Kitabı oku: «Gulliver's Travels. A Voyage to Lilliput. A2 / Путешествия Гулливера. Гулливер в стране лилипутов», sayfa 2

When Mr. Bates died, I got a big problem; I didn't have a good example anymore. I spoke to my wife and some friends, anddecided to go to sea again. I worked on two ships for six years, going to the East and West Indies, which helped me to make some extra money. In my free time, I read the best authors, ancient and modern, paying attention to their manners, as well as learning their language; it was easy for me, thanks to my good memory.

The last of thesejourneys, I already felt tiredof the sea and couldn't wait to stay at home with my wife and family. I moved from the Old Jewry to Fetter Lane, and after to Wapping, hoping to find another job; but it didn't give any result. Only after three years, I found Captain William Prichard, who planned to go to the South Sea. We started from Bristol, May 4, 1699, and our journey was at first very good.

The reason was that there was a strong storm in Van Diemen's Land. Twelve of us were dead because of hard work and bad food; others were veryweak. On the 5th of November, the beginning of summer in that region, the weather was very bad, the wind was so strong, that our ship crashed into the stone. Six of us tried to use a boat to save our lives. When we were in the open ocean, we were very tired; in about half an hour our boat wasupside down.