Can you take another merchant I asked. I want to sell some boxes of goods. I will give you a lot of money when I sell them. Yes, said the captain," I can take you. And so the next week, we sailed down the great river, the Shatt al-Arab, and through the Gulf, and then to the east. We sailed for very many days and nights, and we stopped at cities and islands. There we sold and bought goods. One day we came to a very beautiful island, with trees and flowers and birds of many colours