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Question
How was Gulliver taken to the city?
Solution
Gulliver was taken to the city in a great cart made by joining many carts. Nine hundred men worked for three hours to put Gulliver on to the cart which was drawn by fifteen hundred of the king's finest horses. The journey took almost a full day.
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