can express his disappointment; he was almost distracted. However, when day began to appear, he did not forget to say his prayers, like a good Moosulmaun, and he added to them this petition: “Lord, thou knowest that I cast my nets only four times a day; I have already drawn them three times, without the least reward for my labour: I am only to cast them once more; I pray thee to render the sea favourable to me, as thou didst to Moses “ The fisherman having finished this prayer, cast his nets the fourth time; and when he thought it was proper,
me to live over this day, and allow me to proceed with the relation the ensuing night.” Shierear, who had listened to Scheherazade with much interest, said to himself, “I will wait till tomorrow, for I can at any time put her to death when she has concluded her story.” Having thus resolved not to put Scheherazade to death that day, he rose and went