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Excerpt from Eastern Tales As one of the slaves handed him a full goblet, he held it doubt fully in his hand for some time, without tasting it. Upon this, one of the young men, who appeared to be the host, said, Why do you not drink P I do not know, replied he, what the liquor is I am fearful it may be wine, which our great Prophet has forbidden us. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.