58 ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES.

the friend of his
son, as we do
sometimes by
our perform-
ances.”
Abdalla took
his tabor and
began to play,
as he walked be-
fore Morgiana,
and entered the
room; Mor-
giana following
him, made a
low curtsey,
and performed
several dances,
| with equal
| grace and agil-
ity. At length
she drew out
the dagger, and
dancing with it
in her hand,
she surpassed
all she had yet
done, by her
light move-
ments and high
leaps; some-