<P> Shipwrecked yet again, Sinbad is enslaved by the Old Man of the Sea, who rides on his shoulders with his legs twisted round Sinbad's neck and will not let go, riding him both day and night until Sinbad would welcome death . (Burton's footnote discusses possible origins for the old man--the orang - utan, the Greek god Triton--and favours the African custom of riding on slaves in this way .) </P> <P> Eventually, Sinbad makes wine and tricks the Old Man into drinking some . Sinbad kills him after he has fallen off, and then he escapes . A ship carries him to the City of the Apes, a place whose inhabitants spend each night in boats off - shore, while their town is abandoned to man - eating apes . Yet through the apes Sinbad recoups his fortune, and so eventually finds a ship which takes him home once more to Baghdad . </P> <P> "My soul yearned for travel and traffic". Sinbad is shipwrecked yet again, this time quite violently as his ship is dashed to pieces on tall cliffs . There is no food to be had anywhere, and Sinbad's companions die of starvation until only he is left . He builds a raft and discovers a river running out of a cavern beneath the cliffs . The stream proves to be filled with precious stones and becomes apparent that the island's streams flow with ambergris . He falls asleep as he journeys through the darkness and awakens in the city of the king of Serendib (Ceylon, Sri Lanka), "diamonds are in its rivers and pearls are in its valleys". The king marvels at what Sinbad tells him of the great Haroun al - Rashid, and asks that he take a present back to Baghdad on his behalf, a cup carved from a single ruby, with other gifts including a bed made from the skin of the serpent that swallowed the elephant ("and whoso sitteth upon it never sickeneth"), and "a hundred thousand miskals of Sindh lign - aloesa", and a slave - girl "like a shining moon". And so Sinbad returns to Baghdad, where the Caliph wonders greatly at the reports Sinbad gives of the land of Ceylon . </P> <P> The ever - restless Sinbad sets sail once more, with the usual result . Cast up on a desolate shore, he constructs a raft and floats down a nearby river to a great city . Here the chief of the merchants weds Sinbad to his daughter, names him his heir, and conveniently dies . The inhabitants of this city are transformed once a month into birds, and Sinbad has one of the bird - people carry him to the uppermost reaches of the sky, where he hears the angels glorifying God, "whereat I wondered and exclaimed,' Praised be God! Extolled be the perfection of God!"' But no sooner are the words out than there comes fire from heaven which all but consumes the bird - men . The bird - people are angry with Sinbad and set him down on a mountain - top, where he meets two youths who are the servants of God and who give him a golden staff; returning to the city, Sinbad learns from his wife that the bird - men are devils, although she and her father are not of their number . And so, at his wife's suggestion, Sinbad sells all his possessions and returns with her to Baghdad, where at last he resolves to live quietly in the enjoyment of his wealth, and to seek no more adventures . </P>

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