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Page ix - In order to prepare a suitable entertainment for his illustrious guest and his attendants, he had no other resource than to cause his favourite horse to be killed and roasted on the occasion. This was accordingly done ; and after the feast the ambassador stated his master's wish. ' It is too late,' replied Hatim; ' the horse has been killed for our repast. When you arrived, I knew not the object of your journey, and I had no other food to offer you.
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| Title | The Adventures of Hatim Taï: A Romance, Volume 3 Volume 8 of Oriental Translation Fund Volume 8 of Publications (Oriental Translation Fund) The Adventures of Hatim Taï: A Romance, Duncan Forbes Volume 8 of [Oriental translation fund, London. Publications |
| Translated by | Duncan Forbes |
| Publisher | Oriental Translation Fund, and sold, 1830 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 30 Jan 2007 |
| Length | 214 pages |
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