palace. It was a sight to bring tears into one'?
eyes, (and I hope none of you will be cruel
enough to laugh at it,) to see the poor creatures
go snuffing along, picking up here a cabbage leaf
and there a turnip top, and rooting their noses
in the earth for whatever they could find. In
their sty, moreover, they behaved more piggishly
than the pigs that had been born so; for they
bit and snorted at one another, put their feet in
the trough, and gobbled up their victuals in a
ridiculous hurry; and, when there was nothing
more to be had, they made a great pile of them-
selves among some unclean straw, and fell fast
asleep. If they had any human reason left, it
was just enough to keep them wondering when
they should be slaughtered, and what quality of
bacon they should make.

Meantime, as I told you before, Eurylochus
had waited, and waited, and waited, in the en-
trance hall of the palace, without being able to
comprehend what had befallen his friends. At
last, when the swinish uproar resounded through
the palace, and when he saw the image of a hog
in the marble basin, he thought it best to hasten
back to the vessel, and inform the wise Ulysses

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