APPENDIX ; 273

Then that sheykh arose immediately, and appropriated to
me a place alone, in a part of his house, and made his
pages and his female slaves to serve me, and to perform
my wants and all my affairs. They therefore paid con-
stant attention to me, and in this manner I ceased not to
remain with him in the mansion of entertainment three
days, enjoying good eating and good drinking and sweet
scents, until my soul returned to me, and my terror ~
subsided, and my heart was calmed, and my mind was at
ease. And on the fourth day, the sheykh came to me
and said to me, “Thou hast cheered us by thy company,
O my son, and praise be to God for thy safety! Wilt
thou now arise and go with me to the bank of the river,
and go down into the market and sell the goods and re-
ceive their price? Perhaps thou wilt buy for thyself with
it something wherewith thou mayest traffic.” So I was
silent for a little while, and said within myself, “ Whence
have I goods, and what is the cause of these words?”
And the sheykh said, “O my son, be not anxious nor be
thoughtful; but arise and go with us to the market, and
if we see any one who will give thee for thy goods a
price that will content thee, I will receive it for thee;
but if what will content thee be not offered for them, I
will déposit them for thee in my magazines until the days
of selling and buying arrive.” So I meditated upon my
case, and said to myself, “Comply with his desire, that
thou mayest see what these goods are.” And I said to
him, “I hear and obey, O my uncle the sheykh, and
what thou doest will be attended by blessing, and it is
impossible to oppose thee in aught.” I then went with
him to the market, and found that he had unbound the