This racy piece of satire is taken from Lord Beaconsfield's mock-heroic romance-written in imitation of Gulliver's Travels,-The Voyage of Captain Popanilla, of which it forms the fourth chapter.
Six months had elapsed since the first chest of the cargo of Useful Knowledge destined for the fortunate Maldives had been digested by the recluse Popan
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