Sinbad the Sailor

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THE GHiRDeVOVAGE sob ll) ae
SINBAD THE SAILOR.

HE pleasures of the: life which I then:
led soon. made me forget the risks I
had run in my two former voyages ;
but, being then in the flower of my
age, I grew weary of living without
business; and hardening myself against _
the thought of any danger I might
incur, I went from Bagdad, with the
richest commodities of the country, to
Balsora: there I embarked again with.
the merchants. We made a long voyage, and touched at several
ports, where we drove a considerable trade. One day, being out in
the main ocean, we were attacked by a horrible tempest, which made
us lose our course. ‘The tempest continued several days, and brought
us before the port of an island, where the captain was very unwilling
to enter ; but we were obliged to’ cast anchor there. When we had.
furled our sails the captain told us that this and some other neigh-
bouring islands were inhabited by hairy savages, who would speedily
attack us; and though they were but dwarfs, yet our misfortune was.
that we must make no resistance, for they were more in number
than the locusts; and if we happened to kill one of them ne would
all.fall upon us and destroy us. :
This discourse of the captain put the whole company into a great.
consternation ; and we found very soon, to our cost; that wae he had.
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