finding himself obliged to a positive answer by this adjuration, trembled; and replied to the fisherman, “Ask what thou wilt, but make haste.”
The fisherman then said to him, “I wish to know if you were actually in this vessel: Dare you swear it by the name of the great God?” “Yes,” replied the genie, “I do swear by that great name, that I was.” “In good faith,” answered the fisherman, “I cannot believe you; the vessel is not capable of holding one of your size,
finding himself obliged to a positive answer by this adjuration, trembled; and replied to the fisherman, “Ask what thou wilt, but make haste.”
The fisherman then said to him, “I wish to know if you were actually in this vessel: Dare you swear it by the name of the great God?” “Yes,” replied the genie, “I do swear by that great name, that I was.” “In good faith,” answered the fisherman, “I cannot believe you; the vessel is not capable of holding one of your size,
