unto me, "Assuredly Egypt is a happy country in that
it knoweth his vigour. Verily, as long as thou tarriest with me I will
do good unto thee."

And he set me before his children, and he gave me his eldest daughter to
wife, and he made me to choose for myself a very fine territory which
belonged to him, and which lay on the border of a neighbouring country,
and this beautiful region was called Aa. In it there are figs, and wine
is more abundant than water. Honey is plentiful, oil existeth in large
quantities, and fruits of every kind are on the trees thereof. Wheat,
barley, herds of cattle, and flocks of sheep and goats are there in
untold numbers. And the Shekh showed me very great favour, and his
affection for me was so great that he made me Shekh of one of the best
tribes in his country. Bread-cakes were made for me each day, and each
day wine was brought to me with roasted flesh and wild fowl, and the
wild creatures of the plain that were caught were laid before me, in
addition to the game which my hunting dogs brought in. Food of all kinds
was made for me, and milk was prepared for me in various ways. I passed
many years in this manner, and my children grew up into fine strong men,
and each one of them ruled his tribe. Every ambassador on his journey to
and from Egypt visited me. I was kind to people of every class. I gave
water to the thirsty man. I suppressed the highway robber. I directed
the operations of the bowmen of the desert, who marched long distances
to suppress the hostile Shekhs, and to reduce their power, for the Shekh
of Thennu had appointed me General of his soldiers many years before
this. Every country against which I marched I terrified into submission.
I seized the crops by the wells, I looted the flocks and herds, I
carried away the people and their slaves who ate their bread, I slew the
men there. Through my sword and bow, and through my well-organised
campaigns, I was highly esteemed in the mind of the Shekh, and he loved
me, for he knew my bravery, and he set me before his children when he
saw the bravery of my arms.

Then a certain mighty man of valour of Thennu came and reviled me in my
tent; he was greatly renowned as a man of war, and he was unequalled in
the whole country, which he had conquered. He challenged me to combat,
being urged to fight by the men of his tribe, and he believed that he
could conquer me, and he determined to take my flocks and herds as
spoil. And the Shekh took