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The first MS. commences precisely where the third volume of Galland’s MS. ends, to wit, (see my ) with the 281st Night, in the middle of the story of Camaralzaman and contains, (inter alia) besides the continuation of this latter (which ends with Night CCCXXIX), the stories of the Sleeper Awakened (Nights CCCXXX–CCCC), Ganem (Nights CCCCXXVIII–CCCCLXXIV), Zeyn Alasnam (Nights CCCCLXXV–CCCCXCI), Aladdin (Nights CCCCXCII–DLXIX) and three others not found in Galland’s version. The MS. ends in the middle of the 631st night with the well-known Story of King Bekhtzad (Azadbekht) and his son or the Ten Viziers, (which will be found translated in my ) and contains, immediately after Night CCCCXXVII and before the story of Ganem, a note in Arabic, of which the following is a translation:

“The fourth volume of the wonders and marvels of the stories of the Thousand Nights and One Night was