A journey to the world under-groundHolberg, Ludvig
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A journey to the world under-ground
Holberg, Ludvig
Utopias -- Early works to 1800; Voyages, Imaginary -- Early works to 1800
The Countries which border upon the _Potuan_ Dominions, are
nearly of the same Nature with them. Their Inhabitants were formerly
often at War with the _Potuans_; but at this Day they are either in
Alliance with them, or having been subdued, they now rest contented in
their Subjection to so mild a Power. But if you once cross the great
Sea, which divides their whole Globe, new Scenes present themselves,
together with new and strange Creatures unknown to the _Potuans_. One
only Thing they have in common, and that is, that all the Creatures of
this Globe are rational Trees, and all use the same Dialect. This makes
Travelling very pleasant, especially as the Merchants and Foreigners,
perpetually passing thro’ every Province, give People an Opportunity of
seeing Creatures extreamly strange and unlike themselves. Thus much I
thought proper to premise, lest tender Ears should be offended with the
subsequent Narration, and the Author reproach’d with Want of Veracity.
It would be a tiresome and an unprofitable Task, to recount every Thing
singly, and in exact historical Order, that I met with in my Travels.
Let it suffice, that I give an Account of those particular People only,
whose Character, Description, and Manners have something so unusual and
marvellous in them, that upon their Account this Planet of _Nazar_ may
be reckon’d one of the principal Prodigies of the Universe. I must here
call to Mind an Observation I have before made, that this whole Race
and Country of rational Trees differ very little in Sense and Judgment
from the _Potuans_; but in their Rites and Customs, in their Make and
Temper, there is so much Diversity, that every Province you would swear
to be a new World.
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