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The Monikins

Chapter 7 TOUCHING AN AMPHIBIOUS ANIMAL, A SPECIAL INTRODUCTION, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.

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was always with the pith of one who had seen a great deal of at least one portion of his fellow-creatures. The conversation, under such c

y way of cutting in a word in his own favor, he gave me to understand that he had seen a great deal, mor

I have as yet had but little communion. In order that we may improve the occasion to the utmost, I propose that we introduce ourselves

aste his breath in idle compliments. "I accept the offer, therefore, with all my heart; and this the more readily because you are the only one I have met for a week wh

ter, and furnished a proof of responsibility. The condition was th

haken each other very cordially by the

nows it. I am not ashamed of either of my

oa

hat he had just said of his self-confidence were true. As I had afterward occasion

England are you a

may say of th

island was so designated. Will you ha

o sea a four-year-old, and here I am, walking about the kingdom of France without a cent in my pocket, a shipwrec

mariner-starvin

h to call myself a Yankee, but my back is apt to get up when I hear an Englishman use the word. We are yet f

nd will not offend again. Have

gers, in pure contempt of th

een munching half a-dozen during the walk, and held it up to view-"draw your lines which way you will on this sphere; crosswis

as well a

igator floundering in the mud. I lost my schooner on the northeast coast of Russia-somewhere hereabouts," pointing to the precise spot on the apple; "we were up there trading in skins-and finding no means of reaching home by the road I'd come, and smelling salt water down hereaway, I've be

hen, to call the

of Stunin'tun,' to anything else, for that was the name of the craft I lost. Well, the best of

where you learned to speak the Eng

e with us that think a great deal of their geometry and astronomies, but I hold to no such slender threads. My way is, when there is occasion to go anywhere, to settle it well in my mind as to the place, and then to make as straight a wake as natur' will allow, tak

not well comprehen

it after all, for the two times I've been wrecked were in summer, and both the accidents happened by sheer d

this peculiar so

tion. It's the very best way in the world to discover islands; and everybod

e, Captain Poke, how many tim

ous glance at me, as if he distr

into the South Sea with my craft, and it's of no great moment how it's done. A skin is worth just as m

loss

t cannot speak a syllable of the homespun; so I brought the schooner's dictionary with me as a sort of terrestrial almanac, and I fancied that, as they spoke gibberish to me, the best way

ea was

' and occupation, it is time that I ask a few questions of you. This is a business, you must kn

ain Poke; I hope the answ

r na

avor of his majesty, Sir

majesty, a baronet! Is baronet a calling?

n the kingdom to

stationed, like a ship's people that are called to go about; you have a certai

w that order, and propriety, and safety

ing to experience; I'm not so sure that it would do to take even

too hallowed to escape me even under the ordeal of a Stunin'tun inquisitor. In short, finding that I was nearly helpless in such hands, I made a merit of necessity, and yielded up my secrets as wood in a vice discharges its moisture. It was scarcel

ut on the whole my relations with all that portion of mankind who inhabit the islands of the Pacific, the northwest coast of America, and the northeast coast of the old continent, were rather loose, and generally in an unsettled and vague condition; and it appeared to me that I had been singularly favored in having a man so well adapted to their regeneration thrown as it were by Providence, and in a manner so unusual, directly in my way. I now

in

I believe few men fairly enter into the beauty of this benevolent system who are not

ew idee, Sir

encalf, if you

er clear of misunderstandings. You wish a navigator to take your craft, let her be what she will, into unknown seas,

sideration with

always a considerable consideration with me, and I may say, also, just now it is rather more so than usual. But when a ge

the spot. Amicable and in some respects confidential relations were now established between my new acquaintance and myself; and we pursued our walk, discussing the details necessary to the execution of our project. After an hour or two passed in this manner, I

. This task was nearly over when my attention was particularly drawn to a group that was just entering the place of general resort, apparently with the design of adding to the s

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1 Chapter 1 THE AUTHOR'S PEDIGREE,-ALSO THAT OF HIS FATHER.2 Chapter 2 TOUCHING MYSELF AND TEN THOUSAND POUNDS.3 Chapter 3 OPINIONS OF OUR AUTHOR'S ANCESTOR, TOGETHER WITH SOME OF HIS OWN, AND SOME OF OTHER PEOPLE'S.4 Chapter 4 SHOWING THE UPS AND DOWNS, THE HOPES AND FEARS, AND THE VAGARIES OF LOVE, SOME VIEWS OF DEATH, AND AN ACCOUNT OF AN INHERITANCE.5 Chapter 5 ABOUT THE SOCIAL-STAKE SYSTEM, THE DANGERS OF CONCENTRATION, AND OTHER MORAL AND IMMORAL CURIOSITIES.6 Chapter 6 A THEORY OF PALPABLE SUBLIMITY-SOME PRACTICAL IDEAS, AND THE COMMENCEMENT OF ADVENTURES.7 Chapter 7 TOUCHING AN AMPHIBIOUS ANIMAL, A SPECIAL INTRODUCTION, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.8 Chapter 8 AN INTRODUCTION TO FOUR NEW CHARACTERS, SOME TOUCHES OF PHILOSOPHY, AND A FEW CAPITAL THOUGHTS ON POLITICAL ECONOMY.9 Chapter 9 THE COMMENCEMENT OF WONDERS, WHICH ARE THE MORE EXTRAORDINARY ON ACCOUNT OF THEIR TRUTH.10 Chapter 10 A GREAT DEAL OF NEGOTIATION, IN WHICH HUMAN SHREWDNESS IS COMPLETELY SHAMED, AND HUMAN INGENUITY IS SHOWN TO BE OF A VERY SECONDARY QUALITY.11 Chapter 11 A PHILOSOPHY THAT IS BOTTOMED ON SOMETHING SUBSTANTIAL-SOME REASONS PLAINLY PRESENTED, AND CAVILLING OBJECTIONS PUT TO FLIGHT BY A CHARGE OF12 Chapter 12 BETTER AND BETTER-A HIGHER FLIGHT OF REASON-MORE OBVIOUS TRUTHS, DEEPER PHILOSOPHY, AND FACTS THAT EVEN AN OSTRICH MIGHT DIGEST.13 Chapter 13 A CHAPTER OF PREPARATIONS-DISCRIMINATION IN CHARACTER-A TIGHT FIT, AND OTHER CONVENIENCES, WITH SOME JUDGMENT.14 Chapter 14 HOW TO STEER SMALL-HOW TO RUN THE GAUNTLET WITH A SHIP-HOW TO GO CLEAR-A NEW-FASHIONED SCREW-DOCK, AND CERTAIN MILE-STONES.15 Chapter 15 AN ARRIVAL-FORMS OF RECEPTION-SEVERAL NEW CHRISTENINGS-AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT, AND TERRA FIRMA.16 Chapter 16 AN INN-DEBTS PAID IN ADVANCE, AND A SINGULAR TOUCH OF HUMAN NATURE FOUND CLOSELY INCORPORATED WITH MONIKIN NATURE17 Chapter 17 NEW LORDS, NEW LAWS-GYRATION, ROTATION, AND ANOTHER NATION; ALSO AN INVITATION.18 Chapter 18 A COURT, A COURT-DRESS, AND A COURTIER-JUSTICE IN VARIOUS ASPECTS, AS WELL AS HONOR.19 Chapter 19 ABOUT THE HUMILITY OF PROFESSIONAL SAINTS, A SUCCESSION OF TAILS, A BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM, AND OTHER HEAVENLY MATTERS, DIPLOMACY INCLUDED.20 Chapter 20 A VERY COMMON CASE OR A GREAT DEAL OF LAW, AND VERY LITTLE JUSTICE-HEADS AND TAILS, WITH THE DANGERS OF EACH.21 Chapter 21 BETTER AND BETTER-MORE LAW AND MORE JUSTICE-TAILS AND HEADS THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING EACH IN ITS PROPER PLACE.22 Chapter 22 A NEOPHYTE IN DIPLOMACY-DIPLOMATIC INTRODUCTION-A CALCULATION-A SHIPMENT OF OPINIONS-HOW TO CHOOSE AN INVOICE, WITH AN ASSORTMENT.23 Chapter 23 POLITICAL BOUNDARIES-POLITICAL RIGHTS-POLITICAL SELECTIONS, AND POLITICAL DISQUISITIONS; WITH POLITICAL RESULTS.24 Chapter 24 AN ARRIVAL-AN ELECTION-ARCHITECTURE-A ROLLING-PIN, AND PATRIOTISM OF THE MOST APPROVED WATER.25 Chapter 25 A FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE, A FUNDAMENTAL LAW, AND A FUNDAMENTAL ERROR.26 Chapter 26 HOW TO ENACT LAWS-ORATORY, LOGIC, AND ELOQUENCE; ALL CONSIDERED IN THEIR EVERY-DAY ASPECTS.27 Chapter 27 AN EFFECT OF LOGARITHMS ON MORALS-AN OBSCURATION, A DISSERTATION, AND A CALCULATION.28 Chapter 28 THE IMPORTANCE OF MOTIVES TO A LEGISLATOR-MORAL CONSECUTIVENESS, COMETS, KITES, AND A CONVOY; WITH SOME EVERY-DAY LEGISLATION; TOGETHER WITH29 Chapter 29 SOME EXPLANATIONS-A HUMAN APPETITE-A DINNER AND A BONNE BOUCHE.30 Chapter 30 EXPLANATIONS-A LEAVE-TAKING-LOVE-CONFESSIONS, BUT NO PENITENCE.