The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . CHAPTER I. COMMENCING WITH THE FIRST NIGHT, AND ENDING WITH IAKT OF THE THIRD. THE STORY OF THE MERCHANT AND THE JINNEE. It has been related to me, 0 happy King, said Shahrazad, thatthere was a certain merchant who had great wealth, and tradedextensively with surrounding countries; and one day he mounted hishorse, and journeyed to a neighbouring country to collect what wasdue to him, and, the heat oppressing him, he sat under a tree, in agarden,1 and put his hand into his saddle-bag,- and
The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . CHAPTER I. COMMENCING WITH THE FIRST NIGHT, AND ENDING WITH IAKT OF THE THIRD. THE STORY OF THE MERCHANT AND THE JINNEE. It has been related to me, 0 happy King, said Shahrazad, thatthere was a certain merchant who had great wealth, and tradedextensively with surrounding countries; and one day he mounted hishorse, and journeyed to a neighbouring country to collect what wasdue to him, and, the heat oppressing him, he sat under a tree, in agarden,1 and put his hand into his saddle-bag,- and ate a morsel ofbread and a date which were among his provisions. Having eatenthe date, he threw aside the stone,3 and immediately there appearedbefore him an Efrcet, of enormous height, who, holding a drawnsword in his hand, approached him, and said, Rise, that I may killthee, as thou hast killed my son. The merchant asked him, Howhave I killed thy son ? He answered, When thou atest the date, andthrewest aside the stone, it struck my son upon the chest/ and, asfate had decreed against him, he instant
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