of safety. When day appeared he
retired, but I dared not to leave my fort until the sun arose.

"I felt so much fatigued by the labour to which it had put me, and
suffered so much from the serpent's poisonous breath, that death seemed
more eligible to me than the horrors of such a state. I came down from
the tree, and was going to throw myself into the sea, when God took
compassion on me and I perceived a ship at a considerable distance. I
called as loud as I could, and taking the linen from my turban,
displayed it, that they might observe me. This had the desired effect;
the crew perceived me, and the captain sent his boat for me. As soon as
I came on board, the merchants and seamen flocked about me, to know how
I came into that desert island; and after I had related to them all that
had befallen me, the oldest among them said that they had often heard of
the giants that dwelt in that island, that they were cannibals; and as
to the serpents, they added, that there were abundance of them that hid
themselves by day, and came abroad by night. After having testified
their joy at my escaping so many dangers, they brought me the best of
their provisions; and the captain, seeing that I was in rags, was so
generous as to give me one of his own suits. We continued at sea for
some time, touched at several islands, and at last landed at that of
Salabat, where sandal wood is obtained, which is of great use in
medicine. We entered the port, and came to anchor. The merchants began
to unload their goods, in order to sell or exchange them. In the
meantime, the captain came to me and said: 'Brother, I have here some
goods that belonged to a merchant, who sailed some time on board this
ship, and he being dead, I design to dispose of them for the benefit of
his heirs.' The bales he spoke of lay on the deck, and showing them to
me, he said: 'There are the goods; I hope you will take care to sell
them, and you shall have factorage.' I thanked him for thus affording me
an opportunity of employing myself, because I hated to be idle.

"The clerk of the ship took an account of all the bales, with the names
of the merchants to whom they belonged, and when he asked the captain in
whose name he should enter those he had given me the charge of, 'Enter
them,' said the captain, 'in the name of Sinbad.' I could not hear
myself named without some emotion; and looking steadfastly on the
captain, I knew him to be the person who, in my second voyage, had