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faid I, go forward, and fee if every man has gothis own. They 

 all did this without lofs of time, when a great noife and con- 

 fufion enfucd ; every one was plundered of fomething, ftibi- 

 um, nails, brafs wire, incenfe and beads ; in fhort, all the 

 precious part of their little flores was flolen. 



All the paflengers were now in the utmoft defpair, and 

 began to charge the failors. " I appeal to you, Yafme and 

 Mahomet GibbertL faid I, whether thefe two moors who 

 faw him ofteneft, and were moll intimate with him, have 

 not a chance of knowing where the things are hid ; 

 for in my country, where ghofls are very frequent, they are 

 always affifted in the thefts they are guilty of, by thofc 

 that fee and converfe with them. I fuppofe therefore it is 

 the lame with Mahometan ghofls." " The very fame, faid 

 Mahomet Gibbcrti and Yafme, as far as ever we heard," 

 " Then go, Yafme, with the Rais, and examine that part of 

 the fhip where the moors flept, while I keep them here ; 

 and take two failors with you, that know the fecret places." 

 Before the fearch began, however, one of them told Yafme 

 where every thing was, and accordingly all was found and 

 reflored. I would not have the reader imagine, that I here 

 mean to value myfelf, either upon any fupernatural know- 

 ledge, or extreme fagacity, in fuppofing that it was a piece 

 of roguery from the beginning, of which I never doubted- 

 But while Yafme and the failors were bufy pufhing off the 

 vefTcL and I a-flcrn at an obfervation, Mahomet Gibberti's 

 fervant, fitting by his matter, faw one of the moors go to 

 the repoiitory of the baggage, and, after flaying a little, 

 come out with a box and package in his hand. This he 

 told his mailer, who informed me, and the ghofl finding 

 his aflbciates difcovered, never was feen any more. 



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