138 THE FIFTH VOYAGE OF

looked the sea. That city is called the City
of the Apes; and when the night cometh, the
people who reside in it go forth from the doors
that open upon the sea, and, embarking in boats
and ships, pass the night upon the sea, in their
fear of the apes, lest they should come down
upon them in the night from the mountains.

I landed to divert myself in this city, and
the ship set sail without my knowledge. So I
repented of my having landed there, remember-
ing my companions, and what had befallen them
from the apes, first and afterwards; and I sat
weeping and mourning. And thereupon a man
of the inhabitants of the city advanced to me
and said to me, ‘“‘O my master, it seemeth that
thou art a stranger in this country.” I therefore
replied, “‘ Yes: I am a stranger, and a poor man.
I. was in a ship which anchored at this city,
and I landed from it to divert myself in the
city, and returned, but saw not the ship.”
And he said, ‘“‘ Arise and come with us, and
embark in the boat; for if thou remain in the
city during the night, the apes will destroy
thee.” So I replied, “I hear and obey.” I
arose immediately, and embarked with the people
in the boat, and they pushed it off from the land
until they had propelled it from the shore of the