[The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Rudolph Erich Raspe]@TWC D-Link bookThe Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen CHAPTER XXXII 9/11
I gave the wretch his life: a lion preys not upon carcases. At the same time my troop had effectually routed the bears and the rest of their adversaries.
I was merciful, and ordered quarter to be given. At that moment I perceived Wauwau flying at a great height through the heavens, and we instantly set out in pursuit of her, and never stopped until we arrived at Kamschatka; thence we passed to Otaheite.
I met my old acquaintance Omai, who had been in England with the great navigator, Cook, and I was glad to find he had established Sunday schools over all the islands.
I talked to him of Europe, and his former voyage to England.
"Ah!" said he, most emphatically, "the English, the cruel English, to murder me with goodness, and refine upon my torture--took me to Europe, and showed me the court of England, the delicacy of exquisite life; they showed me gods, and showed me heaven, as if on purpose to make me feel the loss of them." From these islands we set out, attended by a fleet of canoes with fighting-stages and the chiefest warriors of the islands, commanded by Omai.
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