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deal of resistance, which made him think he had taken abun-
dance of fish ; but he found nothing but a basket full of gravel
and slime, which grieved him exceedingly. He threw away
the basket in a fret, and washing his nets from the slime, cast
them in a third time—but brought up nothing except stone,
shells, and mud. Nobody can express his disorder; he was
almost beside himself, However, when day-light appeared, he
did not forget to say his prayers like a good Mussulman, ‘The
fisherman having finished his prayers, cast his nets the fourth
time ; and, when he thought it was time, drew them as for-
merly with great difficulty ; but instead of fish, found nothing
in them but a vessel of yellow copper, which by its weight

 

 

seemed to be full of something ; and he observed that it was

shut and sealed with lead, having the impression of a seal

upon it. ‘This rejoiced him: “ 1 will sell it,” says he, to the

founder, and, with the money arising from the produce, buy a
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