In which the author solemnly vindicates the truthfulness of his long and unusual travels, lamenting the rash falsities often told by less scrupulous voyagers, and extols the virtues of the rational Houyhnhnms while reflecting on the shortcomings of his own countrymen. He takes his final leave with a modest proposal for personal reformation and a gentle admonition to those afflicted by pride, thus concluding his curious and instructive narrative.