he comb I had contrived out of the stumps of the king's beard, and
another of the same materials, but fixed into a paring of her majesty's
thumb-nail, which served for the back. There was a collection of needles
and pins, from a foot to half a yard long; four wasp stings, like
joiner's tacks; some combings of the queen's hair; a gold ring, which one
day she made me a present of, in a most obliging manner, taking it from
her little finger, and throwing it over my head like a collar. I desired
the captain would please to accept this ring in return for his
civilities; which he absolutely refused. I showed him a corn that I had
cut off with my own hand, from a maid of honour's toe; it was about the
bigness of Kentish pippin, and grown so hard, that when I returned
England, I got it hollowed into a cup, and set in silver. Lastly, I
desired him to see the breeches I had then on, which were made of a
mouse's skin.

I could force nothing on him but a footman's tooth, which I observed him
to examine with great curiosity, and found he had a fancy for it. He
received it with abundance of thanks, more than such a trifle could
deserve. It was drawn by an unskilful surgeon, in a mistake, from one of
Glumdalclitch's men, who was afflicted with the tooth-ache, but it was as
sound as any in his head. I got it cleaned, and put it into my cabinet.
It was about a foot long, and four inches in diameter.

The captain was very well satisfied with this plain relation I had given
him, and said, "he hoped, when we returned to England, I would oblige the
world by putting it on paper, and making it public." My answer was,
"that we were overstocked with books of travels: that nothing could now
pass which was not extraordinary; wherein I doubted some authors less
consulted truth, than their own vanity, or interest, or the diversion of
ignorant readers; that my story could contain little beside common
events, without those ornamental descriptions of strange plants, trees,
birds, and other animals; or of the barbarous customs and idolatry of
savage people, with which most writers abound. However, I thanked him
for his good opinion, and promised to take the matter into my thoughts."

He said "he wondered at one thing very much, which was, to hear me speak
so loud;" asking me "whether the king or queen of that country were thick
of hearing?" I told him, "it was what I had been used to for above two
years past, and that I admired as much at th