hen the
private door was opened I went up into the great hall, where I found the
magician lying dead on the sofa; and as I thought it not proper for the
princess to stay there any longer, I desired her to go down into her own
apartment, with her women and eunuchs. As soon as I was alone, and had
taken the lamp out of the magician's breast, I made use of the same
secret he had done, to remove the palace, and carry off the princess;
and by that means the palace was reconveyed to the place where it stood
before; and I have the happiness to restore the princess to your
majesty. But that your majesty may not think that I impose upon you, if
you will give yourself the trouble to go up into the hall, you may see
the magician punished as he deserved."

The sultan rose instantly and went into the hall, where, when he saw the
African magician dead, and his face already livid by the strength of the
poison, he embraced Aladdin with great tenderness, and said: "My son, be
not displeased at my proceedings against you; they arose from my
paternal love; and therefore you ought to forgive the excesses to which
it hurried me." "Sir," replied Aladdin, "I have not the least reason to
complain of your majesty's conduct, since you did nothing but what your
duty required. This infamous magician, the basest of men, was the sole
cause of my misfortune. When your majesty has leisure, I will give you
an account of another villainous action he was guilty of toward me,
which was no less black and base than this." "I will take an
opportunity, and that very shortly," replied the sultan, "to hear it;
but in the meantime let us think only of rejoicing."

The sultan then commanded the drums, trumpets, cymbals, and other
instruments of music to announce his joy to the public, and a festival
of ten days to be proclaimed for the return of the princess and Aladdin.

Within a few years afterward, the sultan died in a good old age, and as
he left no male children, the Princess Badroulboudour, as lawful heir of
the throne, succeeded him, and communicating the power to Aladdin, they
reigned together many years, and left a numerous and illustrious
progeny.

THE STORY OF PRINCE AGIB

I was a king, and the son of a king; and when my father died, I
succeeded to his throne, and governed my subjects with justice and
beneficence. I took pleasure in sea-voyages; and my capital was on the
shore of an extensive sea, interspersed with fortified and garrisoned