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seeing her dance, ordered her to come in to entertain his guest with some of her best dancing. Cogia Hassan was not very well satisfied with this entertainment, yet was compelled, for fear of discovering himself, to seem pleased with the dancing, while in fact he wished Morgiana' a great way off, and was quite alarmed, lest he should lose his opportunity of murdering Ali Baba and his son. Moigiana danced several dances with the (illegible text) utmost grace and agility, and then drawing a poinard from her girdle, she performed many surprising things with it, sometimes presenting the point to one, and sometimes to another, and their seemed to strike it in to her own bosom. Suddenly she paused, and holding the poinard in the right hand, presented her left to her master, as if beg- ging some money, upon which Ali Baba and his son each gave her a small piece of money. She then turned to the pretended Cogia Hassan, and while he was putting his hand into his purse, she plunged the poinard into his heart. "Wretch!" cried Ali Baba, thou has " ruined me and my family." " No, Sir," replied Morgiana, "I have " preserved, and not ruined, you and you " son. Look well at this traitor, and you " will find him to be the pretended oil, " merchant, who came once before to roll and murder you." Ali Baba, having pulled off the turban
