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 And he made the image stand in the vessel, and poured upon it Of wine and milk and honey, regarding it intently. And he covered it with a lid, and set coals in a censer. And threw thereon of incense and fragrant wood and rosin. And spake words of enchantment, and called as if entreating. And there came to him the Red One with a sound of broken thunder, Jarish, king of the Jinns, encompassed with his whirlwind, And the Princes of the JInns in their cohorts and their legions. And a cry rose from the jar, and the image moved within it. And the Arabs beheld these things. And he breathed above the image, And made signs with a wand. And he called aloud to the image, Saying, " O image, hear me, and sooth be in thy sayings. Who was it robbed the mare and rode her forth in the night time ? Nay, if thou tell me not, I will cast thee to the people." And the image moved in the jar and rose aloft in the vessel. And called aloud to the crowd, " To all men salutation. And salutation to him, ibn Saleh, the obedient,