How did Gulliver escape from Lilliput?

Gulliver escaped from Lilliput by wading and sometimes swimming across the water. He transported his clothing inside of a ship, which he carried under his arm.

I seized a large man of war, tied a cable to the prow, and, lifting up the anchors, I stripped myself, put my clothes (together with my coverlet, which I carried under my arm) into the vessel, and, drawing it after me, between wading and swimming arrived at the royal port of Blefuscu..."