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more teeth than what a man could have obtained in his whole
life. The merchant told me, that not only himself, but the
whole city, was indebted to me; and that I should return to my
own country with sufficient wealth to make me happy. My
patron loaded a ship with ivory, and the other merchants made
me the most valuable presents. I reached Balsora, and landed
m y ivory; which I found to be much more valuable than I
had expected. I set out with caravans to travel over-land, and
at last reached Bagdad; where I presented myself to the
Caliph, and gave an account of my embassy. He was so asto­
nished at my adventure with the elephants, that he ordered the
narrative of it to be written in letters of gold, and to be depo­
sited in his treasury.
“ Having now,” said Sindbad, tl concluded the account of my
voyages, I will ask you, is it not reasonable that 1 should at
last enjoy a quiet and agreeable life ? "
Hindbad kissed the hand of the venerable traveller, and said:
<c I acknowledge, sir, that you deserve all the riches and com­
forts you enjoy— may you possess them during a long life f ”
Sindbad gave him another present of a hundred sequins—
desired him to quit his employment as a porter— and come
every day to dine with him.