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.
Eighty poles, each of one foot high, were erected for this purpose, and very strong cords, of the bigness of packthread, were fastened by hooks to many bandages, which the workmen had girt round my neck, my hands, my body, and my legs.

Nine hundred of the strongest men were employed to draw up these cords by many pulleys fastened on the poles; and thus, in less than three hours, I was raised and slung into the engine, and tied fast.
[Illustration] All this I was told; for, while the whole operation was performing, I lay in a profound sleep, by the force of that soporiferous medicine infused into my liquor.