cumambient Air, and renders it more subtle than that above it) we
may respire without Pain; for in less than Six Hours I, by Degrees,
withdrew my Spunge."

I dispatch'd an Express with the Account I had received, and set
forward, resolving to wait for further Instructions on the top of the
Mountain. I was at a good Distance from the Summit, when I was obliged,
by the Thinness of the Air, to have Recourse to my wet Spunge, and
was Four and Twenty Hours before I could intirely remove it. The
_Cacklogallinians_ found less Difficulty than I in their Respiration,
but more in supporting the rigid Cold, especially at Night, when the
Damps fell. We staid here Eight Days, that the Subtlety of the Air might
become habitual to us.

On the seventh Day, the Messenger return'd with Credentials for
_Volatilio_ and my self, to the Potentate in whose Dominions we might
happen, and Orders to proceed on our Journey. This Messenger told me,
that on the Contents of my Letter being publish'd, the Town was
illuminated throughout, and such a Number of Coaches and _Palanquins_
bespoke, that he believed, at our Return, we should find none out of
them but the Ostriches. Our Credentials ran thus.

"HIPPOMENE-CONNUFERENTO, Emperor and absolute Monarch of the greatest
Empire in the Terrestrial Globe, Disposer of Kingdoms, Judge of
Kings, Dispenser of Justice, Light of the World, Joy of the Sun,
Darling of Mortals, Scourge of Tyrants, and Refuge of the Distress'd,
to the Puissant Monarch of that Kingdom in the Moon, to which our
Ambassadors shall arrive: Or, To the Mighty and Sole Lord of that
beautiful Planet, sends Greeting.

"Dearly Beloved Brother, and most Mighty Prince, as it has been long
doubted by our Ancestors, as well as by those of our Time, whether
the Moon were, or were not inhabited, We, who have ever encouraged
those who seek the universal Good of Mortals, supposing it possible,
if that Planet were possess'd by such, that an Intercourse between
the two Worlds might be of mutual Advantage to both, have sent our
two Ambassadors, _Volatilio_ and _Probusomo_, to attempt a Passage
to your World, and to assure you, if they succeed, of the great
Desire we have of entertaining with you a reciprocal Friendship, of
giving all possible Demonstrations of our Affection, and to invite
you to send to our World your Ambassadors, with whom we may consult
our common Interest. So recommending ours to your Pr