Gulliver says he will leave a full description of Lilliput to a separate book. For the curious reader, though, he will set down a general idea.
The people are a little under six inches tall, and every animal, plant and tree is in proportion. The largest horses and oxen stand four or five inches high, and their geese are the size of a sparrow. Further down the scale there are creatures Gulliver can barely see.
The Lilliputians’ eyes see near things with great exactness. Gulliver enjoyed watching a cook pluck a lark no bigger than a common fly. He also watched a young girl thread an invisible needle with invisible silk.