'Twas not his face they laughed at, for that was masked.

They must have seen something vastly queer in the wooden sword, that neither I, nor you, sir, were you there, could see.
"In winter, when their canals are frozen, every house is forsaken, and all people are on the ice; sleds drawn by horses, and skating, are at that time the reigning amusements.

They have boats here that slide on the ice, and are driven by the winds.

When they spread all their sails they go more than a mile and a half a minute, and their motion is so rapid the eye can scarcely accompany them.

Their ordinary manner of travelling is very cheap and very convenient: they sail in covered boats drawn by horses; and in these you are sure to meet people of all nations.