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[ 18 J farther besought the Caliph to assist him in lifting it on the ass.” This extraordinary request surprized 'Hakim still more, but he only replied to the magistrate that it was too heavy. тhe judge then with an undaunted courage said, this sack, O sovereign, contains but a small portion of the ground you took by violence from the right owner. ` If you find it too heavy to bear, how will you sustain the wéÄht of tite whole, yhen you come to be judged of God t The Caliph instantly restored to the poor woman all the land he had taken from her. 10. Fatal effects of a bribe. A poor man in Turkey, had his house seized by his rich neighbour; he held deeds which proved his right, but his opponent had hired a mumber of witnesses, to invalidate them, and to secure his cause had presented the Cazi with 500 Rupees.