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hath spots, each like a piece of gold, and who-
soever sitteth upon it never becometh diseased ;
and a hundred thousand mithkals of Indian aloes-
wood ; and a slave-girl like the shining full-moon.
Then he bade me farewell, and gave a charge
respecting me to the merchants and the master
of the ship.

So I departed thence, and we continued our
voyage from island to island and from country
to country until we arived at Baghd4d, whereupon
I entered my house, and met my family and my
brethren ; after which I took the present, with a
token of service from myself for the Khaleefeh.
On entering his presence, I kissed his hand, and
placed before him the whole, giving him the letter ;
and he read it and took the present, with which
he was greatly rejoiced, and he treated me with
the utmost honour. He then said to me, “O
Sindibad, is that true which this King hath stated
in his letter?” And I kissed the ground, and
answered, “‘O my lord, I witnessed in his kingdom
much more than he hath mentioned in his letter.
On the day of his public appearance, a throne is
set for him upon a huge elephant, eleven cubits
high, and he sitteth upon it, having with him his
chief officers and pages and guests, standing in
two ranks, on his right and on his left. At his