Sinbad the Sailor

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THE SIXTH VOYAGE OF

SINBAD THE SAILOR.

    
 

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2 a \FTER being: shipwrecked five times,
j NG eee Oe ore and escaping so many dangers, could ’
| “4 I resolve again to try my fortune, and
expose myself to new hardships? I |
am astonished at it myself when I
think of it, and must certainly have
| ‘been induced to it by my stars. But
be that as it will, after a year’s rest
I prepared for a sixth voyage, not-
withstanding the entreaties of my kin-
dred and friends, who. did all that was possible to prevent me,
Instead of taking my way by the Persian Gulf, I travelled once
more through several provinces of Persia and the Indies, and
arrived at ‘a sea-port, where I embarked on board a ship, the

   
 

 

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captain of which was. resolved on a long voyage.

It was. very long indeed, but at the same time so unfortunate
that the captain and pilot lost their course, and knew not where
‘they were. They found it at last, but we had no reason to rejoice
at it. We were all seized with extraordinary fear when we saw
the captain quit his post, and cry out. He threw off his turban,
pulled his beard, and beat his head like a madman. We asked
him the reason, and he answered that he was in the most dangerous