. The travels and surprising adventures of Baron Munchausen; . BARON MUNCHAUSEN. 199 (Hhaptev SJw^ttttj-^ now, most noble Baron,said the illustrious IlilaroFrosticos, now is the timeto make this people proceedin any business that we findconv^enient. Take them atthis present ferment of the mind, let them not think,but at once set them to work. In short, the wholenation went heartily to the business, to build anedifice such as was never seen in any other took care to supply them with their favorite kavaand fudge, and they worked like horses. The towerof Babylon, which, accordi
. The travels and surprising adventures of Baron Munchausen; . BARON MUNCHAUSEN. 199 (Hhaptev SJw^ttttj-^ now, most noble Baron,said the illustrious IlilaroFrosticos, now is the timeto make this people proceedin any business that we findconv^enient. Take them atthis present ferment of the mind, let them not think,but at once set them to work. In short, the wholenation went heartily to the business, to build anedifice such as was never seen in any other took care to supply them with their favorite kavaand fudge, and they worked like horses. The towerof Babylon, which, according to Ilermogastricus,was seven miles high, or the Chinese wall, wasa mere trifle, in comparison to this stupendousedifice, which was completed in a very short spaceof time. 200 OEIGINAL TRAVELS OF It was of an immense heiglit, far bejond anything that ever had been before erected; and ofsudi gentle ascent, that a regiment of cavalry witha train of cannon could ascend with perfect ease andfacility. It seemed like a rainbow in the heavens,the base of which appeared to rise in the centre ofAfrica, and the other
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