Five hundred carpenters and engineers were immediately set at work to prepare the greatest engine they had.

It was a frame of wood raised three inches from the ground, about seven feet long, and four wide, moving upon twenty-two wheels.

The shout I heard was upon the arrival of this engine, which, it seems, set out in four hours after my landing.

It was brought parallel to me, as I lay.

But the principal difficulty was to raise and place me in this vehicle.