ES-SINDIBAD OF THE SEA 79

the owner of the bales which thou hast com-
mitted to me that I may sell them?” He an-
swered me, “I know not his condition; but he
was a man of the city of Baghddd, called Es-
Sindibdd of the Sea; and we had cast anchor at
one of the islands, where he was lost, and we
have had no tidings of him to the present time.”
So upon this I uttered a great cry, and said to
him, “O master (whom may God preserve!),
know that I am Es-Sindibdd of the Sea. I was
not drowned; but when thou anchoredst at the
island, and the merchants and other passengers
landed, I also landed with the party, taking with
me something to eat on the shore of the island.
Then I enjoyed myself in sitting in that place,
and, slumber overtaking me, I slept, and became
immersed in sleep; after which I arose, and
found not the ship, nor found I any one with
me. ‘Therefore this wealth is my wealth, and
these goods are my goods. All the merchants
also who transport diamonds saw me when I
was upon the mountain of the diamonds, and
they will bear witness for me that I am Es-
Sindibad of the Sea, as I informed them of my
story and of the events that befell me with you in
the ship. I informed them that ye had forgotten
me upon the island, asleep, and that I arose