d this oration, and in short a general riot
commenced. The bears, together with the hundred knights, took the
part of the Nareskin, and Gog and Magog, Don Quixote, the Sphinx, Lord
Whittington, the bulls, the crickets, the judges, the matrons, and
Hilaro Frosticos, made noble warfare against them.

I drew my sword, and challenged the Nareskin to single combat. He
frowned, while his eyes sparkled fire and indignation, and bracing a
buckler on his left arm, he advanced against me. I made a blow at him
with all my force, which he received upon his buckler, and my sword
broke short.

Ungenerous Nareskin; seeing me disarmed, he still pushed forward,
dealing his blows upon me with the utmost violence, which I parried with
my shield and the hilt of my broken sword, and fought like a game-cock.

An enormous bear at the same time attacked me, but I ran my hand still
retaining the hilt of my broken sword down his throat, and tore up his
tongue by the roots. I then seized his carcase by the hind-legs, and
whirling it over my head, gave the Nareskin such a blow with his own
bear as evidently stunned him. I repeated my blows, knocking the bear's
head against the Nareskin's head, until, by one happy blow, I got his
head into the bear's jaws, and the creature being still somewhat alive
and convulsive, the teeth closed upon him like nutcrackers. I threw the
bear from me, but the Nareskin remained sprawling, unable to extricate
his head from the bear's jaws, imploring for mercy. I gave the wretch
his life: a lion preys not upon carcases.

At the same time my troop had effectually routed the bears and the rest
of their adversaries. I was merciful, and ordered quarter to be given.

At that moment I perceived Wauwau flying at a great height through the
heavens, and we instantly set out in pursuit of her, and never stopped
until we arrived at Kamschatka; thence we passed to Otaheite. I met my
old acquaintance Omai, who had been in England with the great navigator,
Cook, and I was glad to find he had established Sunday schools over
all the islands. I talked to him of Europe, and his former voyage to
England. "Ah!" said he, most emphatically, "the English, the cruel
English, to murder me with goodness, and refine upon my torture--took me
to Europe, and showed me the court of England, the delicacy of exquisite
life; they showed me gods, and showed me heaven, as if on purpose to
make me feel the loss of them."

From these islands we set o