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and to my quarter, and entered my house, met
my family and my companions, and made in-
quiries respecting them; and they rejoiced at
my safety, and congratulated me. I stored all
the commodities that I had brought with me
in my magazines, gave alms and presents, and
clad the orphans and the widows; and I be-
came in a state of the utmost joy and happi-
ness, and returned to my former habit of asso-
ciating with familiars and companions and —
brothers, and indulging in sport and merri-
ment. Such were the most wonderful of the
events that happened to me in the course of
the fourth voyage. But, O my brother, [O
Sindibad of the Land,] sup thou with me, and
observe thy custom by coming to me to-
morrow when I will inform thee what hap-
pened to me and what befell me during the
fifth voyage; for it was more wonderful and
extraordinary than the preceding voyages.

He then gave orders to present the porter
with a hundred pieces of gold, and the table
was spread, and the party supped; after which
they went their ways, wondering extremely ;
each story being more extraordinary than the
preceding one. Es-Sindib&éd the Porter went to
his house, and passed the night in the utmost