 Force of my Motion was proportionably di- 
 minifh*d, fo that by little and little, and in 
 the gentleft Manner, like a Perfon rifing 
 out of the Water, I found myfelf among 
 fome Mountains, which to my unutterable 
 Amazement, I obferv*d to be the v^ry fame 
 from whence fome Years ago I was hurry*d 
 down into the fubterranean World. The 
 Reafon of that Abatement of my Motion, 
 I found after fome Refle(flion to be owing 
 to the Quality of our Atmofphere, which 
 is much denfer, and confequently refifts 
 more than the fubterranean Atmofphere. 
 Unlefs it were fo, the fame Thing would 
 have happen'd to me in my Afcent, as in 
 my Defcent, and in all likelihood I mult 
 then have been carry'd aloft through the 
 Air as far as the Region of the Moon. Yet 
 I fubmit this Hypothefis to the maturcr 
 Examination of Philofophers. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
fForld Under-Ground, 309 
 
 CHAP. XVI. 
 
 T'be Au THORNS Return into his ozvn 
 Country. 
 
 I Lay for a confiderable Time among the 
 Mountains, almoft deflitute of Senfe. 
 For my late violent Motion, together with 
 that ftrange Metamorphofis from a Founder 
 ef a fifth Monarchy, into a famifh'd Bache- 
 lor of Arts, had occafionM very great Dif- 
 orders in my Brain. And, in Truth, my 
 Adventure was fo fingular and fo poetical, 
 that it might well fhock the Frame of the 
 founded Head. In this Condition I began 
 to aflc myfclf, whether what I faw was a 
 Reality, or whether it was not fome vifion- 
 ary Deception. But my Diftra6lion aba- 
 ting, and returning by Degrees to my Senfes, 
 my Aftonifliment gave Place to Grief and 
 Indignation. And, indeed, turn over the 
 Annals of remote Antiquity, as well as 
 thofe of modern Date, and you will not be 
 able to find a parallel Adventure with mine, 
 unlefs perhaps in the Cafe of Nebucbad- 
 nezzary who from the grcateft Monarch in 
 the World, was transformed into a wild 
 Creature, and liv'd like one of the Beafts 
 cf the Fi^ld. Much the fame Freaks of 
 Fortune I expcrienc'J. For in a few Hours 
 two mighty Fmprres were wreflcd from me, 
 together with almod twenty Kingdoms, the 
 
 Shadows 
 
3T0 A Journey to the 
 
 Shadows and faint Images of which now only 
 remaln'd. Lately I was a Monarch ; and now 
 the Utmoft of my Hopes was to procure the 
 Mafterlhip of fome little School for my 
 Subfillence. Lately I was call'd the Em- 
 bafTador of the Sun ; and now I fear'd Nc- 
 cellity would drive me to become the Ser^ 
 vant of fome Bifliop or Dean, But a few 
 Days ago Glory, Hope, Vi(5^ory and Suc- 
 cefs attended my Steps ; and now Care and 
 Mifery, Tears and Lamentations are all my 
 Companions. In Ihort, I refembled thofe 
 Summer Flerbs, which fuddenly fpring up, 
 and as fuddenly die away; and to fay all 
 in one Word, Sorrow, Rage, Anxiety, Dif- 
 appointment, and Defpair, raised fuch a 
 ConfliiSt in my Breaft, that fometimes I re- 
 folv'd to end my Being with my Sword, 
 fometimes I determined to plunge again into 
 the Cavern to try if I could not fucceed 
 better in a fccond Expedition. But a Re- 
 gard for my immortal Soul, and the Prin- 
 ciples of the Chriftian Religion, retrained 
 me from thefe mad Attempts. 
 
 I now endeavour'd to defcend the Moun- 
 tain by that narrow Path which leads to 
 Sandwic. But my Imagination was fo dif- 
 turb'd, that I ftumbled almoft every Step I 
 took : For the whole Powers of my Mind 
 were taken up in contemplating upon the 
 fifth Monarchy. This Idea fo conftantly 
 haunted me, that it almoft unhing'd my 
 L^nderftanding. And indeed the Lofs of fo 
 much Dignity and Power, could never be 
 
 recom- 
 
World Under-Ground. 311 
 
 recompcnc'd by arty Advantages which my 
 own Country could beftow. ¥or fuppofc 
 they fhould mdke me Governor of Bergen^ 
 or what is rhore, Lord-Lieutenant of Nor- 
 wey^ yet, alas! what Compenfation, what 
 Comfort would this be to the Monarch and 
 Founder of fo many Empires and King- 
 doms ? However, I refolv'd not to refufe 
 a Thing of that Kind, in cafe it fhould be 
 ofFerM me. 
 
 After I had got half way down the Hilj, 
 I faw at a little Diftance fome Children, to 
 whom I beckon'd and made Signs to come 
 to my Affiftance, pronouncing aloud at the 
 fame Time thefe Words, yeru Pikal Salim^ 
 which in the ^amitic Language fignifies. 
 Shew me the Way, But the Boys, at the 
 Sight of a Man cloath'd in a foreign Ha- 
 bit, and with a Diadem upon his Head em- 
 broiderM with Rays like thofe of the Sun, 
 ran down the Mountain as faft as they could, 
 and foon gaining the Start of me, (for I 
 was forced to drag my weary and wounded 
 Feet but flowly after me) they got to Sand- 
 w'lc an Hour before me, where they alarm'd 
 the whole Village, vowing and protcfting 
 that they had feen the Wandring Jeiv among 
 the Mountains, his Head all glittering with 
 Rays, and by his Groans exprcfling great 
 Uneafinefs of Mind. The Inhabitants en- 
 quiring how they knew it was the JVandr'mg 
 JeiVy they readily anfwer'd, that 1 mvfelf 
 had told my Name and Country. This 
 Miftake I guefj'd muft proceed from thofe 
 
 Words 
 
512 A JOURNEY tO the 
 
 Words of mine mifmterpreted, Jeru Ptkal 
 Salim, which indeed have fome Affinity in 
 Sound to that Conceit of the Children. 
 All the Village was now in an Uproar, and 
 nobody doubted the Truth of the Fa(£l, 
 efpecially as there had been but very lately 
 Q Story cook'd up about this Wanderer, 
 who was faid to have appearM not long fince 
 at Hamburgh. 
 
 About Evening I arrivM at Sandwic^ 
 where I found a Mob' of the Inhabitants 
 gathered together, from a natural Curiofity 
 implanted in all Men to fee ft: range Sights. 
 They ftood at the Foot of the Mountain to 
 meet me, but as foon as ever they heard me 
 fpcak, they all took, to their Heels as if they 
 were feiz'd with a Panic, except one old 
 Man, who having more Courage than the 
 reft", would not move out of his Place. To 
 this Man I addrefs*d myfelf, and begg'd to 
 know if he would have the Goodnefs to en- 
 tertain a Stranger. He afk'd me who I 
 was? and whence I came? To which I 
 repl 'd with a deep Sigh, that the Day was 
 too far fpent to begin my Story, but that if 
 he would receive me into his Houfe, I 
 fhould relate to him fuch a Series of Ad- 
 ventures, as were not to be parallel'd in all 
 Hillory, and which muft confequently ftag- 
 ger human Belief. The old Man, who was 
 a Lover of Novelty, took me by the Hand, 
 and led me to his Houfe ; and as we went, 
 he lally'd the ridiculous Fears of the Pcpi- 
 kcG, who are frighien'd at aftrangePace 
 
 as 
 
World Under -Ground, 313 
 
 as much as at a Comet. As foon as I was 
 within the Houfe, I beggM the Favour of 
 feme cold Water to affuage my Thirft. In- 
 ftead of which a Cup of Ale was broucrfit 
 me by my Hoft himfelf, becaufe his Wife 
 and Maids were all afraid to venture them- 
 felves near me. Having drank ofF my 
 Liquor, and flack'd my Third, I fpoke to 
 niy good Hoft in the following Terms : 
 You fee before you a Man, who has 
 experienc'd the moft cruel Reverfes of 
 Fate, and who has been the B.ibble and 
 Sport of Fortune to a Degree beyond all 
 mortal Men. It is indeed an undoubred 
 Truth, that in a Moment of Time the 
 greateft Affairs may be difconcerted and 
 thrown into Confufion ; yet neverthclefs 
 what has happened to me lurpafTes all 
 Credibility." To which my Hoft reply'd, 
 *That this ?nuji be the Condition of thofe who 
 wander for fuch a Len\rth of Time ; ^r, 
 continued he, what Vicijjitudes^ what Mif" 
 fortunes may not happen to a Man in a Courjg 
 of Sixteen hundred Tears Peref^rination ? I 
 could not comprehend the A4eaning of this, 
 and therefore I afk'd him w^hat he meant 
 bv thofe Sixteen hundred Years? If. re- 
 turn'd he, any Credit is to be given to Hif- 
 tory^ it is now Sixteen hundred Tears fince 
 Jerufalem ivas defircyd : I doubt not^ niofi 
 venerable Sir, but that about the Time of 
 that memorable Action, you was even then 
 fomething advanced in Tears ; for if what is 
 related concerning you be true^ W4 may refer 
 
 P "ths 
 
314 -^Journey to the 
 
 the Date of your Nativity to the Reign of 
 Tiberius. At thefe Words I was filent for 
 a confiderable Time, and thought the old 
 Man doated : but at laft I told him, that 
 his Langua2;e requir'd an OEdipus to un- 
 riddle it. With that he brought me a Print 
 of the Temple of fernfalem^ and afk'd me, 
 whether I thought it difFer'd very much 
 from the Original ? In fpite of all my 
 Grief, I could not help burfling into a 
 Laugh, and afk'd him the Meaning of this 
 odd puzzling Difcourfc. He rcply'd, lP%e- 
 ther I am in an Error ^ or not^ I cannot fay : 
 But the Inhabitants of this Place aver, that 
 you are that famous Jew, who ever fmce the 
 Days of Chri/i have been condemned to wan-- 
 der over the U^orld. But yet, methinks, the 
 nearer I furvey you, the more I dif cover in 
 your Face the Features of an old Friend of 
 mine, who feme twelve Tears ago perijh'd on 
 the Top of this Mountain. At thefe Words, 
 the Mift before my Eyes was diflipated, and 
 I knew my old Friend Jbeline, whofe Houfe 
 in Bergen I us'd to frequent. I flew into 
 his Arms immediately, and tenderly em- 
 brac'd him. And do I live to hold thee 
 thus, my Jbeline, faid I ? I fcarce believe 
 my Eyes and Senfes. Yes, I am KUmius, 
 return'd in a manner from the Grave. I 
 am that very Klimius, who about twelve 
 Years fince defcended into that Cavern. 
 My Friend, confounded at this unexpected 
 Turn, ftood like one thunder-ftruck ; at 
 
 length 
 
JVbrld Under-Ground. 3 1 5 
 
 length he cryM out, Yes lit is he ! I fee 
 my Klimiiis ! I hear his Voice ! 
 
 Sic oculos^ fee tile manus^ fee ora ferebat. 
 
 But tho' no Twin can be more like his 
 Brother, than you are like my Klimius^ yet 
 I neither can nor dare believe my Senfes ; 
 for Miracles are ceas'd, and the Dead rife 
 not now : I muft have therefore ftrongerand 
 more convincing Proofs, e'er I can give 
 Credit to what you tell me. Hereupon, at 
 once to conquer his Incredulity, I gave him 
 a fuccin(Sl Detail of all that had pafs'd be- 
 tween us formerly. This remov'd every 
 Doubt ; and flraitway he embrac'd me with 
 Tears of Joy, and cry'd out, It is, it is 
 the very Man, whofe Ghoft 1 thought I 
 had feen ! But explain to me, purfued he, 
 in what Part of the World you have loft 
 yourfelf all this Time, and in what Coun- 
 try you procured that wonderful Drefs you 
 have on. Then I proceeded to recount to 
 him every Particular which had happen'd to 
 me, and he heard me with profound Atten- 
 tion, till I came to that Part of my Hiftory 
 concerning the Planet Nazar.^ and Trees en- 
 du'd with Speech and Reafon : At this, l,e 
 loft all Patience: " Not all the Abfurdities, 
 *' fays he, which Dreams convey to us, 
 '' not all the Follies which Madnefs pro- 
 " duces, or all the Nonfenfe which Drunk- 
 " ennefs utters, can equal thefe Vifions of 
 '* yours ; I fliould rather chufe to believe 
 *' with the Vulgar, that you muft have 
 
 P 2 '' fallen 
 
3i6 A Journey to the 
 
 *' fallen into the Hands of Witches or Hob- 
 <' goblins ; for how idle foever fuch Tales 
 *' are, yet they have an Appearance of 
 *' Truth, if put in Competition with this 
 *< fubterranean Journey of yours." I begg'd 
 and intreated of him to have but a Moment's 
 Patience more, till I had finifliM my Reci- 
 tal ; upon which, as [ obferv'd he kept Si- 
 lence, I proceeded to relate all that had hap- 
 pened to me below, the fundry Accidents 
 and Reverfes of Fortune I had experienc'd, 
 and how I had been the Founder of the 
 fifth and greateft Monarchy that ever was. 
 All thefe I'hings increas'd the Sufpicion he 
 had entertain'd, that I was bewitch'd, or 
 had had fome Commerce with Magicians or 
 evil Spirits ; and that being abufed with 
 their diabolical Delufions, I had embraced a 
 Cloud inftead of Ju7w. In order to try- 
 how far the Force of thefe Charms and In- 
 cantations had fpread, or to what a Length 
 my Extravagance would run, my Friend 
 began to interrogate me concerning the State 
 of the Huf.py^ and that of thei)^/««V in the 
 other World ; concerning the Ely/tan Fields, 
 and di\ers other Matters of that Kind. I 
 foon perceiv'd the fly Defign of thefe Qiie- 
 ftions, and told my Friend, that I, for my 
 Part, could hardly blame his Incredulity, 
 fmce my Narration appear'd too fabulous to 
 command a readv AfTent : However, it was 
 not my Fault ; for that in Reality my Ad- 
 ventures were fo marvellous, as to baffle all 
 human Belief. I folemnly protefl to you, 
 
 con- 
 
IForld Under-Grcund, '^ 1 7 
 
 continued I, that I have not added or fup- 
 ply'd one Jot or Tittle from my own In- 
 vention, but that I have recounted every 
 thing limply and ingenuoudy in the Order 
 they happened to me. My Friend perfiiling in 
 his Incredulity, defir'd that I would compofc 
 my Mind, and take a few Days Reft and 
 Refrefhment, in which Time he told me 
 he hop'd thefe Commotions in my Bram 
 would by degrees fubfide and die away. 
 
 After 1 had repos'd myfelf for full eight 
 Days, my Friend now thinking I had taken 
 fufficient Reft, was refolv'd to try if I had re- 
 cover'd my Senfes, and therefore artfully re- 
 fum'd the Converfation concerning my fub- 
 terranean Journey. He was now in Hopes, 
 that the fifth Monarchy, together with the 
 twenty conquer'd Kingdoms, was all vanifh'd 
 mtoSmoke, and fo utterly buried in Oblivion, 
 that not an Idea remain'd of fo much as a 
 fmgle Town or Village. But when he heard 
 me'^repeat the very fame Things in the very 
 fame Order I had before done ; when at the 
 Conclufion of my Hiftory I upbraided him 
 with his obftinate Unbelief, and moreover 
 alledg'd certain indubitable Fads, fuch as 
 that°about twelve Years ago it was noto- 
 rious I had defcended into that Cavern, and 
 that I was now return'd into my own Coun- 
 try in a ftrange and foreign Habit ; he then 
 began to waver, and had not a Word ta 
 reply. I took the Advantage of this his 
 Situation of Mind, and prcfs'd the Matter 
 ftill more home, I demonftrated to him, 
 
 P 3 that 
 
jiS A Journey to the 
 
 that his Hypothefis concerning Witchcraft 
 and Sorcery, was far, infinitely far more 
 abfur'd than this Expedition of mine ; for 
 that thofe were juftly to be thrown into the 
 Clafs of old Wives Fables ; but that on the 
 other hand, he could not but know that fe- 
 veral Philofophers of Reputation were of 
 Opinion, that the Earth was concave, and 
 that probably It contained within it a lefTer 
 habitable World ; and that I, for my Part, 
 being convinced of it by Experience, could 
 not poflibly give up my Senfes with refpedt 
 to this Article. 
 
 Convinced at length by thefe Arguments, 
 Your Conftancy, faid he, and your Punc- 
 tuality in affirming thefe Things, the Pre- 
 tence of which could not be the leaft Ad- 
 vantage to you, has at laft entirely van- 
 quifh'd my Incredulity ; I muft and do be- 
 lieve you. My Priend thus perfuaded of 
 the ra6^s in Queftion, now begg'd me to 
 renew my Story to him, if poflible, in a 
 more full and copious Manner ; accordingly 
 I obey'd him. He was quite charm'd with 
 my Account of the Planet Nazar^ and the 
 Potuan Government, the Laws and Infti- 
 tutions of which, he faid, were fuch as de- 
 ferv'd to be a Model to all the Kingdoms 
 in the World. He alfo obferv'd in Juftice to 
 me, that a Defcription of fo wife and well- 
 regulated a Government, could not poflibly 
 proceed from a diforder'd Head, or a con- 
 fufed Imagination j for that fuch Principles 
 
 were 
 
World Under-Ground. 319^ 
 
 were rather of divine, than human Ori- 
 ginal. 
 
 When I found that his Convi£lion was 
 perfe6llv fmcere, and well eftablilh'd, I then 
 thought it high Time to talk to him about 
 my own Affairs ; ^accordingly I defir'd to 
 know of him, what he thought I had heft 
 do in my prefent Condition, or what I 
 might reafonably expc61: in my own Coun- 
 try, after the mighty Exploits I had at- 
 chiev'd in the fubterranean World. To 
 which he anfwer'd thus : " Lot me per- 
 *' fuade you, fays he, never to difcover thefe 
 *' Things to any Mortal. You know the 
 '* Zeal of our Priefts. You know they 
 " perfecuted the Author of that famous 
 " Difcovery of the Earth's Motion round 
 *' the Sun, and all who adher'd to that 
 " Philofophy. And what then do you think 
 *' will become of you for aiTerting the Exift- 
 *' ence of a fubterranean Sun and Planets ? 
 " You will be declared a Heretick, and as 
 *' fuch unworthy to live in a Chriltiaa 
 " Community. How will Mafter Rupert 
 *< thunder againft you ? He, who but a 
 ^' Year ago fentenced a Man to do publick 
 *' Penance, for aflerting the Doctrine of 
 ** the Antipodes. Certainly, fo holy a Per-^ 
 *' fon will condemn to the Elames, the Au- 
 ** thor of fo new a Syftem, as that of a 
 *' World under Ground. 1 give it you 
 ** therefore as my beft Advice, that you 
 " fuffer thefe Things to lie buried in eter- 
 
 " Jial 
 
320 A Journey to the 
 
 " nal Oblivion, and that you live privately 
 *' in my Houfe for a Time.'* 
 
 He then made me throv^r afide my 
 fubterranean Habit, and equipp'd me ac- 
 cording to the Fafhion of my own Coun- 
 try. Moreover, he drove away all thofe 
 Crowds of People from the Door, v/ho came 
 out of Curiofity to fee the Wandering Jew, 
 afluring them, that he difappear'd all at 
 once. However, the Affair was nois'd all 
 over the Country, and, in a fhort Time, 
 all the Pulpits rung with Predictions and 
 Prophecies of the Evils and Misfortunes that 
 muft follow upon this Apparition. It was 
 faid at Sandwic, that the Wandering jfew 
 was come, publifhing every where the ap- 
 proaching Vengeance of Heaven, and ex- 
 horting the People to Repentance. And 
 this Story (as Stories always gain in telling) 
 was prefently enrich'd with various Addi- 
 tions and Interpolations. Accordingly fome 
 faid, that the Wandering Jew had foretold 
 the End of the World, and that the next 
 St, John's Day would be the Day of the ge- 
 neral Conflagration, unlefs they would pre- 
 vent it by a very fmcere Repentance ; with 
 abundance of other Things in the lame 
 Style. Nay, thefe Predictions had occa- 
 fion'd fuch Troubles in a certain Parifli, 
 that the Farmers all gave ofF Plowing and 
 Sowing, becaufe as the World was fooii 
 to be at an End, there would certainly be 
 no Harveft. Hereupon, Mafter Nicho- 
 iasy the Minifler of the Parifh, fearing he 
 
 ihould 
 
World Under-Ground. 321 
 
 fliould fall fhort in his Tythes and other 
 Articles of his Income, told his Congrega- 
 tion, that to his certain Knc^wledge, the 
 Day of Judgment was put off to the next 
 Year. The Stratagem took, and they all 
 returned to their wonted Labours. As the 
 Origin of all this Folly and Superftition was 
 known only to my Friend and me, it af- 
 forded us plentiful Matter of Mirth and 
 Laughter from Time to Time. 
 
 At length, as I did not care to continue 
 longer in a Houfe that was not my own, 
 and as I was under a Neceility of coming 
 abroad one Time or other, in order to 
 procure myfelf a competent Livelihood, I 
 thought it was now high time to begin : 
 Accordingly, we both went to Bergen t and 
 my Friend made me pafs for a Student of 
 Drontheimy and a Relation of his, who cams- 
 to fpend feme Time in that Capital. Sooiv 
 after he recommended me (o earneftly to 
 the Bifhop of Bergen^ fometimes by Letters, 
 and fometimes in Converfation, that that ve- 
 nerable Prelate promifed me the firft vacant 
 Mafterfhip of any School or College he had 
 in his Gift. This was an Office to my Pa- 
 late, inafmuch as it feem'd to be fomething 
 a-kin to the Elevation I was lately fallen 
 from. For the Government of a School is 
 the Shadow or Image of Imperial Power :^ 
 The Ferula is the Scepter, and the Chair a 
 Throne. But as no Vacancy happen'd ia 
 a long Time, and as it was necefi'ary fome- 
 thing fhould be done for my prefent Subfif- 
 
 tence>. 
 
^22 A Journey to the 
 
 tence, I was refolv'd to embrace the firfl: 
 Offer that fbould be made me. Luckily the 
 Curate of St.Crofs now died, and theBifhop 
 appointed me to fucceed him. This Pro- 
 motion feem*d ridiculous enough for the 
 Monarch of fo many Empires and King- 
 doms. But as nothing makes Men more 
 ridiculous than Povertv, and as it Is too higli 
 a Strain of Nicenefs, to refufc muddy AVa- 
 ter, when a Man is parch'd with Thirft, I 
 accepted the gracious Offer, and am now 
 fpending the Refidue of my Days in this 
 Office, with the Contentednefs of a Philofo- 
 pher. 
 
 A little after this Promotion, a Match 
 was proposed to me with the Daughter of a 
 Merchant of Bergen^ whofe Name was Mag- 
 dalen. The Lady pleas'd me highly : But 
 as it was very likely that the Emprefs of 
 ^ama was ffill alive, I was afraid left by 
 this Marriage with Magdalen^ I fhould be 
 guilty of Polygamy. But my Friend Abeline^ 
 to whom I unbofom'd myfelf on this Occa- 
 fion, ridicul'd my Fears, and by fo many 
 Arguments demonftrated the Folly of my 
 Scruples, that I no longer hefitated to con- 
 clude the Match. I liv'd fix Years with this 
 Wife In the utmoft Love and Friendfhip ; 
 altho* in all that Time, I never once related 
 my fubterranean Hiftory to her. But as I could 
 never entirely lofe the Remembrance of that 
 Height of Glory from which I was fallen, 
 fome fudden Starts and Geftures would now 
 and then efcape me, which did not feem to 
 
 "agree 
 
World Under-Ground. 323 
 
 agree with my prefent Condition. By this 
 fecond Venter I had three Sons, Chrijiiern^ 
 yohn^ and 'Jo[per\ fo that in the "whole I 
 have four, if fo be that the Prince of 
 ^aina is ftill alive. 
 
 ^'hus far the Manufcript ^/Nicho- 
 las Klimius reaches. What fol- 
 lows is the Appendix of Mafter 
 Abeline. 
 
 NICHOLAS KLIMIUS lived to 
 the Year 1695. He was belov'd and 
 elteem'd for the Sobriety of his Life, and 
 the Purity of his Manners. The Reci:or 
 however was now and then difpleas'd at his 
 exccffive Gravity, which he thought pro- 
 ceeded from Pride. But I, who knew the 
 Man, and knew his Hiftory, rather won- 
 der'd at his exemplary Modelty and Pa- 
 tience, who from the Government of fo 
 many Kingdoms, could humbly accomodate 
 himfelf to fuch an Employment. How- 
 ever, with other Men, to wh®m his amazing 
 Metamorphofis was unknown, he could not 
 altogether efcape the Charge of Pride, 
 It washisCuftom, at certain Times of the 
 Year, while his Strength permitted him, to 
 afcend the old Mountain, and take an ear- 
 neft View of the famous Cavern. His 
 Friends obferv'd, that he always return'd. 
 from thence with his Eyes fwoln, and his 
 
 2 Face 
 
324 -^ JOURNEV, i^C. 
 
 Face all bath'd in Tears ; that he v^ould af- 
 terwards {hut himfelf up whole Days in his 
 Study, and feein'd to fhun the Converfation 
 of Mankind. His Wife alfo affured me, that 
 he would often talk in his Sleep, about Land 
 Armies and f'orces at Sea. This Abfence of 
 Mind went fo far once, as to give Orders 
 for the Governor of Bergen to come imme- 
 diately before him. His Spoufe imagined 
 thefe Diforders of his Brain proceeded from 
 an excellive Application to his Studies. 
 His Library coniifted chiefly of political 
 Books, and as fuch a Choice but ill agreed 
 with the Office of a Curate, he could not 
 avoid fome Cenfures upon that Head. 
 He himfelf wrote his own Adventures, and 
 his Manufcript, which is the only one in 
 Being, is at prefent in my Cuftody. Tho' 
 I always intended it for the Prefs, yet I 
 have hitherto been hindered from publifliing 
 it by very important Reafons. 
 
 FINIS. 
 
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