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wife until she saw her prepare a dish for her son, when she 

 presented herself before him, charged the new wife with her 

 intended crime, and dared her to eat of her own dish. The 

 Kai'd's eyes were opened, and he compelled the Sultan's lady, 

 his new wife, to eat of the dish which she had prepared for him, 

 when she immediately died from the effects of her own poison. 

 This Kaid ever after kept away from the Sultan u.ntil, a few 

 years ago, his evil genius prevailed on him to obey the Sultan's 

 call, when he died within an hour after taking supper with 

 the Sultan. 



Abd el Saddock, Kaid of Mogador, Duquallah, Ahda, and 

 Sous, and his False Friend. 



Some years since, the Kaid of Mogador ' (father of the Kaid 

 Hadj Amara who entertained you when there) ruled over the 

 provinces of Duquallah, Sous, and Abda, and made a great deal 

 of money during his administration, and secured the love of all 

 good Moors by his making the Jews acknowledge their in- 

 feriority to the Moors. But suspecting that his time to be 

 squeezed by the Sultan had nearly ariived, he determined to pre- 

 pare for it, and so outwit a false friend, who was an enemy of 

 his, and the Sultan at the same time ; in order to which, he 

 called upon his false friend, and invited him to dine with him 

 that evening in private as he had something to tell him. After 

 dinner the Kaid told his guest that he was getting afraid of the 

 Sultan seizing him in order to get his money. ' Now,' said he, 

 ' I have a favour to ask of you, which is that you will carefully 

 preserve the treasure which I will show you, and when I am 

 seized upon take the keys of my house, but do not live in it, 

 and when my son Hamara knows how to use my money, then 

 tell him of the box and give him the keys ; and furthei-, I want 

 you to swear that you will never tell where I have hid my 

 treasure, and that you will not tell any one of what has passed 

 this night.' The false friend took the oath with mental reser- 

 vations, as would appear from the sequel. The Kaid then 

 ordered four slaves to attend upon him, and all descended to 

 the cellar, where the money was concealed in a large strong 

 wooden box, buried in the ground. The box was then opened 



' The same of whom the first story is related above. 



