THE ARABIAN NIGHTS.
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he found a great deal of resistance, which made him think he had taken abundance of
nothing
except a basket
fish,
but he found
and slime,
of gravel
full
which grieved him extremely.
He
threw awav the basket,
nets from the
slime,
and,
them the
cast
brought up nothing except stones,
washinc:
third time,
shells,
his
but
and mnd.
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He
No
language
examined the
can
express
was almost distracted. appear he did
vessel
on all sides.
his
disappointuient
However,
not forget
to say
as
;
dawn began
his prayers,
like
he to a
good Mussulman, and he added to them this petition "Lord, thou knowest that I cast my nets only four :
times
a
dav
;
I
have
alreadv
drawn
them
three 3*