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The Fisherman gave him to know that he had two daughters and a

son, so the King sent for them and, taking one daughter to wife,

gave the other to the young Prince and made the son his head

treasurer. Furthermore he invested his Wazir with the Sultanate

of the City in the Black Islands whilome belonging to the young

Prince, and dispatched with him the escort of fifty armed slaves

together with dresses of honour for all the Emirs and Grandees.

The Wazir kissed hands and fared forth on his way; while the

Sultan and the Prince abode at home in all the solace and the

delight of life; and the Fisherman became the richest man of his

age, and his daughters wived with the Kings, until death came to

them. And yet, O King! this is not more wondrous than the story

of

The Porter and the Three Ladies of Baghdad.