Produced by JC Byers, Ralph Zimmerman, Renate Preuss, Anne

Soulard, and Coralee Sheehan

Editorial Note: Project Gutenberg also has the translation of this work by
Richard F. Burton in 16 volumes.

THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND ONE NIGHT:

Now First Completely Done Into English
Prose and Verse, From The Original Arabic,

                         By John Payne
(Author of "The Masque of Shadows," "Intaglios: Sonnets," "Songs
                      of Life and Death,"
"Lautrec," "The Poems of Master Francis Villon of Paris," "New
                      Poems," Etc, Etc.).

In Nine Volumes:

VOLUME THE THIRD.

                             London
                  Printed For Subscribers Only
                              1901

Delhi Edition

Contents of The Third Volume.

1. The Birds and Beasts and the Son of Adam2. The Hermits3. The Water-Foul and the Tortoise4. The Wolf and the Fox a. The Hawk and the Partridge5. The Mouse and the Weasel6. The Cat and the Crow7. The Fox and the Crow a. The Mouse and the Flea b. The Falcon and the Birds c. The Sparrow and the Eagle8. The Hedgehog and the Pigeons a. The Merchant and the Two Sharpers9. The Thief and his Monkey a. The Foolish Weaver10. The Sparrow and the Peacock11. Ali Ben Bekkar and Shemsennehar12. Kemeezzeman and Boudour a. Nimeh Ben er Rebya and Num his Slave Girl13. Alaeddin Abou Esh Shamat14. Hatim et Yai: His Generosity After Death15. Maan Ben Zaideh and the Three Girls16. Maan Ben Zaideh and the Bedouin17. The City of Lebtait18. The Khalif Hisham and the Arab Youth19. Ibrahim Ben el Mehdi and the Barber-surgeon20. The City of Irem21. Isaac of Mosul's Story of Khedijeh and the Khalif Mamoun22. The Scavenger and the Noble Lady of Baghdad23. The Mock Khalif24. Ali the Persian and the Kurd Sharper

THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND ONE NIGHT

When Shehrzad had made an end of the history of King Omar teenEnnuman and his sons, Shehriyar said to her, "I desire that thoutell me some story about birds;" and Dunyazad, hearing this, saidto her sister, "All this while I have never seen the Sultan lightat heart till this night; and this gives me hope that the issuemay be a happy one for thee with him." Then drowsiness overcamethe Sultan; so he slept and Shehrzad, perceiving the approach ofday, was silent.

When it was the hundred and forty-sixth night, Shehrzad began asfollows: "I have heard tell, O august King, that

STORY OF THE BIRDS AND BEASTS AND THE SON OF ADAM.

A peacock once abode with his mate on the sea-shore, in a placethat abounded in trees and streams, but was infested with lionsand all manner other wild beasts, and for fear of these latter,the two birds were wont to roost by night upon a tree, goingforth by day in quest of food. They abode thus awhile, till,their fear increasing on them, they cast about for some otherplace wherein to dwell, and in the course of their search, they

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