forget your dependance on Alla, while ye 'follow the prudent maxims of wisdom and ' experience: for he only is truly prudent 'who adds faith to his practice; and he truly

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religious whose actions are the result of his 'faith.

'But sufficient for the present hours are the instructions of Macoma and her illustrious brethren. The faithful guardians of these 'children of mortality will, for a time, carry 'them abroad, and teach them those sciences which are justly esteemed among the sons of the earth-sciences which have been delivered in secret whispers from our race to 'a few chosen minds, who through our assistance have broken the fetters of ignorance, ' and subdued the darkness of carnal infirmi'ties-men famous through successive genera

tions for cultivating and polishing the rude 'outlines of nature, and for instructing man⚫ kind in the elegant and social arts.'

As the sage Iracagem uttered these words the inferior genii retired with their respective pupils, and by easy progressions conducted them through those elegant and useful arts, each of which upon earth cannot be attained but with a steady application through life.

After these exercises, toward the wane of the moon the whole company met again in the saloon, and Iracagem with pleasure surveyed the enlightened countenances of the pupils of his race, whose hearts and intellects seemed dilated by the pleasing progress they had made. Science,' said the sage Iracagem, may polish the manners, but virtue and religion only can animate with exalted notions, and dignify the mind of immortality: to neglect the first, is to turn our head from the light of day; but to despise 'the last, is to grasp the earth, when heaven ' is opened to receive us. A wise and prudent

'spirit will so use the one as to improve the

other, and make his science the handmaid of his virtue. Wherefore, noble Adiram, let 'us proceed in the delightful lessons of morality, and hear the wonders you are prepared to relate.'

The affable Adiram arising, thus began her much-instructive tale.

TALE IX.

SADAK AND KALASRADE.

THE fame of Sadak lives yet in the plain of Erivan, where he drew the bow of the mighty, and chased the enemies of his faith over the frozen mountains of the north. When Amurath gave peace to the earth, Sadak retired with his beloved Kalasrade to the palace of his ancestors, which was situated on the banks of the Bosphorus, and commanded one of the most beautiful prospects in the world. Sadak, though furious and impetuous in the field, was elegant and amiable in his happy retreat, where fancy and delicacy preserved their preeminence over the richest productions of unrestrained nature.

The palace of Sadak stood upon a wide-extended terrace, which overlooked the sea and the opposite shores of Europe; a deep and noble grove sheltered it behind, and on each side hills and valleys diversified the rural scene. The gardens of the palace, though wild and irregular, yet afforded the most delightful re

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tirement; and Sadak found in its bosom pleasures far superior to the splendid pageants of the Othman court.

To increase the bliss of this earthly paradise, his favourite fair had blest him with a numerous progeny; and as Sadak and Kalasrade sat ́under the shade of the lofty pines, their children wantoned and sported on the plains before them.

The spirit of their father was in the lively contests of his sons; and maternal delicacy dimpled on the cheeks of the daughters of Kalasrade. The happy pair saw their own virtues reflected from their children; and Sadak, having already earned this elegant retreat by the toils of war, was resolved to dedicate the rest of his days to the improvement of his beauteous offspring.

Kalasrade, though her charms were as yet undiminished by age, harboured not a wish in which her noble Sadak was unconcerned: all her joy was centered in Sadak; her heart rejoiced not but when Sadak appeared; and her soul, uneasy at a moment's absence, panted after Sadak her lord. The love of Sadak equalled the affections of his beloved; he gazed every hour with new transports upon

her charms; none but Kalasrade engaged his thoughts, none but Kalasrade shared in his affections.

Time, which impairs the impetuous sallies of lust, increased the holy flame of their love; and their retirement grew more and more agreeable, as they more and more experienced the purity of its joys. But Sadak indulged not wholly on the sophas of pleasure: his sons required his presence with them in the chase; he led them forth to manly sports, and trained them to the exercise of arms. His four sons followed their father Sadak daily to the plains of Rezeb, where they strove for mastery in the race, and pointed their arrows at the distant mark.

'O my father!' said Codan, the eldest of his children, as they were on the plain, where Sadak was drawing the bow-string to his breast, a black cloud arises from the grove, ' and flames of fire burst through its sides''

Sadak quickly turned his eyes toward the wood, which sheltered his palace, and saw the sparks and the flame ascending over the tops of the trees. My children,' said Sadak, with a firm countenance, 'fear not; continue your sport on the plain till I return: I will leave