When he reached the port, he was told the ship had sailed several
hours, and was already out of sight. It had waited three hours
for him, and the wind standing fair, the captain durst not stay
longer.

It is easy to imagine that Kummir al Zummaun was exceedingly grieved
at being forced to remain longer in a country where he neither had,
nor wished to have, any acquaintance; to think that he must wait
another year for the opportunity he had lost. But the greatest
affliction of all was, his having parted with the princess Badoura's
talisman, which he now considered lost. The only course left him was
to return to the garden from whence he had come, to rent it of the
landlord and continue to cultivate it by himself, deploring his misery
and misfortunes. He hired a boy to assist him to do some part of the
drudgery: that he might not lose the other half of the treasure which
came to him by the death of the gardener, who died without heirs, he
put the gold-dust into fifty other jars, which he filled up with
olives, to be ready against the ship's return.

While the prince was beginning another year of labour, sorrow,
and impatience, the ship having a fair wind, continued her voyage
to the isle of Ebene, and happily arrived at the capital.

The palace being by the sea side, the new king, or rather the
princess Badoura, espying the ship as she was entering into the
port, with all her flags, asked what vessel it was: she was
answered, that it came annually from the city of the idolaters,
and was generally richly laden.

The princess, who always had Kummir al Zummaun in her mind,
imagined that the prince might be aboard; and resolved to visit
the ship and meet him, without discovering herself; but to
observe him, and take proper measures for their making themselves
mutually known. Under pretence of inquiring what merchandize was
on board, and having the first sight of the goods, she commanded
a horse to be brought, which she mounted, accompanied by several
officers in waiting, and arrived at the port, just as the captain
came ashore. She ordered him to be brought before her, asked
whence he had come, how long he had been on his voyage, and what
good or bad fortune he had met with: if he had no stranger of
quality aboard, and particularly with what his ship was laden.

The captain gave a satisfactory answer to all her demands; and as
to passengers, assured her there were none but merchants in his
ship, who used to come every