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And he made the image stand in the vessel, and poured upon it
Of wine and milk and honey, regarding it intently.
And he covered it with a lid, and set coals in a censer.
And threw thereon of incense and fragrant wood and rosin.
And spake words of enchantment, and called as if entreating.
And there came to him the Red One with a sound of broken thunder,
Jarish, king of the Jinns, encompassed with his whirlwind,
And the Princes of the JInns in their cohorts and their legions.
And a cry rose from the jar, and the image moved within it.
And the Arabs beheld these things. And he breathed above the image,
And made signs with a wand. And he called aloud to the image,
Saying, " O image, hear me, and sooth be in thy sayings.
Who was it robbed the mare and rode her forth in the night time ?
Nay, if thou tell me not, I will cast thee to the people."
And the image moved in the jar and rose aloft in the vessel.
And called aloud to the crowd, " To all men salutation.
And salutation to him, ibn Saleh, the obedient,