Blefuscu is an island to the north-east of Lilliput. Only a channel eight hundred yards wide lies between them.
Gulliver has not yet seen it. Since hearing of the invasion he has kept away from that side of the coast. He must not be spotted by enemy ships. Blefuscu does not yet know he exists.
All dealings between the two empires have been forbidden on pain of death for the length of the war. In the middle of all this, Gulliver puts a plan to the emperor. He will seize the enemy’s entire fleet.
