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wards; and whoever holds out longest in leaping and creeping is honored with the blue silk; the red is given to the next, and the green to the third,
CHAP. IV.
THE wall of the city of Milendo is two feet and a half high, and seven inches broad, so that a coach may be driven upon the top of it, and there are strong towers at the distance of every ten feet Mr Gulliver easily trode over the wall and went carefully through the principal streets in his waistcoat only, for fear the skirts of his coat might damage the roofs and eaves of the honses The garret windows, and tops of houses, were to crouded with spectators thar Mr. Gulliver imagined the city must contain at least five hundred thousand souls Some of the houses were five stories high, the markets well provided, and the shops very rich. The city is an exact square of five hundred teet; two great streets, which divide it into quarters, are five feet wide;
