Standing in his chain, Gulliver looks out over the country for the first time. The fields, forty feet square, run on like beds in a flower garden, and the tallest trees are about seven feet high. The town on his left looks like a city painted on a stage backdrop.
The emperor comes down from his turret and rides toward him. The horse is well trained, but a sight like a mountain on the move makes it rear on its hind legs. The emperor is a fine horseman and keeps his seat until his attendants run in and catch the bridle.
He circles Gulliver at a distance the chain cannot reach, then has thirty wheeled carts of meat and drink pushed forward to him.