He is not very explicit on the subject of our voyage, it is true; but, on the whole, I have decided that the little ship he constructed was built on the model of, and named after, our own Walrus instead of our own Walrus being built on the model of, and named after, the little ship constructed by Captain Poke.

I keep the latter, therefore, to show my friends as a proof of what I tell them, knowing the importance of visible testimony with ordinary minds.
As for Bob and the mates, I never heard any more of them.

The former most probably continued a "kickee" until years and experience enabled him to turn the tables on humanity, when, as is usually the case with Christians, he would be very likely to take up the business of a "kicker" with so much the greater zeal on account of his early sufferings.
To conclude, my own adventures and observations lead to the following inferences, viz.: That every man loves liberty for his own sake and very few for the sake of other people.
That moral saltation is very necessary to political success at Leaplow, and quite probably in many other places.
That civilization is very arbitrary, meaning one thing in France, another thing at Leaphigh, and still a third in Dorsetshire.
That there is no sensible difference between motives in the polar region and motives anywhere else.
That truth is a comparative and local property, being much influenced by circumstances; particularly by climate and by different public opinions.
That there is no portion of human wisdom so select and faultless that it does not contain the seeds of its own refutation.
That of all the 'ocracies (aristocracy and democracy included) hypocrisy is the most flourishing.
That he who is in the clutches of the law may think himself lucky if he escape with the loss of his tail.
That liberty is a convertible term, which means exclusive privileges in one country, no privileges in another, and inclusive privileges in all.
That religion is a paradox, in which self-denial and humility are proposed as tenets, in direct contradiction to every man's senses.
That phrenology and caudology are sister sciences, one being quite as demonstrable as the other, and more too.
That philosophy, sound principles and virtue, are really delightful; but, after all, that they are no more than so many slaves of the belly; a man usually preferring to eat his best friend to starving.
That a little wheel and a great wheel are as necessary to the motion of a commonweath, as to the motion of a stage-coach, and that what this gains in periphery that makes up in activity, on the rotatory principle.
That it is one thing to have a king, another to have a throne, and another to have neither.
That the reasoning which is drawn from particular abuses, is no reasoning for general uses.
That, in England, if we did not use blinkers, our cattle would break our necks; whereas, in Germany we travel at a good pace, allowing the horse the use of his eyes; and in Naples we fly, without even a bit! That the converse of what has just been said of horses is true of men, in the three countries named.
That occultations of truth are just as certain as the aurora boreal is, and quite as easily accounted for.
That men who will not shrink from the danger and toil of penetrating the polar basin, will shrink from the trouble of doing their own thinking, and put themselves, like Captain Poke, under the convoy of a God-like.
That all our wisdom is insufficient to protect us from frauds, one outwitting us by gyrations and flapjacks, and another by adding new joints to the cauda.
That men are not very scrupulous touching the humility due to God, but are so tenacious of their own privileges in this particular, they will confide in plausible rogues rather than in plain-dealing honesty.
That they who rightly appreciate the foregoing facts, are People's Friends, and become the salt of the earth--yea, even the Most Patriotic Patriots! That it is fortunate "all will come right in heaven," for it is certain too much goes wrong on earth.
That the social-stake system has one distinctive merit: that of causing the owners of vested rights to set their own interests in motion, while those of their fellow-citizens must follow, as a matter of course, though perhaps a little clouded by the dust raised by their leaders.
That he who has an Anna, has the best investment in humanity; and that if he has any repetition of his treasure, it is better still.
That money commonly purifies the spirit as wine quenches thirst; and therefore it is wise to commit all our concerns to the keeping of those who have most of it.
That others seldom regard us in the same light we regard ourselves; witness the manner in which Dr.Reasono converted me from a benefactor into the travelling tutor of Prince Bob.
That honors are sweet even to the most humble, as is shown by the satisfaction of Noah in being made a lord high admiral.
That there is no such stimulant of humanity, as a good moneyed stake in its advancement.
That though the mind may be set on a very improper and base object, it will not fail to seek a good motive for its justification, few men being so hardened in any grovelling passion, that they will not endeavor to deceive themselves, as well as their neighbors.
That academies promote good fellowship in knowledge, and good fellowship in knowledge promotes F.U.

D.G.

E.'s, and H.O.