The questioner is the only son of the mayor of the town of St. George, in the colony

I am the Mayor of the only city in the world. I am the Mayor of the City of Vanity, which lies in the broad street of Principal, and I rule over the inhabitants thereof.…

I am a horse, belonging to a circle of friends, who have resolved to bear you on the back, at the rate of eight miles a figure-circle, and to deliver you safely within the limits…