After a couple of Hours, he saw a House, but of so great a Height, and so very large, I who was short-sighted in Comparison of the Cacklogallinians, took it for a great Hill; I told him my Opinion, but he assured me I was mistaken.  We therefore urg’d forward, and I alighted not far from this Palace, for I could term it no other, from the Largeness and Beauty of its Structure.  We had been discover’d, as I had reason to believe, some Time, and a Number of People about Thirty, at our alighting, immediately encompass’d me.  The gigantick Make of these Inhabitants struck me with a panick Fear, which I also discover’d in the Eyes of the Cacklogallinians.

They were of different Statures, from Thirty to an Hundred and Fifty Foot high, as near as I cou’d guess; some of them were near as thick as long, some proportionable, and others shap’d like a Pine, being no thicker than my self, tho’ tall of an Hundred Foot.

I resolv’d however to conceal, if possible, the Terror I was in, and coming out of my Palanquin, I went to salute the Company, when I observ’d they retired from me in proportion as I advanced, and like a Vapour, or an Ignis fatuus, the Air being mov’d by my Motion, drove those which were directly opposite still before me.

I stood still, they did the same; if I was astonish’d at their Make, and at what other things I had observ’d, I was more so, when I saw one of the tallest, dwindle in the Twinkling of an Eye, to a Pigmy, fly into the Air without Wings, and carry off a Giant in each Hand by the Hair of the Head.

They were all differently dress’d at their first Appearance; some like Generals in Armour, some were in Ecclesiastical, and some in Gowns not unlike our Barristers at Law.  Some were dress’d as fine as Imagination could make ’em, but with the quickness of Thought, these Dresses were all changed, who was cover’d with Rags one Moment, the next was in Purple, with a Crown on his Head; the Beau in Rags; the Priest assum’d the Air and Dress of a Bully, and the General was turn’d into a demure Figure resembling a Quaker.

I was struck dumb with Amazement, and while I was considering with my self what this should mean, I observ’d a Man riding up to us, mounted on a Lion; when he came to the others, I found him of the common Size with the Inhabitants of our Globe; he had on his Head a Crown of Bays, which in an Instant chang’d to a Fool’s Cap, and his Lion to an Ass.  He drew from his Breast a Rowl like a Quire of Written Paper, which using as a Sword, he set upon the others, and dispers’d them.  Some ran over the Sea, as on dry Ground; others flew into the Air, and some sunk into the Earth.  Then alighting from his Ass, he opened the Jaws of the Animal, went down his Throat, and they both vanish’d.

After I had recover’d my Fright, I told Volatilio, that I fear’d this Planet was inhabited by evil Spirits.  He answered, that what we had seen, was sufficient to induce us to believe so.  We look’d for the House, which we saw rise into the Air, and vanish in Flame and Smoke, which strengthen’d our Opinion.  However, we resolv’d to go forward, when one of the Palanquineers said he saw a House on the left, and People of my Size and Species making towards us.