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good act unto this person, and it hath become
an evil to myself! By Allah, I will never more
do good unto any one as long as I live!” I
begged of God (whose name be exalted !), at
every period and in every hour, that I: might die,
in consequence of the excessive fatigue and dis-
tress that I suffered.

‘Thus I remained for a length of time, until I
carried him one day to a place in the island
where I found an abundance of pumpkins, many
of which were dry. Upon this I took a large
one that was dry, and, having opened its upper
extremity, and cleansed it, I went with it to a
grape-vine, and filled it with the juice of the
grapes. I then stopped up the aperture, and
put it in the sun, and left it for some days,
until it had become pure wine; and every day
I used to drink of it, to help myself to endure
the fatigue that I underwent with that obstinate
devil; for whenever I was intoxicated by it, my
energy was strengthened. So, seeing me one
day drinking, he made a sign to me with his
hand, as though he would say, “ What is this?”
And I answered him, “This is something agree-
able, that invigorateth the heart, and dilateth
the mind.” Then I ran with him, and danced
among the trees; I was exhilarated by intoxi-