  CONTINUATION OF THE TALE OF KING OMAR BIN AL-NU'UMAN AND HIS SONS SHARRKAN AND ZAU AL-MAKAN. THE TALE OF THE BIRDS AND BEASTS AND THE CARPENTER. [130] TALE OF THE WATER-FOWL AND THE TORTOISE. TALE OF THE WOLF AND THE FOX. [150] TALE OF THE MOUSE AND THE ICHNEUMON. [165] THE HEDGEHOG AND THE WOOD-PIGEONS. THE THIEF AND HIS MONKEY. [171] TALE of ALI BIN BAKKAR and of SHAMS AL-NAHAR. Transcriber's Note: The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain. لا لابرار كلّ شي تبر "TO THE PURE ALL THINGS ARE PURE." ("The pleasure we derive from perusing the Thousand-and-One Stories makes us regret that we possess only a comparatively small part of these truly enchanting fictions." —Crichton's "History of Arabia." A PLAIN AND LITERAL TRANSLATION OF THE ARABIAN NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS. NOW ENTITULED THE BOOK OF THE |
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