 Swift apparently intended all words of the Houyhnhnm language to echo the neighing of horses.Gulliver's visit to the Land of the Houyhnhnms is described in Part IV of his "Travels", and its location illustrated on the map at the start of Part IV.The map shows Houyhnhnms Land to be south of Australia; it indicates Edels Land and Lewins Land to the north, and Nuyts Land to the north-east, on the mainland with the islands of St Francis and St Pieter further east, and Sweers, Maatsuyker and De Wit islands to the east.