all adversity!" So I went up to the serpent and smote her on the
head with the golden staff, whereupon she cast the man forth of
her mouth.--And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased to
say her permitted say.

When it was the Five Hundred and Sixty-sixth Night,

She said, It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that Sindbad the
Seaman thus continued:--When I smote the serpent on the head with
my golden staff she cast the man forth of her mouth. Then I smote
her a second time, and she turned and fled; whereupon he came up
to me and said, "Since my deliverance from yonder serpent hath
been at thy hands I will never leave thee, and thou shalt be my
comrade on this mountain." "And welcome," answered I; so we fared
on along the mountain, till we fell in with a company of folk,
and I looked and saw amongst them the very man who had carried me
and cast me down there. I went up to him and spake him fair,
excusing myself to him and saying, "O my comrade, it is not thus
that friend should deal with friend." Quoth he, "It was thou who
well-nigh destroyed us by thy Tasbih and thy glorifying God on my
back." Quoth I, "Pardon me, for I had no knowledge of this
matter; but, if thou wilt take me with thee, I swear not to say a
word." So he relented and consented to carry me with him, but he
made an express condition that, so long as I abode on his back, I
should abstain from pronouncing the Tasbih or otherwise
glorifying God. Then I gave the wand of gold to him whom I had
delivered from the serpent and bade him farewell, and my friend
took me on his back and flew with me as before, till he brought
me to the city and set me down in my own house. My wife came to
meet me and saluting me gave me joy of my safety and then said,