Rudolf Erich Raspe: Gulliver revived, London 1786 (R5)

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All Dutchmen swim well; he soon joined us, and we retreated to our ship. On our return we took a different route, and observed many strange objects. We shot two wild oxen, each with one horn, which sprouted from between the eyes of these animals; we were afterwards concerned at having destroyed them, as we found, by inquiry, the inhabitants tamed these creatures, and used them as we do horses, to ride upon and draw their carriages; their flesh, we were informed, is excellent, but useless where people live upon cheese and milk. When we had reached within two days journey of the ship, we observed three men hanging to a tall tree by their heels; upon inquiring the cause of their punishment, I found they had all been travellers, and upon their return home had deceived their friends, by describing places they never saw, and relating things that never happened; this gave me no concern, as I have ever confined myself to facts.

R5, S. 194f.

 

 

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