THE FIRST VOYAGE: OF
ES-SINDIBAD OF THE SEA.

#|NOW, O masters, O noble persons,
that I had a father, a merchant,
who was one of the first in rank
among the people and the mer-
chants, and who possessed abun-
dant wealth and ample fortune. He died when
I was a young child, leaving to me wealth and
buildings and fields; and when I grew up, I put
my hand upon the whole of the property, ate
well and drank well, associated with the young
men, wore handsome apparel, and passed my life
with my friends and companions, feeling confident
that this course would continue and profit me;
and I ceased not to live in this manner for a
length of time. I then returned to my reason,
and recovered from my heedlessness, and found
that my wealth had passed away, and my con-
dition had changed, and all [the money] that I
had possessed had gone. I recovered not to see

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