6 Tale by Insha Allah Kh&n. [No. 1. 



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mustard seed appear a mountain, and mixing truth with falsehood to 

 be obliged to convince and persuade my hearer by the aid of pantomime, 

 and construct entangled and unconnected sentences without measure 

 or moderation. How should my lips make the promise of a thing 

 which I am unable to perform ? In what way soever it is effected an 

 end is put to this dispute." 



The narrator of this story here declares himself, and to that degree 

 in which some people proclaim him in the way of praise, speaks con- 

 formably. Passing the right hand over the face in consideration, I 

 explain myself. Whatever my Benefactor willed, I shall essay, and 

 leaping, jumping, running, striving, will shew my skill. Seeing which, 

 the steed of your fancy, which is faster than lightning even, and in 

 his bound like the deer, will be lost in amazement ! 



Mounting my horse, I come, 

 The skill I have, I shew it all. 



