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went to the slaughtered beast. I then selected
a great number of these stones, and put them
into my pocket, and within my clothes; and I
proceeded to select, and to put into my pockets

and my girdle and my turban, and within my

 

clothes. And while I was doing thus, lo, another
great slaughtered animal. So I bound myself to it
with my turban, and, laying myself down on my
back, placed it upon my bosom, and grasped it
firmly. Thus it was raised high above the ground ;
and, behold, a vulture descended upon it, seized it