to “He-goat.” On hearing this the king ordered the jinni thus named at once to restore the woman to her rightful husband; which he did.
A shepherd once, after folding his flock for the night, went to sleep in a cave. He awoke about midnight to find himself in the presence of a large party of the Jan. Afraid to give offence, and being curious, he lay still with half-closed eyes, pretending to sleep.
The leader of the party sent out some of his followers to forage for provisions. These soon returned with plenty of all kinds of food, and the Jan fell to with a relish.
Among the delicacies was a large tray of “baklaweh” round which the whole party gathered. Just then a young female suggested that they should wake the sleeper and make him join them at the meal. The others, however, objected on the ground that he might ask a blessing on the food, and thus compel them to disperse and leave behind them all that they had brought together out of the houses of people who were not used to name the Name. “We will put a large helping on a tray beside him, for him to eat when he wakes up. By that time we shall have gone, and his blessing, if he ask one, will not hurt us.”
Hearing this, the shepherd sat up suddenly and exclaimed, “Bismillah er Rahman er Rahim” (In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate), as one awaking, startled, in strange company. At the Name, the Jan all vanished, screaming. The shepherd then slept undisturbed till morning,
