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7 One day, having walked to the principal quay, several seamen were busily employed in unloading a ship newly arrived. As I cast my eye on some of the bales of goods, I perceived them, by the marks, to be the same that I had put on board



when I embarked for Balsora. I also knew the captain; and some other persons coming from the ship instantly knew me, and I was not long in convincing the captain that I was the real Sindbad, and no impostor; upon which he presented me my bales with a thousand congratulations. I offered him a part of my goods in requital for his probity, but this he refused.

I then selected the most valuable articles out of my bales, and presented them to king Mihrage who accepted my present, and gave me a rich one in return. I then took leave of him and the whole court, and went on board the same ship, after I