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 PART I

ENGLISH FABLES

VERBATIM FROM BOILEAU

(Alexander Pope.)

THE LOST CAMEL

DERVISH was journeying alone in the desert, when two Merchants suddenly met him. "You have lost a Camel," said he to the Merchants. "Indeed we have," they replied. "Was he not blind in his right eye, and lame in his left leg?" said the Dervish. "He was," replied the Merchants. "Had he lost a front tooth?" said 281