I told my wife she had been too thrifty, for I found she had starved herself and her daughter to nothing.

In short, I behaved myself so unaccountably, that they were all of the captain's opinion when he first saw me, and concluded I had lost my wits.

This I mention as an instance of the great power of habit and prejudice.
In a little time, I and my family and friends came to a right understanding: but my wife protested I should never go to sea any more; although my evil destiny so ordered, that she had not power to hinder me, as the reader may know hereafter.

In the meantime I here conclude the second part of my unfortunate voyages.
[Illustration] NOTE.
Jonathan Swift was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1667, and died in 1745.
His parents were English.

His father died before he was born, and his mother was supported on a slender pittance by his father's brother.