ngs Ihad endured. The advantages that had come to me throughthese perils and sufferings now stood in the foreground ofmy thoughts and I said within myself, It is the life for a1man ; for how otherwise can he come at the meaning of thegreat book of the world than by treading its pages? And,moreover… … I I I I ••••... I . • . V Y 4t t/ * / •;• -<:—}• Having considered the matter deeply, I arose from mylife of luxury and ease and departed with many bales ofmerchandise for the city of El-Basrah. There in the river Ifound at length a splendid vessel, which I purchased. I founda master and a crew,…
Fairy tales · Folklore -- Arabian Peninsula
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