THE JOURNEY OF DOCTOR OBNUBILE After a succession of amazing vicissitudes, the memory of which is in great part lost by the wrongs of time and the bad style of historians, the Penguins established the government of the Penguins by themselves.
They elected a diet or assembly, and invested it with the privilege of naming the Head of the State.

The latter, chosen from among the simple Penguins, wore no formidable monster's crest upon his head and exercised no absolute authority over the people.

He was himself subject to the laws of the nation.

He was not given the title of king, and no ordinal number followed his name.

He bore such names as Paturle, Janvion, Traffaldin, Coquenhot, and Bredouille.