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ALADDIN 
 
 AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP. 
 
 OEMBELY in one of (lie 
 provinces of tlie kingdom 
 of China, there lived a tailor, 
 ■whose name was Mustapha, 
 who was so poor tlvit he 
 could hardly subsist himself 
 and family, wliieh consisted 
 of a wife and one eon, named 
 Aladdin, who was a very idle 
 boy,lnsomuch, that to^feis he-':, 
 haviour he broke liififay*^^ 
 lieart, who died when Aladd- 
 in was only fourteen years of 
 age. 
 
 One day^.while -at play in 
 the street, as was his usual 
 practice, with some vulgar 
 boys, a stranger passed by, 
 ■who stood still to observe 
 him : this straDger was a 
 famous magiciaD, called the 
 African Magician, who had 
 come after some great design, and thought by Aladdin's countenance, 
 that he might be of service to him in the execution of it. For this pur- 
 pose, he made himself acquainted with Aladdin's family, learned his 
 father's name, and that he had died a poor tailor. He went up to him; 
 fell upon his neck, called him his dear nephew, & wept bitterly for the 
 death of his poor brother, as he called him. "But it is some relief 
 to my affliction," said he, ** to find you and your mother alive 5 go, my 
 brave boy, give her that, (putting money into his hand,) and tell her 
 that I will come in the evening and sup with her," 
 
 The mother of Aladdin was very much surprised at what her sou 
 told her, and went to prepare for supper, in expectation of a visit from 
 her new relation. In the evening, the magician was as good as his word, 
 he embraced the wife of his brother, and expressed his sorrow at the 
 loss of him. *' But Q-od be praised for all things," said he, " now that 
 I have found his wife and son, it shall be my first care to provide for 
 them." He then told Aladdin he had a mind to take a shop for him, 
 and stock it with goods. 
 
 Next day he carried Aladdin along with him, introduced him to all 
 the merchants, and had him clothed anew from top to toe 5 next day 
 the magician proposed giving Aladdin a walk in the gardens that ad- 
 joined the town, at which he was oveijoyed. The magician having thus 
 far completed his design, he and Aladdin set out early in the morning, 
 travelled all day, & stopping at the most pleasant places to take refresh- 
 ments. By this means the magician drew Aladdin insensibly beyond 
 the gardens, and crossed the country, till they almost came to the 
 mountains. 
 
ALADDlNj AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP. 
 
 At last they came between two mountains, divided by a little valley, 
 which was the place where the magician intended to bring Aladdin, 
 to put into execution a design that had brought him from Africa. ''We 
 will go no farther now," said he to Aladdin ; " I will show you some 
 things very extraordinary : but, while I strike fire, do you gather up 
 all the loose dry sticks you can see to light a fire with." 
 
 Aladdin soon found 
 so many dried sticks, 
 tliatbelore the magician 
 nad lighted a match, ho 
 had gathered up a great 
 heap. The magician, 
 presently set them on 
 fire, and in a moment a 
 great cloud of smoke 
 arose, and the earth be- 
 gan to tremble 5 and 
 presently they discover- 
 ed a square stone with 
 a ring in the middle of 
 it to lift it xi\) by. Alad- 
 din was so frightened at 
 what he saw, that he 
 would have run away ; 
 but, as 'he was to be 
 servicieable to the magi- 
 cian, he caught hold of 
 him, and lie gave him 
 such abloWjthatknocked 
 him down. Poor Alad-, 
 din got up trembling 
 and said to the magician 
 " What have I done, 
 uncle, to be treated 
 
 after this severe manner?" I have my reasons for it: I am your 
 uncle, and supply the place of yom* father, and you ought to 
 make no reply. Know, then, tliat vmder this stone there lies hid a trea- 
 sure, which is destined to be your's, and which will make you richer 
 than the greatest monarch in the world ; therefore no other person but 
 yourself is permitted to touch this stone, to pull it up and go in. 
 
 Aladdin amazed at all he saw & heard the magician say of the treasure 
 forgot what was past,and said, " Well, uncle, command me, and I am 
 ready to obey you," " Here then, take hold of the ring, and hft up that 
 stone." Aladdin did as the magician bid him, and raised the stone with 
 a great deal of ease, and laid it by. 
 
 When the stone was pulled up, there appeared a cave of about three 
 or four feet deep, and steps to go down lower. " Observe Aladdin," 
 said the African Magician, " what I am going to say to you : go down 
 into that cave, and when you are at the bottom of those steps, you wil 
 
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 find a door open, wliicli will lead j^oninto a fine palace, divided into 
 three great halls, in each of which you will see four large brass vessels 
 placed on each side, fall of gold and silver, but take care you do not 
 meddle with them ; and above all things do not touch the walls, so 
 much as with your clothes ; for, if you do, you die immediately. At 
 the end of the third hall, you will find a door which leads into a garden; 
 walk du-ectly across, and you will see a niche befor you, and in that 
 niche a lighted lamp. Take the lamp down, and put it out ; and bring 
 it to me. If you have a mind to any of the fruit of the garden, you 
 may gather as much as you please." A fter these words the magician 
 pulled a ring oflP his finger, and put it upon one of Aladdin's, telHng him 
 it was a preservation against all misfortunes, while he observed what 
 was prescribed to him. 
 
 Aladdinjumped into the cave, went down the steps, and found every 
 thing as the African magician described them ; and, without stopping, 
 crossed the garden, took down the lamp, and threw out the wick and 
 oil, and put it into his bosom. As he came down from the terrace again 
 he stopped in the garden to observe the fruit. All the trees were 
 loaded with extraordinary fine fruit, of diiFerent colours, and of very 
 great value. Tne white where pearls ; the clear and transparent, 
 diamonds ; the deepest red, rubeis. Some he wrapped up in the skirts, 
 of his gown, and crammed his breast as full as it could hold. 
 
 Having thus loaded himself, he returned to the mouth of the cave, 
 where the magician expected him with the utmost impatience. Aa 
 
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 Eoou as he saw Aladdin, he cried oufc, « Give mc the lamp !" " Indeed 
 uncle," answered Aladdin, '* I cannot now ;" having encumbered him-^ 
 self so much with this fruit, that he could not well get at it, till he was 
 out of the cave. The magician provoked at this refusal, flew into a 
 terrible passion, and no sooner pronounced two magical words, but the 
 stone moved into its proper place, and the earth closed again in the 
 same manner as it opened at their arrival. 
 
 When the magician saw that all his hopes were frustrated for ever 
 having lost the lamp he came so far to seek, he returned that same day 
 for Africa. 
 
 As for Aladdin, as soon as he found he was so buried alive, he cried, 
 and called out to his uncle, to tell him he was ready to give him the 
 lamp ; but all in vain. At last, he went to the bottom of the step?, 
 with a design to get into the garden, where it was light ; but the door, 
 which before opened by enchantment, was now shut. 
 
 Aladdin remained in this state two days, without either eating or 
 drinking ; on the third day he accidentally rubbed the ring which the 
 magician gave him, and immediately a genie rose out of the earth, and 
 said to him " What wouldst thou have with me ? I am the slave of all 
 who possess the ring on thy finger." At another time Aladdin would 
 have been frightened, but the danger he was in made him answer with- 
 out hesitation : "Whosoever thou art deliver me out of this place as 
 thou art able." He had no sooner made an end of these words, but 
 the earth opened, and he found himself where the magician made his 
 conjuration. 
 
 When Aladdin arrived at home, ho told his mother all that had 
 happened ; which she heard with surprise and wonder. 
 
 Aladdin, who had not slept while he was m the subterraneous 
 abode, slept very soundly all that night. The first thhig he said wag 
 he wanted something to eat. '« Alas ! child, I have not a bit of bread 
 to give you." "Mother," replied Aladdin, " give me the lamp I brought 
 home, and I will go and sell it ; the money I shall get for it will serve 
 both for breakfast and dinner, and perhaps for supper too." 
 
 Aladdin's mother took the lamp, and said to her sou, " Here it is, 
 but it is very du-ty ; if it was a little cleaner, I believe it would bring 
 something more." To that end she took a litle fine sand and water to 
 clean it ; but had no sooner began to rub it, than a hideous genie of 
 a gigantic size appeared, and said to ])er in a voice like thunder, -'What 
 wouldst thou have ? I am ready to obey thee as thy slave, and the slave 
 of all those who have that lamp in their hands." 
 
 Aladdin's mother fell into a swoon ; but lie snatched the lamp out of 
 his mother's hand, and said to the genie boldly enough, " I am hungry 
 bring me something to eat presently." The genie disappeared imme- 
 diatly, and in an instant returned with a large silver basin on his head 
 and twelve covered plates of the same metal, which contained some nice 
 and excellent meats ; six white loaves on two other plates ; and two 
 bottles of wine, and two glasses in each hand. All these things he laid 
 upon a table, and dissappeared ; and all this was done before Aladdin's 
 mother came out of her swoon. 
 
 When Aladdin's mother had taken away what was left, she went and 
 eat dowjv bj her eon on the so£a. " Aladdin," said she, " I expect that 
 
ALADDIN, AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP. 
 
 The Genie of the lamp appearing to Aladdin. 
 
 you sliould satisfy my impatience, tell me exactly -what passed between 
 the genie and you while I was in a swoon ;" which he. presently com- 
 plied with. 
 
 By the next night they had eaten all tlie provisions, and Aladdin sold 
 the plates and basin to a Jew, and they lived Avith great frugality, so 
 that there w'as sufficent to maintain themselves for some months. 
 
 One day the sultan published an order for aU people to shut up 
 their shops and houses, and keep within doors, while the princess 
 Badroulboudor, his daughter, went to the baths and back again. 
 
 Tlie public order inspired Aladdin with great curiosity to see the 
 princess's face, whieli he did, by getting behind the door of the baths. 
 The princess was the most lovely woman in the world, and no wonder 
 that Aladdin was charmed with her. After she had passed and got in- 
 to the bath, he was astonished and confounded. Next morning ho told 
 his mother the cause of his uneasiness, adding, I love the princess with 
 so much violence, that I am resolved to ask her in marriage of the 
 sultan her father. 
 
 Aladdin's mother next council day went to tlie divan, and placed 
 herself before the sultan as usual ; who seeing her, bid her come nigher. 
 "Grood woman,'' said the sultan, " I liave observed you to stand for 
 a long time. What is your business ? " 
 
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 ALADDIN, AND THE WONDERFX^L LAMP. 
 
 Aladdin's loonderful palace. 
 
 At tliese words, Aladdin's moiliei' prostrated herself. She told him 
 how Aladdin had seen Princess Badroulboudour, the violent love that 
 fatal sight had inspired him vfith, that he had requested her to come 
 and ask the princess in marriage. 
 
 The sxiltan harkened to the discom'se with a great deal of mildness, 
 but he asked her what she had tied up in that napkin ; upon which she 
 unloosed it, and presented the china dish. The sultan was amazed to see 
 so many jewels. He said to the vizier "Is not such a present worthy of 
 the princess my daughter ?" Some time before, the sultan promised that 
 he would bestow her upon the vizier's son. The vizier being afraid he 
 might change his mind, said, " Sir, I cannot but own it is : but I beg 
 of your majesty to grant mo three months — before which time, I hope 
 my son will be able to make a nobler present." The sultan granted 
 him that time. "Good woman," said he to Aladdm's mother, "tell your 
 son that I agree to the proposal." 
 
 Aladdin let the three months be completed, and the next day sent 
 his mother to the palace to remind the sultan of his promise. The 
 sultan no sooner cast his eyes upon her, than lie knew her again. She 
 came to the foot of the throne, and prostrated herself as usual. " Sir," 
 said she, " I come in the name of my son Aladdin, to put you in mind 
 of your promise." 
 
ALADDIN, AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP. 
 
 He consulted the grand vizier on the svibject, who said to him, "Sir. 
 there is an infalHble way for your majesty to avoid such a match ; which 
 is for your majesty to set so high a value upon the princess, that were 
 he ever so rich he could not come upto it." The sultan, approving of the 
 grand vizier's advice, turned about to Aladdin's mother, and said to her 
 " It is true, sultans ought to be as good as their word ; but as I cannot 
 marry her without some valuable consideration from your son, I will 
 fulfil my promise as soon as he shall send me forty basins of massive 
 gold, full of the same you have all ready made me a present of, carried 
 by the like number of black slaves, who shall be led by as many young 
 and handsome white slaves, all dressed magnificently." 
 
 Aladdins mother prostrated herself a seccond time before the sultan's 
 throne, and retired. She gave her son an exact account of what the 
 sultan said to her, and the conditions on which he consented to the 
 match. Aladdin took the lamp and rubbed it, and the genie appeared 
 *' The sultan," said Aladdin, *' gives me his daughter in marriage, but 
 demands presents worthy of a princess. Go and fetch me this present 
 as soon as possible." In a little time afterwards, the genie returned 
 with what Aladdin ordered. Aladdin said, " Mother, let us lose no 
 time, but return to the palace." Aladdin opened the street door, and 
 made the slaves walk out ; a white slave always followed by a black 
 one, with a basin on his head. 
 
 As the sultan he had been informed of their coming to the palace, 
 liad given orders for them to be admitted. Aladdin's mother advanced 
 to the foot of the throne, and said to the sultan, ** Sir, my son Aladdin 
 is sensible this present is much below the princess's worth ; but hopes 
 your majesty will accept of it." The sultan was not able to give the 
 least attention to this compliment. " Well, vizier, what do you think 
 of all this ? Who can it be that has sent me so extraordinary a present? 
 Do you think him worthy of my daughter ?" The vizier retui'ued him 
 this answer : — " I am so far, sir, that I should be so bold as to say he 
 deserved much more." 
 
 The sultan sent his mother back with all the satisfaction she could 
 desire. " Gro and tell your son that I wait to embrace and receive him 
 with open arms." Aladdin's mother having got home ; " Child," said 
 she to her son, *' you have reason to be pleased ; the sultan waits to 
 embrace you and conclude your marriage." Aladdin, charmed with this 
 news, retired to his chamber. There, after he had rubbed the lamp 
 the genie appeared ; and Aladdin said, " Genie, I want to go to bathe 
 immediately, and afterwards provide me the most rich and magnificent 
 habit monarch ever wore." No sooner where the words out of his mouth 
 but the genie rendered him as well as himself invisible, and transported 
 him into a fine marble bath, where he rubbed and washed him with all 
 sorts of scented waters ; and when he returned, he found a noble habit 
 tlie magnificence of which very much surprised him. The genie helped 
 him to dress, and when he had done, transported him back to his own 
 chamber, where he asked him if he had any other commands. " Yes," 
 answeared Aladdin : " I expect you should bring me, as soon as possi- 
 ble a horse that surpasses the best in the sultan's stables : I want also 
 forty slaves, as richly clothed as those presented to the sultan. Bring 
 six women slaves to wait on my mother, as finely dressed as any of the 
 
ALADDIN, AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP. 
 
 l^rincess's, each, loaded with a complete suit fit for any sultana ; and 
 lastly, ten thousand peicea of gold in purses ; so make baste, and be 
 dilegint." 
 
 The genie disappeared, and presently returned with everythnig as he 
 had ordered. Of the ten purses Aladdin took but four, which he gave 
 to his mother, the other six he left in the hands of the six slaves who 
 brought them, with orders to throw handfuls among the people as they 
 went to the sultan's palace. Afterwards he presented the six women 
 slaves to his mother, telling her that they were her slaves, and the 
 habits they had brought were for her use. When Aladdin had thus 
 disposed of his affairs, he dispatched one of the slaves to the palace, to 
 know when he might have the honour to come and throw himself at the 
 sultan's feet. The slave brought him word that the sultan waited for 
 
 Aladdin inunediately mounted his horse, and began his march in the 
 order he had appointed it ; the streets where crowded with people, who 
 made the air echo again with their acclamations, especially every time 
 the six slaves who carried the pui-ses threw handfuls of gold into the 
 
 When he had arrived at the palace, the chief of the huissiers, who 
 waited on him by the sultan's orders, led him to the throne. _ As soon 
 as the sultan saw him, he was much amazed to see him more richly and 
 magnificently clothed than he had ever been himself, and embraced him 
 with all the demonstrations of friendship. The sultan gave a signal, 
 and immediately the air echoed with trumpets and other instruments ; 
 at the same time ho led Aladdin into a magnificent hall, where there 
 was prepared a noble feast. After dmner the sultan sent for the chiet 
 iudge to draw up immediately a contract of marriage between the prm- 
 cess and Aladdin. The sultan asked Aladdin if he would stay m the 
 palace, and solemnize the ceremonies of marriage that day ? io which 
 he answered "Sir though great is my impatience to enjoy your majesty 3 
 bounty I be ^ you to give me leave to defer it till I have built a palace 
 fit to recicve the prmccss in ; I therefore desire you to grant me a spot 
 of ground nigh your palace." " Son, " said the sultan, " take what 
 ground you think proper." After these words, he embraced Aladdm 
 again, who took his leave with as much politeness as if he had been bred 
 up and had always lived at court. 
 
 Aladdin mounted his horse again and returned home. As soon as he 
 dismounted, he retired to his own chamber, took the lamp, and called 
 the genie. « Genie, I would have thee build me, as soon as thou canst, 
 a fine palace over against the sultan's, and fit to receive my spouse the 
 Princess. The next morning, by break of day, Aladdm was no sooner 
 up than the Genie presented himself, and said, « Sir, your palace is 
 finished, come and see if you like it ; '^ and he found it so much beyond 
 his expectation, that he could not enough admire it. Then the genie 
 led him through apartments, which where rich and magnificent, with 
 officers and slaves, all dressed to their rank and services Ihen the 
 eenie showed him the treasury, where Aladdin saw heaps of money, and 
 led him to the stables to show hun some of the finest horses m the world, 
 and grooms carefully dressing them; from thence they went to the 
 store houses, filled with all necessary provisions, both for food and 
 
ALADDIN, AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP, 
 
 ornament for the horses. Aladdin said to the genie, " No one can be better 
 satisfied than me. 
 
 When tlie sultan's porters opened the gates, they where amazed to 
 see the palace in so short a time; they told the vizier, who ran and 
 acquainted the sultan aiid endeavoured to make him believe it was Ha 
 enchantment. 
 
 When it was night, the princess took her leave of the the sultan, and 
 set forward for Aladdin's palace. Four hundred of the sultan's young 
 pages carried flambleaux, which, together with the illuminations of tlie 
 sultan's and Aladdin's palace, made it as light as day. At last when the 
 young princess arived at the new palace, Aladdin ran with joy to 
 meet her— took her by the hand, which he kissed, and led her into a 
 large hall, illuminated with an infinite number of wax candles, where a 
 feast was served up in the most costly manner. About midnight, Aladdin 
 led the princess to the nuptial bed, her women helped to undress her 
 Aladdin's ofRcers did the same to him, and tlien all retired. 
 
 The next morning Aladdin went to the sultan's palace, and the sul- 
 tan asked him to breakfast with him. To which Aladdin replied, I beg 
 your majesty will dispense with me accepting that honour to day. I 
 came to ask you to take a repast in the princess's palace, attended by 
 your grand vizier, and all the lords of the court. The sultan consented 
 to it with pleasure ; rose up immediately, and as it was not far off, went 
 on foot. The nearer the sultan approached Aladdin's palace, the more 
 he was struck with its beauty, but was much more amazed when he 
 entered it, and could not forbear breaking out in loud acclamations. After 
 he recovered himself, he said to his vizier, " Is it possible there should 
 be such a stately palace so near mine, and I be an utter stranger to it till 
 now?" 
 
 ;^ot a week passed but Aladdin went either once or twice a hunting; 
 sometimes near town and sometimes farther off; at which times, tlie 
 Tillages through which he passed, felt the effects of his generosity, which 
 gained him so much love of the people, that it was common for them 
 to swear by his head, Aladdin had lived and behaved himself after this 
 manner several years, when the African magician, who undesignedly 
 had been the instrument of raising him to so high a pitch of fortune, 
 bethought liimself of him in Africa, And at last found that Aladdin 
 had escaped out of the cave where he left him, 4ived splendidly, had 
 married the princess. He was a great while deliberating what he should 
 do, but next morning set forwards, and never stopped, but just to refresh 
 himself, till he arrived at the capital of China. 
 
 The next day, the first thing the magician did was to inquire what 
 the people said of Aladdin. He soon after joined in conversation with 
 some persons who where talking of Aladdin's palace ; and took the 
 opportunity to ask them what palace they spoke of so advantageously ; 
 "Where came you ?" said one of them ; "you must be a stranger not to 
 have heard of prince Aladdin's palace," "Forgive my ignorance, sir," 
 replied the magician, I came from the farthest parts of Africa, where 
 the fame of this palace had not reached when I came away," When he 
 came to the palace, and had examined it on all sides, he made no dispute 
 but Aladdin had made use of the lamp to build it ; and knew none but 
 the genies could have performed such wonders. The next thing he had 
 to do was, to know where the lamp was ; if Aladain carried the lamp 
 
ALADDIN, AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP. 
 
 about witli him, or where he kept it j but finding out that the lamp was 
 kept in the palace, he conceived an expressible joy at the discovery. 
 
 _ The magician being informed that Aladdin was gone hunting for 
 ciglifc days, thought this an opportunity he ought not to let slip. He 
 went to a maker of lamps, and bought a dozeii of copper ones ; and 
 placing them in a basket before him, went to Aladdin's palace. When 
 he came near he cried, "Who will change old lamps for new ones ?" and 
 repeated it so often, that the princess sent out one of her slaves to 
 know what he cried. The slave returned laughing so heartily, that the 
 prmcess asked her what she laughed at ? " Alas ! madam, who can 
 forbear laughing, to see a fool with a basket before him full of lamps, 
 askmg to change it for old ones ?" But there is an old one upon the 
 cornice, and whoever owns it, will not be sorry to find a new one in its 
 place. 
 
 Now the lamp this slave mentioned, happened to be Aladdin's won- 
 dcrful lamp, which the princess not knowing the value of, and interest 
 Aladdin had to keep it, soon entered into the pleasantry, and bid an 
 eunuch take it, and go make that exchange. The eunuch obey'd, and 
 as soon as he came to the magician, picked out one of the best', and 
 carried it to the princess 5 but the exchange was no sooner made, than 
 there was such a halloo that the palace rung again ; such ridicule the 
 children made of him. 
 
 As soon as he got out of the space between the two palaces. He got 
 into the field and turned a road which led to a lonely place. In this 
 place the magician pulled out the lamp and rubbed it, and the genie 
 appearing, commanded him to transport liim and the palace entire, to 
 a place he appointed in Africa. As soon as the sultan rose next morning 
 he went to admire Aladdin's palace, and seeing an empty space, thought 
 at first he was mistaken rubbed his eyes. At last he returned to his 
 palace, and sent for the vizier, who did not let the sultan wait long 
 for him, but came in with such precipitation that neither he nor his 
 attendants, as they passed by, missed Aladdin's palace. 
 
 When he came into the sultan's presence, he said to him " Sir, the 
 hurry in which you sent for me, makes me beheve something very ex- 
 traordinary has happened." " Indeed," said the sultan, " it is some- 
 thing very extraordinary. Tell me what has become of Aladdin's 
 palace !" replied the grand vizier in .amazement ; " I think as I passed 
 by, it stood in its usual place such vast buildings are not easely re- 
 moved *' Go and look ," said the sultan, " and tell me if you can see 
 it' ^ 
 
 The grand vizier on his return to the sultan, said, "Sir, I told you 
 that_ that immense palace with all its riches, was only the work of 
 magic ; but your majesty would not give the least attention to what 
 I said." 
 
 *' Qo, said the sultan, " and order a detachment to bring Aladdin 
 before me loaded with chams, that I may have his head cut oflp. When 
 Aladdin was taken before the sultan, he ordered the executioner who 
 waited there on purpose, to cut off his head, immediately. But the 
 mob was so enraged, that the sultan gave orders to release him, with a 
 promise to do all in his pow^r to restore the lamented princess. 
 
 Aladdin not knowing wither he went, wandered into the country 
 
 
ALADDIN, AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP. 
 
 The death oftlie African Ma(jician. ' 
 
 nor (lid be stop, till he found himself on the brink of a river, and was 
 about to throw himself m, when he chanced to rub the ring he got from 
 the magician : and the genie appearing to him, said, " What wouldst 
 thou have ?" 
 
 Aladdin agreeably surprised, replied " Save my life, genie, a second 
 time, by showing me the place where my palace now stands." These 
 words where no sooner out of his mouth, than the genie transported 
 him into Africa, a small distance from a large city, where his palace stood, 
 and set him exactly under the window of the princess's apartment. 
 
 When he cast his eyes on his palace, he w^as overjoyed to think he 
 should once more possess his dear princess. One of the women looking 
 through tlie window, perceived Aladdin, and ran and told her mistress. 
 The princess, who could not believe the news, went that moment herself 
 to the window, and, seeing him, immediately opened it. The noise she 
 occasioned in opening the window, made Aladdin turn his head that 
 way, who perceiving the prmcess, he saluted her with an air that ex- 
 pressed his joy. Aladdin soon learned from the princess, that it was 
 by her selling the lamp that had caused all these misfortunes ; and no 
 sooner did she mention their being in Africa, than Aladdin knew that 
 it was the African magician that had transported her thither, " But I 
 desire you only to tell me what he has done with the lamp, and where 
 he has put it ?" ** Ho carries it carefully wrapped up in his bosom," 
 said the princess. 
 
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 /•I belieye," said Aladdin, «I hare thougt't of the means to deliver vou 
 &om both your enemy and mine ; to execute which design, it is necea- 
 sary for me to go to that town. I shaU return by noon, and then will 
 communicate my project to you." When Akddin was gone out of the 
 palace, he met with a countryman, with whom he changed clothes, and 
 went to a druggist^s shop, where he purchased a certain powder, and 
 returned with it to the princess. "My dear princess, if you wiU take my 
 advice, dress yourself in one of your richest robes, and invite the ma- 
 gician to sup With you, and while drinking your wine after supper, take 
 an opportunity to slip this powder into his glass." When the magician 
 was sat down, the princess broke silence first, « I have no wine but what 
 IS oi China, and a have great desire to taste of the product of Africa— I 
 shall beg of you to get some of the best," 
 
 The African magician readily consented to all this, and after supper 
 he insisted on going for the wine himself, as no one else knew how 
 
 A^T ^A^ ^^^ ^^^^^' ^^ ^^^ meantime the princess put the powder 
 Alad(hn gave her into a cup that was set apart for the purpose, which 
 he had no sooner drank, than his eyes turned in his head, and he fell 
 backwards lifeless. 
 
 Aladdin immediately entered the palace, and the princess ran to em- 
 brace him : but he stopped her, and said, « Princess, this is not a proper 
 time ; obhge me by leaving me alone a moment." When the princess 
 and the women where gone, Aladdin shut the door, and going directly 
 to the dead body of the magician, opened his vest, and took out. the 
 lamp as the princess had told him, and rubbing it, the genie immediately 
 appeared. « Genie,'' said Aladdin, " I command thee to transport this 
 palace mto China, to the same place from whence you brought it hither." 
 The genie complied, and in an instant they where transported thither. 
 Ihen Aladdm went to the princess and embraced her, and having as- 
 sured her that all her joy should be completed to-morrow morning, they 
 both retired to their chamber. 
 
 The first morning after the return of Aladdin's palace, the sultan 
 going to his window, he was surprised to see Aladdin's palace where it 
 stood before ! The sultan went thither immediately; and Aladdin, seeing 
 him approach, went to meet him ; but as the sultan would not speak to 
 him unless he had seen his daughter, he led l»m into the princess's apart- 
 ment. The sultan embraced her with joy ; and the princess, on her side, 
 gave hun all the testimonies of the pleasure the sight of him gave 
 
 HaTing explained all to the sultan, his majesty, to be assured of the 
 truth went mto the haU, where he saw the magician dead, and em- 
 braced Aladdin with a great deal of tenderness, and commanded great 
 rejoicings to be proclaimed on account of their return. A few years 
 afterwards, the sultan died, and leaving no male children, the princess 
 as lawful heir succeded him ; and communicating the power to Aladdin 
 Vhey reigned together many years, and left a numerous and iUustriouJ 
 progeny behind them. 
 
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