After about three miles they came to a long, low building. Its walls were made of stakes driven into the ground and woven across with branches, and its low roof was thatched with straw.
Gulliver felt a little comforted. He took out some of the trinkets travellers carry as gifts for savage peoples. He hoped the people of the house would be moved by them to welcome him kindly.
The horse signed to him to go in first. It was a large room with a smooth clay floor, and a rack and manger ran the whole length of one side.