them, or sometimes fly away for many miles together, and then alight to
take breath until we came within sight of her again. Our train journeyed
over a most prodigious tract of country in a direct line, over hills
and dales, to the summit of Plinlimmon, where we thought to have seized
Wauwau; but she instantly took flight, and never ceased until she
arrived at the mouth of the Potomac river in Virginia.

Our company immediately embarked in the machines before described, in
which we had journeyed into Africa, and after a few days' sail arrived
in North America. We met with nothing curious on our voyage, except a
floating island, containing some very delightful villages, inhabited by
a few whites and negroes; the sugar cane did not thrive there well, on
account, as I was informed, of the variety of the climates; the island
being sometimes driven up as far as the north pole, and at other times
wafted under the equinoctial. In pity to the poor islanders, I got a
huge stake of iron, and driving it through the centre of the island,
fastened it to the rocks and mud at the bottom of the sea, since which
time the island has become stationary, and is well known at present by
the name of St. Christopher's, and there is not an island in the world
more secure.

Arriving in North America, we were received by the President of the
United States with every honour and politeness. He was pleased to
give us all the information possible relative to the woods and immense
regions of America, and ordered troops of the different tribes of the
Esquimaux to guide us through the forests in pursuit of Wauwau, who,
we at length found, had taken refuge in the centre of a morass. The
inhabitants of the country, who loved hunting, were much delighted to
behold the manner in which we attempted to seize upon Wauwau; the chase
was noble and uncommon. I determined to surround the animal on every
side, and for this purpose ordered the judges and matrons to surround
the morass with nets extending a mile in height, on various parts of
which net the company disposed themselves, floating in the air like so
many spiders upon their cobwebs. Magog, at my command, put on a kind of
armour that he had carried with him for the purpose, corselet of
steel, with gauntlets, helmet, &c., so as nearly to resemble a mole.
He instantly plunged into the earth, making way with his sharp steel
head-piece, and tearing up the ground with his iron claws, and found not
much diffi