text:  Did he fancy himself a griffin or huge dragon beating the air with his wings and at the same time trotting furiously upon the ground? Or in order to picture out his sensations was he compelled to divide himself into two several creatures and be at once the captured and half-strangled goose with all its feathers outstretched in the air and the wicked fox who is running away with it at full speed upon its back? As to myself in no vain expectation of slumber but merely for the sake of change of position I frequently slung my arms in this loop and leaning my head against the broad leathern strap I listened to the gossip of my fellow-travellers if there was any conversation stirring; or if all was still gave myself up to meditations upon my own schemes and projects