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have experienced.” And upon this, Es-Sindibid
of the Land advanced and kissed his hands,
and said to him, “O my lord, by Allah, thou
hast undergone great horrors, and hast deserved
these abundant favours: continue then, O my
lord, in joy and security; for God hath re-
moved from thee the evils of fortune; and I
beg of God that He may continue to thee thy
pleasures, and bless thy days.” And upon this,
Es-Sindibéd of the Sea bestowed favours upon
him, and made him his boon-companion; and
he quitted him not by night nor by day as
long as they both lived.

Praise be to God, the Mighty, the Omnipo-
tent, the Strong, the Eminent in power, the
Creator of the heaven and the earth, and of
the land and the seas!