The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . a small supply of food, departed fron, the , turning hi° facetowards the open country. The hour of 1100u overtook hi,n\10t lintll THE STORY OF NOOK-ED-DEEN AND HIS SON, &c. 233 he entered the city of Bilbcys, where he alighted to repose himself andrest his mule, and ate; after which he took from this place what herequired for himself, and some provender for his mule, and, havingplaced these provisions upon her, went forth again into the plain, andbefore noon on the second following day
The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . a small supply of food, departed fron, the , turning hi° facetowards the open country. The hour of 1100u overtook hi,n\10t lintll THE STORY OF NOOK-ED-DEEN AND HIS SON, &c. 233 he entered the city of Bilbcys, where he alighted to repose himself andrest his mule, and ate; after which he took from this place what herequired for himself, and some provender for his mule, and, havingplaced these provisions upon her, went forth again into the plain, andbefore noon on the second following day, he entered Herehe alighted again, and rested himself and his beast, and ate : he thenplaced his saddle-bags under his head, and spread his carpet, andslept, still overcome by anger. He passed the night in this place;and in the morning he remounted, and he continued to urge on hismule until he arrived at Aleppo,19 where he alighted at a Khan, andremained three days to give rest to himself and his mule, and to enjoythe air of the place: which having done, he determined to prosecute. 2 H 234 THE STORY OF NOOR-ED-DEEN AND HIS SON, his journey, and mounted his mule, and went forth. He knew notwhither to direct his course; but travelled on until he arrived at thecity of El-Basrah ; and scarcely was he aware that the night had over-taken him, when he alighted there at a Khan, where he took off thesaddle-bags from the mule, and spread the prayer-carpet, committingthe mule, with her equipage, to the care of the door-keeper, and order-ing him to walk her about a little. The door-keeper did so; and it happened that the Wezeer of El-Basrah, sitting at a window of his palace, saw the mule, and, observingher costly equipage, thought that she must belong to some Wezeer orKing ; and as he attentively regarded her he was surprised, and said toone of his pages, Bring before me that door-keeper. So the pagewent and brought him ; and the door-keeper, approaching, kissed theground b
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