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⟨of⟩ the cave, with my face to the eaſt, ⟨reſigning⟩ myſelf to the ſecret influences ⟨of⟩ the Prophet, and expecting illumination from above One morning after ⟨my⟩ nocturnal vigil, juſt as I perceived the ⟨horizon⟩ glow at the approach of the ſun, ⟨the⟩ power of ſleep became irreſiſtable, ⟨and⟩ I ſunk under it. I imagined myſelf ⟨ſtill⟩ ſitting at the entrance of my cell; ⟨that⟩ the dawn increaſed, and that as I ⟨looked⟩ earneſtly for the firſt beam of day, ⟨a⟩ dark ſpot appeared to intercept it. I ⟨perceived⟩ that it was in motion; it increaſed in ſize as it drew near, and at ⟨length⟩ I diſcovered it to be an eagle I ⟨ſtill⟩ kept my eye fixed ſtedfaſtly upon it, and ſaw it alight at a ſmall diſtance, where I now diſcried a fox, whoſe two ⟨fore⟩-legs appeared to be broken. Before this fox the eagle laid part of a kid, which it had brought in its talons and diſappeared. When I awaked, I laid my fore-head upon the ground, and bleſſed the Prophet for the inſtruction of the morning, I reviewed my dream, and ſaid thus to myſelf, 'Coſrou thou haſt done well to renounce the tumult, and buſineſs and the vanities of life;
