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with almost everything, you can doubtless tell me the name of
the cruel wretch who has exercised so much cruelty towards
her.”

‘‘T will restore the two dogs to their original form,” replied
the fairy ; “I will cure the lady of all her scars perfectly ; and
I will then inform you of the name of him who has treated her
so ill.”

The caliph instantly sent to Zobeidé’s house for the two dogs ;
when they were come, the fairy asked for a cupful of water,
which they gave her. She pronounced some words over it,
which they did not understand, and then threw some of it over
Aminé and the two dogs. The latter were immediately changed
into two females of most extraordinary beauty, and the scars of
the former disappeared. The fairy then addressed the caliph as
follows :—“T have, O Commander of the Faithful, only now to
discover to you what is the name of the unknown husband,
which you require. He is very nearly related to you, since in-
deed it is Prince Amin, your eldest son, and Brother to Prince
Mamoun.” Having concluded this speech, she saluted the
caliph, and disappeared.

The caliph then called his son, Prince Amin, and told him
he was acquainted with the secret of his marriage, and informed
him of the cause of the wound in Aminé’s cheek. The prince
did not wait for his father to command him to take her again,
but immediately received her.

The caliph next declared that he bestowed his heart and hand
upon Zobeidé, and proposed her other three sisters to the calen-
ders, the sons of kings, who accepted them with much joy for
their wives. The caliph then assigned a-‘most magnificent palace
to each of them, in the city of Bagdad ; he raised them to the
first offices of the empire, and admitted them into his council.

They sent for the first cadi of Bagdad, who, with proper wit-
nesses, drew up the forms of marriage; and the illustrious and
famous caliph Haroun Alraschid, in bestowing happiness on so
many persons who had experienced such incredible misfortunes,
acquired a thousand benedictions.