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Updated: June 14, 2025
At first, even with the hardest work, the young woodcutter could scarcely get and sell wood to buy enough food to keep them both alive. He often went hungry himself, so that his father might have his warm wine. One day he went by another path up one of the mountain dells with his rope basket strapped to his back, and the empty gourd-bottle at his belt.
One may see gourds, prepared in just the same way, in Italy, hanging up under the eaves of the little farm-houses, among the festoons of red and yellow ears of Indian corn; and indeed the gourd-bottle is a regular institution of Southern Europe.
He also brought a gourd-bottle full of honey, and an elephant's tusk; the latter I declined, as ivory was not required. We were now within six miles of Ellyria, and by means of the humpback I explained to Tombe, the chief, that we wished to start the first thing in the morning, and that I would engage the humpback as interpreter.
Now one day, as I sat in my boat, there came up to me an old man of a bright and beaming countenance, who saluted me and I returned his greeting; and he said to me, 'Wilt thou ferry me over for the love of Allah Almighty? I answered, 'Yes, and he continued, 'Wilt thou moreover give me food for Allah's sake?; to which again I answered, 'With all my heart. So he entered the boat and I rowed him over to the eastern side, remarking that he was clad in a patched gown and carried a gourd-bottle and a staff.
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