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upon the ground, and, being moved with merri-
ment, began to shake upon my shoulders. He
then became intoxicated, and drowned in in-
toxication; all his limbs, and the muscles of
his sides, became relaxed, and he began to
lean from side to side upon my shoulders. So
when I knew that he was drunk, and that he
was unconscious of existence, I put my hand to
his feet, and loosed them from my neck. Then
I stooped with him, and sat down, and threw
him upon the ground. I scarcely believed that
I had liberated myself and escaped from the
state in which I had been; but I feared him,
lest he should arise from his intoxication, and
torment me. I therefore took a great mass of
stone from among the trees, and, coming to
him, struck him upon his head as he lay asleep,
so that his flesh became mingled with his blood,
and he was killed. May no mercy of God be on
him !

After that, I walked about the island, with a
happy mind, and came to the place where I
‘was before, on the shore of the sea. And I
remained upon that island, eating of its fruits,
and drinking of the water of its rivers, for a
length of time, and watching to see some vessel
passing by me, until I was sitting one day, re-