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to us, I will send thee with them and will
give thee what will convey thee to thy
country.” So I prayed for him and thanked
him; and I remained with him, treated with
respect and honour.

Then, some days after this, the merchants
came as he had said, and bought and sold
and exchanged ; and when they were about to
depart, my master came to me, and said, “The
merchants are going: therefore arise, that thou
mayest depart with them to thy country.” Ac-
cordingly, I arose, determined to go with them.
They had bought a great quantity of those
teeth, and packed up their loads, and embarked
them in the ship; and my master sent me with
them. He paid for me the money for my
passage in the ship, together with all that was.
required of me, and gave me a large quantity
of goods. And we pursued our voyage from
island to island until we had crossed the sea
and landed on the shore, when the merchants
took forth what was with them, and sold. I
also sold what I had at an excellent rate; and
I purchased some of the most elegant of things
suited for presents, and beautiful rarities, with
everything that I desired. I likewise bought
for myself a beast to ride, and we went forth,

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