The First. Voyage of

THE FIRST VOYAGE OF
SINBAD THE SAILOR.

<5|Y FATHER left. me a considerable

x estate, the best part of which I spent
in riotous living during my youth ;
but I perceived my error, and re-
flected that riches were perishable,
and quickly consumed by such ill
managers as myself. I further con-
sidered that by my irregular way
of living I had wretchedly misspent
my time, which is the most valuable
thie in the world, Struck with those reflections, I collected the
remains of my furniture, and sold all my patrimony by public auction
to the highest bidder. Then I entered into a contract with some
merchants, who traded by sea: I took the advice of such as I

  

thought most capable to give it me; and resolving to improve what
money I had, I went to Balsora, and embarked with several mer-
chants on board a ship which we jointly ‘fitted out.

We set sail, and steered our course towards the East aTadies
through the Persian Gulf, which is formed by the coasts of Arabia
Felix on the right, and by those of Persia on the left, and, according
to common opinion, is seventy leagues across at the broadest part.