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praising thy endless power! O goddess! O deity! behold
my miserable condition, and listen to my invocation! Pity
me, and relieve me from the dreadful misfortune that, is now
impending over me!' As she was thus praying, a voice
was heard from the heavens, saying, 'Moheeny! fear not!
—your deliverance is at hand! Your beloved husband
and his friend will soon visit you!' On hearing these
words of consolation, the princess felt greatly reassured.
She prostrated herself before the deity in thanksgiving, after
which she arose, calm and collected.
"Let us return now to Hurridass, whom we left with the
hermit. He there mastered every mysterious art, and
became thoroughly conversant with the moral duty of man-
kind. One night he dreamed that his friend, Prince Sew-
dass, was in great danger, and expiring in the cavern where
he had left him in health and enjoyment. This occurred
on the very night during which Shambae was engaged in
prosecuting her base designs against the prince. He started
up in affright, and looked around him, feeling much inclined
to set out on the instant, but as the hour was late he
contented himself with awakening the hermit and telling
him his dream. The next morning, however, he requested
the hermit's leave to go and see his friend, whom he had
promised, he said, to visit in four months, and that period
had already expired. The hermit consented to his going,
and instructed him in a certain charm of resuscitation, at
the same time giving him a pair of clogs, telling him to put
them on his feet and then think of the place he wished to
reach, and he would be instantly transported there. Hurri-
dass, after prostrating himself before the hermit, and receiv-
ing his benediction, did as he was bid, and instantly, almost
within the twinkling of an eye, he found himself at the
cave. He was surprised to find that neither the prince nor
his consort was there to receive him, and he began to search
the different rooms. When he came to the bed-chamber,
he perceived some one lying on the bed: he approached,
and great was his horror, on opening the curtain and
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