ng a discovery to him, which he knew would
be very agreeable to so good natured and generous a prince. It so
happened, that before Helim found such an opportunity as he desired, the
new king Ibrahim, having been separated from his company in a chase, and
almost fainting with heat and thirst, saw himself at the foot of mount
Khacan. He immediately ascended the hill, and coming to Helim's house,
demanded some refreshments.

33. Helim was very luckily there at that time; and after having set
before the king the choicest of wines and fruits, finding him
wonderfully pleased with so seasonable a treat, told him that the best
part of his entertainment was to come. Upon which he opened to him the
whole history of what had passed. The king was at once astonished and
transported at so strange a relation, and seeing his brother enter the
room with Balsora in his hand, he leaped off from the sofa on which he
sat, and cried out, 'It is he! it is my Abdallah!' Having said this, he
fell upon his neck, and wept.

34. The whole company for some time remained silent, and shedding tears
of joy. The king at length having kindly reproached Helim for depriving
him so long from such a brother, embraced Balsora with the greatest
tenderness, and told her that she should now be a queen indeed, for that
he would immediately make his brother king of all the conquered nations
on the other side the Tigris.

35. He easily discovered in the eyes of our two lovers, that instead of
being transported with the offer, they preferred their present
retirement to empire. At their request, therefore, he changed his
intentions, and made them a present of all the open country as far as
they could sec from the top of mount Khacan.

36. Abdallah continuing to extend his former improvements, beautified
this whole prospect with groves and fountains, gardens and seats of
pleasure, until it became the most delicious spot of ground within the
empire, and is therefore called the garden of Persia.

37. This Caliph, Ibrahim, after a long and happy reign, died without
children, and was succeeded by Abdallah, a son of Abdallah and Balsora.
This was that king Abdallah, who afterwards fixed the imperial residence
upon mount Khacan, which continues at this time to be the favourite
palace of the Persian empire.

_On Rashness and Cowardice._

RAMBLER, No. 25.

1. There are some vices and errors which, though often fatal to those in
whom they are found, have yet