FABLES. 



THE BOASTING TRAVELLER. 



ONE who had been abroad, was giving" an ac- 

 count of his travels, and among other places, said 

 he had been at Rhodes, where he had distinguished 

 himself so much in leaping, an exercise for which 

 that city was famous, that not a Rhodian could 

 come near him. When those who were present did 

 not seem to credit this relation so readily as he in- 

 tended they should, he took some pains to convince 

 them of it by oaths and protestations : upon which, 

 one of the company told him he need not give him- 

 self so much trouble about it, since he would put 

 him in a way to demonstrate the fact; which was, 

 to suppose the place they were in to be Rhodes, 

 and to perform his extraordinary leap over again. 

 The boaster, not liking this proposal, sat down 

 quietly, and had no more to say for himself. 



