THE LILIPUTIANS. 113

 

- In this book, there is a long account
of a race of pigmies, or dwarfs, called
Liliputians. When I was a child, my
mother. used to tell me stories about
these Liliputians, to amuse me, at the
same time taking good care to inform
me that Mr. Gulliver was not a real
character, and that his stories were fan-
ciful ones which Dean Swift invented.
I never expected, at that time, to see
any real specimens of human beings, at
all resembling these pigmies in size;
and probably the author himself did
not believe in their existence. But I
have lately seen two persons, who, in