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to all my family and companions, and. began to
eat well and drink well and wear handsome
apparel. I associated with friends and com-
panions, forgot all that I had suffered, and
ceased not to enjoy a pleasant life and. joyful
heart and dilated bosom, with sport and merri-
ment. Every one who heard of my arrival came
to me, and inquired of me respecting my voyage,
and the states of the different countries; so I
informed him, relating to him what I had ex-
perienced and suffered; and he wondered at the
severity of my sufferings, and congratulated me
on my safety.—This is the end of the account
of the events that befell me and happened to
me during the second voyage; and to-morrow, if
it be the will of God (whose name be exalted !),
I will relate to you the events of the third
voyage.

And when Es-Sindibaéd of the Sea had finished
his story to Es-Sindibad of the Land, the com-
pany wondered at it. They supped with him;
and he gave orders to present to Es-Sindibdd
of the Land a hundred pieces of gold; and the
latter took them, and went his way, wondering
at the things that Es-Sindibéd of the Sea had
suffered. He thanked him, and prayed for him
in his house; and when the morning came, and