The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, Volume 2 (of 2)

His Shipwreck near the South Pole; his wonderful Passage thro' a subterraneous Cavern into a kind of new World; his there meeting with a Gawry or flying woman, whose Life he preserv'd, and afterwards married her; his extraordinary Conveyance to the Country of Glums and Gawrys, or Men and Women that fly. Likewise a Description of this strange Country, with the Laws, Customs, and Manners of its Inhabitants, and the Author's remarkable Transactions among them.

Taken from his own Mouth, in his Passage to England from off Cape Horn in America, in the ship Hector.

With an INTRODUCTION, giving an Account of the surprizing Manner of his coming on board that Vessel, and his Death on his landing at Plymouth in the Year 1739.

Illustrated with several Cuts, clearly and distinctly representing the Structure and Mechanism of the Wings of the Glums and Gawrys, and the Manner in which they use them either to swim or fly.

By R. S. a Passenger in the Hector.

In Two Volumes.

CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

CHAPT I.

A discourse on light--Quangrollart explains the word crashee--Believes a fowl is a fruit--Gives a further account of Youwarkee's reception by her father, and by the king--Tommy and Hallycarnie provided for at court--Youwarkee and her father visit the colambs, and are visited--Her return put off till next winter, when her father is to come with her

CHAPT II.

The author shows Quangrollart and Rosig his poultry--They are surprised at them--He takes them a-fishing--They wonder at his cart, and at his shooting a fowl--They are terribly frightened at the firing of the gun--He pacifies them

CHAPT III.

Peter prepares for his father's reception--Arguments about his beard--Expects his wife--Reflections on her not coming--Sees a messenger on the rock--Has notice of Pendlehamby's arrival and prepares a treat

CHAPT IV.

Peter settles the formality, of his father's reception--Description of their march and alighting--Receives his father--Conducts him to the grotto--Offers to beg pardon for his marriage--Is prevented by Pendlehamby--Youwarkee not known in her English habit--Quarters the officers in the tent

CHAPT V.

The manner of their dinner--Believe the fish and fowl to be fruits--Hears his brother and the colambs are coming--Account of their lying--Peter's reflections on the want of the graundee--They view the arkoe--Servants harder to please than their masters--Reasons for different dresses the same day

CHAPT VI.

Quangrollart arrives with the colambs--Straitened for accommodation--Remove to the tent--Youwarkee not known--Peter relates part of his travels--Dispute about the beast-fish skins

CHAPT VII.

Go a-fishing--Catch a beast-fish--Afraid of the gun--How Peter altered his net--A fish-dinner for the guards--Method of dressing and eating it

CHAPT VIII.

A shooting proposed--All afraid of the gun but one private guard--His behaviour--Pendlehamby at Peter's request makes him a general--Peter's discourse thereon--Remainder of his story--The colambs return

CHAPT IX.

Peter finds his stores low--Sends Youwarkee to the ship--Receives an invitation to Georigetti's court

CHAPT X.

Nasgig comes with a guard to fetch Peter--Long debate about his going--Nasgig's uneasiness at Peter's refusal--Relates a prediction to him, and proceedings thereon at Georigetti's court--Peter consents to go--Prepares a machine for that purpose

CHAPT XI.

Peter's speech to the soldiery--Offers them freedom--His journey--Is met by the king--The king sent back, and why--Peter alights in the king's garden--His audience--Description of his supper and bed

CHAPT XII.

The king's apartments described--Peter is introduced to the king--A moucheratt called--His discourse with the king about religion

CHAPT XIII.

Peter's reflections on what he was to perform--Settles the method of it--His advice to his son and daughter--Globe-lights living creatures--Takes Maleck into his service--Nasgig discovers to Peter a plot in court--Revolt of Gauingrunt

CHAPT XIV.

Hold a moucheratt--Speeches of ragans and colambs--Peter settles religion--Informs the king of a plot--Sends Nasgig to the ship for cannon

CHAPT XV.

The king hears Barbarsa and Yaccombourse discourse on the plot--They are impeached by Peter at a moucheratt--Condemned and executed--Nicor submits, and is released

CHAPT XVI.

Nasgig returns with the cannon--Peter informs him of the execution--Appoints him a guard--Settles the order of his march against Harlokin--Combat between Nasgig and the rebel general--The battle--Peter returning with Harlokin's head is met by a sweecoan--A public festival--Slavery abolished

CHAPT XVII.