Part-4 Chapter-1 I stayed with my wife and children for about five months. Thereafter, I left them again. I had accepted an advantageous offer made to me, i.e. to be captain of the Adventurer. We set sail from Portsmouth on 7th September, 1710. Several seamen got sick and died, and I had to stop to […]
Chapter-6 I stayed for about three months in that country. The king was highly pleased to favour me and at the same time made many honourable offers. But now I had decided to return home. On 6th May, 1709, I took a formal leave of the king and all my friends. The prince was courteous
Chapter-5 We stayed in that island for about ten days, after which we had decided to depart. I took leave of the king, the governor of Glubbdubdrib and returned with my companions to Maldonada. After waiting for a fortnight, a ship was ready to sail for Luggnagg. On 21st April, 1708, we sailed into the
Chapter-4 The continent to which that kingdom belonged extended itself eastward to that unknown tract of America westward of California; and north to the Pacific Ocean which was about a hundred and fifty miles from Lagado. There was a strict alliance between the Japanese emperor and the king of Luggnagg which afforded frequent opportunities of
Chapter-3 I felt very neglected in the land of Laputa, since the inhabitants seemed interested only in mathematics and music, and were far superior to me in their knowledge. I got bored by their conversation and wanted to leave. There was one lord of the court whom I found to be intelligent and curious, but
Chapter-2 Soon, I was surrounded with a crowd of people and noticed that they all were quite odd. Each person’s head was tilted to one side or the other, with one eye turned inward and the other looking up. Their clothes were adorned with the images of celestial bodies and musical instruments. Some of the
Part-3 Chapter-1 Hardly had I been at home for ten days when Captain William Robinson, a Cornish man, came to my house. He invited me to be the surgeon of a ship. He was a very honest man, and I could not reject his proposal. My thirst for travelling across new worlds was so immense
Chapter-7 Whenever the queen found me in a sad mood, she thought of different ways and means to entertain me. One day, she asked me whether I knew how to handle a sail or an oar; and whether a little exercise of rowing might be good for my health. I told her that as a
Chapter-6 I would like to give a brief account of this country. The total length of the country was around six thousand miles and the breadth was about three to five thousand. But, I did not get the opportunity to travel the whole of the country. I could travel just about two thousand miles around
Chapter-5 One day, a messenger from the court came to meet my master. He had brought a message that I should be taken to the palace for the amusement of the queen and her ladies. The queen had heard about me from some of her servants. Without any delay, my master took me to the
Chapter-4 As the days passed by, everyone near the farmer’s house came to know that my master had found a strange animal in the fields. Its features and behaviour resembled a human being. It could speak in a strange language, walk on two legs, was tame and gentle, obeyed commands, and was very fair-complexioned. People
Chapter-3 Now, the farmer took out his handkerchief from his pocket and folded it many a time. He then spread the handkerchief on his palm and placed it on the ground. He made a sign, which I understood that he wanted me to step on to it. Immediately, I moved onto his hand which was
Chapter-2 After walking for about an hour, I reached the edge of the field. There was a fence which was at least a hundred and twenty feet in height. After some time, I reached a stile which was a kind of entrance from one field to the next. There were four steps and each step
Part-2 Chapter-1 I faced innumerable difficulties in my adventures, but this did not stop me from going back to the sea. Once again, I left my country on the 20th of June, 1702, in the ship called Adventure, which was to sail for Surat. The journey was good and the wind was very favourable up
Chapter-8 A large number of people had gathered at the royal port of Blefuscu to welcome me. They shouted and cheered as soon as they saw me. There were two people to guide me to the capital-city. I held both of them in my hands and started walking. When I was about two hundred yards