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

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

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

 urn, nails, brafs wire, incenfe and beads ; in fliort, all the 

 precious part of their little ftores was flolen. 



All the pafTengers were now in the utmofl defpair, and 

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

 Mahomet Gibberti, faid I, whether thefe two moors who 

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

 not a chance of knowing where the things are hid ; 

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

 always amfted in the thefts they are guilty of, by thofe 

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

 the fame with Mahometan ghofts." " The very fame, faid 

 Mahomet Gibberti and Yafine, as far as ever we heard." 

 ** Then go, Yaline, 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 Yafine 

 where every thing was, and accordingly all was found and 

 reftored. 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 Yafine and the failors were bufy pufhing off the 

 vefifel, and I a-itern at an observation, Mahomet Gibberti's 

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

 the repofitory of the baggage, and, after ftaying a little, 

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

 told his mafter, who informed me, and the ghoft finding 

 his aiTociates discovered, never was feen any more. 

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