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and he said, “ What has brought you?” They said, “We 
have come for this Hazrami. We'll tell him two lines. 
If he caps them, we'll be as we are; but if he can’t cap them 
then he! must go off and we will return to our ormer service.” 
“ Right,” said the Basha; ‘I'll consult the Hazrami.” Said the 
latter, ‘‘ There is no need to consult me ; oie answer them.” The 
Basha said to the men, “ All right, to-morrow at noon present 
yourselves ; and I will make pictichshios that. people may come 
and hear your verses,” He, accordingly, had the matter announced 
to the people of San‘as 
he next day, p eople came together. After they had as- 
sem bled, is Yemenites entered. Said the Basha to them, “ Ha! 
how have you progressed ? Are you going to recite your verses or 
are you dart ready ?” They said, “No, no, we are ready.” 
“Come on, speak,” said the Basha, Then he who was to speak 
the beitew came forward near to the Bash@ and said :— 
: : passed by a perfumer pail itr, musk, and camphor. 
nufis up). ” 
said to him ‘ ——’ [he s 
i the perfeisile said to me, ‘ Give back my ifr and musk and 
camphor.’ SoI said ‘——’” [he Sties here frat his nose}. 
t the Hazrami and said, “ Hear all ye Saar ! You 
have heart the lines of the Yemenite: hear the answer’ 
“ T passed by a mg SeDS re a bread, beans, se “Sopp 2 
he» 
So I said to him [ makes a swallowing n 
Then said "ths trai cae ‘Give me bac my read my beans a 
c bers.’ SoI said to him ‘—~-’” [here he makes a noise 
of retching]. 
Then up jumped the Yemenite and began to abuse the 
Hazrami ; “God curse thy country! God curse the land that has 
reared thee, Pander and son of a Pander.” “sts the sea el 
“* Do not abuse me, abuse the Basha, who drove 
Some time after this, the Hazrami took leave of the Basha and 
journeyed ds Mecca. On the road, robbers met him and 
im food. Said he to himself, “I'll devise a stratagem which 
will produce me food.” Now he had with him a wine-skin. 
He filled it full of camel dung gathered here and there, tied up the 
mouth, and went round the streets, seeking for some one to tric - 
by chance there was there an Egyptian, ber tities was ~aa 
a skin. It occurred to his mind too to trick some one; so he 
The former said, “ Faith, I have flour for sale—if you wa ye ; 
but what hast thou, Oh Hazrami?” Said the Hazrami, ee 
ee eS ae 
n the original, “ The Hazrami,’” for — * 
Paver, a kind of large cucumber 8 Lit, “ By God! 
