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willir, like the reluctant Cncsar, to refuse tlic 

 crow, as having " no occasion for the ph. 

 " Bu'-' replied the other, " the place has n 

 you. The title ofCaliphofthe Caliph of the J 

 of («l being deemed tautological, and likel 

 creu! to an inconvenient length, was exchan 

 thatf Emir el Mumenin, or Emperor of thi 

 ful. lis first measures were to follow up t! 

 tarv )erations of his predecessor ; and after 

 ox[)()tion into Irak, with indifferent succest 

 dah intinued to prosecute the war in Syria 

 T\ Damascene exiles had been four d 

 nigh on their march, and might have ret 

 mulrted, but for the imprudence or pass 

 youtul lover. * .. .1.1.. -'^jzen, named .!< 

 hetnhed to a \. .den — but her p; 



[)rettxt. dcl.iyed the consumi 

 , .us. During the pressure of the 

 dan of their situation induced them tf 

 thr - \ Having bribed the nightly 

 thi . isan. Jonas rode forward to 



way, lit wa-^ -nrnMiiidcd and seized by a 

 nrii.-iifrni " 'ar. Another horse 



