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I stored all the goods and commodities that I
had brought with me, clothed the orphans and
the widows, bestowed alms and gifts, and made
presents to my family and my companions and
my friends. God had compensated me with
four times as much as I had lost, and I forgot
what had happened to me, and the fatigue that
I had suffered, by reason of the abundance of
my gain and profits, and resumed my first
habits of familiar intercourse and fellowship.
Such were the most wonderful things that
happened to me in the course of the fifth
voyage: but sup ye, and to-morrow come again,
and I will relate to you the events of the sixth
voyage; for it was more wonderful than this.
Then they spread the table, and the party
supped ; and when they had finished their
supper, Es-Sindibéd of the Sea gave orders to
present Hs-Sindibad the Porter with a hundred
pieces of gold: so he took them and departed,
wondering at this affair. He passed the night
in his abode, and when the morning came, he
arose and performed the morning-prayers ; after
which he walked to the house of Es-Sindibad
of the Sea, went in to him, and wished him
good morning; and Es-Sindibdédd of the Sea

ordered him to sit. He therefore sat with
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