PRINCE CAMARALZAMAN AND

THE PRINCESS OF CHINA.

gy BOUT TWENTY DAYS’ SAIL from
the coast of Persia, in the Islands of
<a ‘ the Children of Khaledan, there lived
re oo em . a king who had an only son, Prince
Camaralzaman. He was brought up
with all imaginable care; and when
he came to a proper age, his father

  

appointed him an experienced governor
-and able tutors. As he grew up he
learned all the knowledge which a
- prince ought to possess, and acquitted himself so well that he
charmed all that saw him, and particularly the sultan his father.

When the prince had attained the age of fifteen years, the sultan,
who loved him tenderly, and. gave him every day new marks of
his affection, had thoughts of giving him a still greater one, by resign-
ing to him his throne, and he acquainted his grand vizier with his
intentions. ‘I fear,’ said he, ‘lest my son should lose in the
inactivity of youth those advantages which nature and education
have given him; therefore, since I am advanced in age, and ought
to think of retirement, I have thoughts of resigning the government .
to him, and passing the remainder of my days in the satisfaction
of seeing him reign. I have undergone the fatigue of a crown
a long while, and think it is now proper for me to retire.’
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