this." (Saith he who telleth the tale), Then he called for food;
and the servants spread the table, and when they had eaten the
evening-meal, he bade give Sindbad the porter an hundred golden
dinars and the Landsman returned home and lay him down to sleep,
much marvelling at all he had heard. Next morning, as soon as it
was light, he prayed the dawn-prayer; and, after blessing
Mohammed the Cream of all creatures, betook himself to the house
of Sindbad the Seaman and wished him a good day. The merchant
bade him sit and talked with him, till the rest of the company
arrived. Then the servants spread the table and when they had
well eaten and drunken and were mirthful and merry, Sindbad the
Seaman began in these words the narrative of




The Sixth Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman.



Know, O my brothers and friends and companions all, that I abode
some time, after my return from my fifth voyage, in great solace
and satisfaction and mirth and merriment, joyance and enjoyment;
and I forgot what I had suffered, seeing the great gain and
profit I had made till, one day, as I sat making merry and
enjoying myself with my friends, there came in to me a company of
merchants whose case told tales of travel, and talked with me of
voyage and adventure and greatness of pelf and lucre. Hereupon I
remembered the days of my return from abroad, and my joy at once
more seeing my native land and foregathering with my family and