serve thee for thy return home." "Allah requite thee!" answered I
and did as he advised me, going out daily with the cocoa-nut
gatherers, who commended me to one another and showed me the
best-stocked trees.[FN#66] Thus did I for some time, till I had
laid up great store of excellent nuts, besides a large sum of
money, the price of those I had sold. I became thus at my ease
and bought all I saw and had a mind to, and passed my time
pleasantly greatly enjoying my stay in the city, till, as I stood
on the beach, one day, a great ship steering through the heart of
the sea presently cast anchor by the shore and landed a company
of merchants, who proceeded to sell and buy and barter their
goods for cocoa-nuts and other commodities. Then I went to my
friend and told him of the coming of the ship and how I had a
mind to return to my own country; and he said, "'Tis for thee to
decide." So I thanked him for his bounties and took leave of him;
then, going to the captain of the ship, I agreed with him for my
passage and embarked my cocoa-nuts and what else I possessed. We
weighed anchor,--And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and
ceased saying her permitted say.

When it was the Five Hundred and Fifty-ninth Night,

She said, It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that Sindbad the
Seaman continued:--So I left the City of the Apes and embarked my
cocoa-nuts and what else I possessed. We weighed anchor the same
day and sailed from island to island and sea to sea; and whenever
we stopped, I sold and traded with my cocoa-nuts, and the Lord
requited me more than I erst had and lost. Amongst other places,
we came to an island abounding in cloves[FN#67] and cinnamon and
pepper; and the country people told me that by the side of each