hath
commanded us to bring him some of them, that he may see them, and divert
himself by the view of them." And the king of the blacks replied: "Most
willingly." Then he feasted him with fish, and ordered the divers to
bring up from the sea some of the bottles of Solomon; and they brought
up for them twelve bottles; wherewith the Emeer Moosa was delighted, and
the Sheikh Abd-Es-Samad also, and the soldiers, on account of the
accomplishment of the affair of the Prince of the Faithful. The Emeer
Moosa thereupon presented to the king of the blacks many presents, and
gave him large gifts. In like manner, too, the king of the blacks gave
to the Emeer Moosa a present consisting of wonders of the sea.

Then they bade him farewell, and they journeyed back until they came to
the land of Syria, and went in to the Prince of the Faithful; whereupon
the Emeer Moosa acquainted him with all that he had seen, and all that
had occurred to him with respect to the verses and histories and
admonitions, and told him of the case of Talib the son of Sahl. And the
Prince of the Faithful said to him: "Would that I had been with you,
that I might have beheld what ye beheld!" He then took the bottles, and
proceeded to open one after another, and the devils came forth from
them, saying: "Repentance, O Prophet of God! We will not return to the
like conduct ever!" And Abd-El-Melik the son of Marwan wondered at this.
After this, the Prince of the Faithful caused the riches to be brought
before him, and divided them among the people. And he said: "God hath
not bestowed upon any one the like of what He bestowed upon Solomon the
son of David."

This is the end of that which hath come down to us, of the history of
the City of Brass, entire. And God is all-knowing.

THE STORY OF ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES

In a town in Persia, there lived two brothers, one named Cassim, the
other Ali Baba. Their father left them scarcely anything; but as he had
divided his little property equally between them, it would seem that
their fortune ought to have been equal; but chance determined otherwise.

Cassim married a wife, who soon after became heiress to a large sum, and
to a warehouse full of rich goods; so that he all at once became one of
the richest and most considerable merchants, and lived at his ease. Ali
Baba, on the other hand, who had married a woman as poor as himself,
lived in a very wretched habitation, and had no other means to maintain
h