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tuous dress, and a hundred different kinds of
white cloths of Egypt, and silks of Es-Suweys
and El-Koofeh and Alexandria, and Greek car-
pets, and a hundred menns of silk and _ flax,
and a wonderful, extraordinary cup of crystal,
in the midst of which was represented the figure
of a lion with a man kneeling before him and
having drawn an arrow in his bow with his ut-
most force, and also the table of Suleyman the
son of Déood, on whom be peace! And the
contents of the letter were as follows :—‘“ Peace
from the King Er-Rasheed, strengthened by God
(who hath given to him and to his ancestors
the rank of the noble, and wide-spread: glory),
on the fortunate Sultan. To proceed: thy letter
hath reached us, and we rejoiced at it; and we
have sent the book [entitled] the ‘Delight of the
Intelligent, and the Rare Present for Friends ;’
together with varieties of royal rarities; there-
fore do us the favour to accept them: and peace
be on thee!” ‘Then the King conferred upon
me abundant presents, and treated me with the
utmost honour; so I prayed for him, and thanked
him for his beneficence; and some days after
that, I begged his permission to depart; but
he permitted me not save after great pressing.
Thereupon I took leave of him, and went forth