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also thanked, as it was to him personally that he was
indebted for effecting this great and joyful surprise. He
then thought of the hermit, .whose advice he had followed,
and in his heart thanked him with truth and sincerity. In
a little time the sun rose in all his splendour in the east,
and no sooner did his rays fall upon the rock than it
gradually began to melt away, till nothing was left. Charoo
now threw into the sea the food he had brought with him, on
which the chief of the fishes approached him, to whom he
expressed in glowing terms his sense of the service which had
been rendered him by the fishes. 'I know,' said he, 'that
but for the aid I have received I should not have succeeded
in this enterprise, and I am therefore under no small
obligation to you all.'
"The chief of the fishes now produced three rich and
invaluable jewels, which he had brought with him from the
deep, and presented them to Charoo, but the latter could
not be persuaded to accept of them. He said that by
God's grace he had many such at his command; and being
greatly indebted to him already for the removal of the
rock, it would, to say the least, be ungenerous in him to
accept presents from one to whom it would be far more
becoming in him to make them. The chief smiled, and
said, 'What is your idea, then, of the jewels I now offer
you? They are very rare, and greatly excel in their quality
.any you can by any possibility be possessed of. This
jewel,' said he, holding out one of them, 'if worshipped and
worthily reverenced, will supply you with several kinds of
dainties, and the best descriptions of food, in any quantity.
The second will produce in the same manner immense
treasure, and the third will, by merely holding it in your
hand, transport you to any place to which you may wish to
proceed, and that in a very short time.' Charoo, seeing
the use of these extraordinary jewels, received them thank-
fully and with much pleasure; after which he embraced
the chief of the fishes, affectionately took leave of him, and
parted from him to return to his released wife.
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