446 APPLXDIX, N" IV. 
No. IV. 
LIST of One Hundred and Seventy-tivo TALES, 
CONTAINFD IN A MANUSCRIPT COPY OF 
TAe-ALF LEELA O LILA," 
or '' Arabian Nights i' 
AS IT WAS PROCURED BY THE AUTHOR IN EGYPT. 
N.B. Tbe Arabic Words mentioued in this List are g;iven as they 
appeared to be pronouuced, iu English characters ; and of course, therefore, 
adapted to English j)i()iiuuciation. 
The Number of Tales amounts to 172; but one tale is supposed to 
occupy many nights in the recital, so that the whole number is divided into 
" One Thousand and One Alights." It rarely happens that any two copies 
of the manuscript resemble each other. The title of ''^ Alf Leelu o Lila" 
is bestowed upon any collection of Eastern Tales divided into the same 
number of parts. 'I'he compilation depends upon the taste, thecaprice, 
and the opportunities of the scribe, or the commands of his employer. 
Certain popular stories are common to almost all copies of the Arabian 
Nights, but almost every selection contains some tales which are not found 
in any other. Much depends upon the locality of the scribe. The 
popular stories of Egypt will be found to differ materially from those of 
Constantinople. A nephew of the late IVortley Montague, living in Rosetta, 
had a copy of the Arabian Nights; and, upon comparing the two 
manuscripts, it appeared that out of the 172 tales, here enumerated, only 
37 were found in his manuscript. In order to mark, therefore, the stories 
which were common to the two manuscripts, an asterisk has been prefixed 
to the 37 tales which appeared iu both copies. 
1. 1. HE Bull and the Ass. 
2. The Merchant and the Hobgoblin. 
3. The Man and the Antelope. 
4. The Merchant and two Dogs. 
5. The Old Man and the Mule. 
*6. The History of the Hunters, 
7, -J Tbe History of King Yoonan^ and the Philosopher 
8. / Dooban. 
