. The travels and surprising adventures of Baron Munchausen; . -f0uvtb*. ^^ PEKCEIYED with grief and con-sternation the miscarriage of all myapparatus; yet I was not absolutelydejected : a great mind is neverknown but in adversity. With per-mission of the Dutch governor, thjechariot was properly laid up in a great storehouse,erected at the waters edge, and the bulls receivedevery refreshment possible after so terrible a , you may be sure they deserved it; and there-fore every attendance was engaged for them, until Ishould return. As it was not possible to do anything more, I took my
. The travels and surprising adventures of Baron Munchausen; . -f0uvtb*. ^^ PEKCEIYED with grief and con-sternation the miscarriage of all myapparatus; yet I was not absolutelydejected : a great mind is neverknown but in adversity. With per-mission of the Dutch governor, thjechariot was properly laid up in a great storehouse,erected at the waters edge, and the bulls receivedevery refreshment possible after so terrible a , you may be sure they deserved it; and there-fore every attendance was engaged for them, until Ishould return. As it was not possible to do anything more, I took my passage in a homeward-bound Indiaman, to return to London, and lay thematter before the Privy Council. We met with nothing particular until we arrivedupon the coast of Guinea, where, to our utter aston- BARON laONCHAUSEN. 163 ishment, Ave perceived a great hill, seemingly ofglass, advancing against us in the open sea: therays of the sun were reflected upon it with suchsplendor, that it was extremely difficult to gaze atthe phenomenon. I immediately knew it to be anis
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