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whether he had been wounded by his adversary the giant, or whether he was suffering from any other cause, as yet unknown to him. ‘Ah! my good Hurridass,’ said the prince, ‘did you but know what I feel—the anguish I now endure—you would indeed pity me. Look yonder, friend,’ continued he, pointing to the lady, who was now nearly abreast of them, ‘look yonder, and you will discern the object which causes me so much pain and anguish of mind.’ Hurridass looked round, and perceived an incomparably beautiful lady, stretched on the ground in the same helpless condition as that from which the prince had just recovered. The mystery was at once cleared up,—Hurridass knew what troubled his companion Sewdass so much. ‘Prince,’ said he, ‘my dear and tried friend!—restrain your passion, and be of good cheer! You will soon, I feel certain, be master of the object which seems to have so suddenly and power- fully affected you.’ ‘Did you see that beautiful form— that angelic creature?’ enquired the prince; ‘where, oh where is she?—whither has she gone?’ A dizziness here came over the prince, and he seemed to lose sight of her. ‘Seek for her, dear Hurridass, and bring her hither, I beseech you!’ These and other hasty expressions escaped from him, which greatly alarmed his friend and companion, who began to think that he was not in his right senses. At last the prince spoke more sensibly, and, rising from the ground, he accompanied Hurridass to the spot where the idol of his heart still lay. They were exceedingly alarmed to find her insensible, the violence of her passion for the prince having had the same effect upon her as it had upon him. Seeing the deplorable condition she was in, Sewdass was moved to tears, and groaned piteously. ‘Wipe away these tears, which so ill become a man,’ said Hurridass; ‘why are you so weak as to allow yourself to be thus agitated? Compose yourself, and I will endeavour to bring the lady to life, and also try to ascertain the true cause of her indisposition.’ The prince strived to subdue his grief, and besought Hurridass to assist the lady—to bring some