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An exploration of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels focusing on Part 4 Gulliver has traveled to four different countries and the last place he arrives at is Houyhnhnmsland. In that society, human beings, appear as Yahoos, are ruled by Houyhnhnms, the horses, who are super-reasonable. They speak clearly, they act justly, and have simple laws. They do not quarrel or argue, since each knows what is true and right. In the contrast, Yahoos are dirty, greedy and vicious. In the novel, the Houyhnhnms show us a vivid example of Yahoos¡¯ unreasonable desire. In some fields of the country, there are certain shining stones of several colors, which Yahoos are violently fond. When they discover them, they dig them out, carry them away and hide them, then still look round with great caution. Once the Houyhnhnm removed the stones where a Yahoo had buried them. The Yahoo began miserably howled and could neither eat nor sleep till the stones were put back in the same hole. Then the Yahoo took care to remove it to a better hiding place and recovered his spirits and humor. In the Houyhnhnm's opinion, these stones had no use t