Agreeably to the opinions of this document, the people of Leaplow were, by a good deal, the happiest people in the world; they were also considerably more respected, esteemed, beloved, honored, and properly appreciated, than any other monikin community, and, in short, they were the admiration and glory of the universe.

I was exceedingly glad to hear this, for some of the facts were quite new to me; a circumstance which shows one can never get correct notions of a nation except from itself.
These important facts properly digested, we all of us set about our several duties with a zeal that spoke fairly for our industry and integrity.

Things commenced swimmingly, and it was not long before the Riddles sent us a resolution for concurrence, by way of opening the ball.

It was conceived in the following terms: "Resolved, that the color which has hitherto been deemed to be black, is really white." As this was the first resolution that involved a principle on which we had been required to vote, I suggested to Noah the propriety of our going round to the brigadier, and inquiring what might be the drift of so singular a proposition.

Our colleague answered the question with great good-nature, giving us to understand that the Perpendiculars and the Horizontals had long been at variance on the mere coloring property of various important questions, and the real matter involved in the resolution was not visible.