. Tales of fantasy . on a nail out of the window, as wedo with cages in England), after I had lifted up one of Gulliver in Brobdingnag 41 my sashes, and sat down at my table to eat a piece ofsweet cake for my breakfast, above twenty wasps,allured by the smell, came flying into the room hum-ming louder than the drones of as many bag-pipes. Some of them seized mycake, and carried it piece-mealaway; others flew about my headand face, confounding me with thenoise, and putting me in the utmostterror of their stings. However, Ihad the courage to rise and drawmy hanger, and attack them in theair. I d
. Tales of fantasy . on a nail out of the window, as wedo with cages in England), after I had lifted up one of Gulliver in Brobdingnag 41 my sashes, and sat down at my table to eat a piece ofsweet cake for my breakfast, above twenty wasps,allured by the smell, came flying into the room hum-ming louder than the drones of as many bag-pipes. Some of them seized mycake, and carried it piece-mealaway; others flew about my headand face, confounding me with thenoise, and putting me in the utmostterror of their stings. However, Ihad the courage to rise and drawmy hanger, and attack them in theair. I despatched four of them, butthe rest got away, and I presentlyshut my window. These insects were as large as par-tridges; I took out their stings, found them an inchand a half long, and as sharp as needles. I carefullypreserved them all; and having since shown them,with some other curiosities, in several parts of Europe,upon my return to England I gave three of them toGresharn College, and kept the fourth for
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