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he twentieth day, he perceived on the road side an old
man, the sight of whom was frightful, who sat under a tree
some small distance from a thatched house, which was his
habitation.
His eye-brows were as white as snow, and so was the hair of his
head; his mustachoes turned up to his nose, and, with his beard,

which reached down to his waist, hid his mouth: the nails of his
hands and feet were grown to an excessive length; his hat was
slouched about his ears; he had no cloaths, but only a mat was
thrown over his shoulders.
The good old man was a dervise, who had for many years
retired from the world, and had neglected himself, and went in
that manner to give himself up entirely to the service of God.
Prince Bahman, who had been all that morning very diligent to
see if he could meet with any body that could give him

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