“’In three or four days, when he collects some money, the head priests give him a khil’at on the part of the great idol, and dismiss him; having thus become rich, he goes away, and no one knows who he was.  Go thou also, and sit under that canvas, and hide well thy hands and face, and speak to no one.  After three days, when the priests and idolaters shall have given thee a khil’at, and [wish greatly to] dismiss thee; do not thou on any account get up from thence.  When they entreat thee greatly, then tell them, “I do not want money nor am I avaricious of riches.  I am an injured person, and am come to complain; if the mother of the Brahmans does me justice, it is well; otherwise the great idol will do me justice; and this same great idol will attend to my complaint against my oppressor.”  As long as the mother of the Brahmans does not come herself to thee, let any one entreat thee ever so much, consent thou not.  At last, being compelled to it, she will come to thee herself; she is very old, for she is two hundred and forty years of age, and six and thirty sons, that have been born of her, are the chief priests of the temple; and she is highly respected by the great idol.  For this reason she possesses such vast power that all the little and great of this country deem her command [a matter of] felicity; whatever she orders, that they perform with all their heart and soul.  Lay hold of the skirt of her garment, and say to her, “O mother, if you do not exact justice from the oppressor to this injured traveller, I will dash my head on the ground before the great idol; he will at last pity me, and intercede for me with you.”

“’When, after this, she asks thee all the particulars of thy complaint, tell her, “I am an inhabitant of Persia; I am come here from a great distance, both to perform a pilgrimage to the great idol, and in consequence of having heard of your justice.  For some days I lived here in peace; my wife also came with me; she is young, her form and figure are excellent, and her features perfect.  I do not know how the governor of the port saw her, but he forcibly took her away from me, and shut her up in his house.  With us Musalmans it is a rule, that if a stranger sees one of our wives, or takes her away, it is right that the stranger be put to death by whatever means it may be accomplished, and the wife be taken back; and otherwise, we must abandon food and drink; for whilst the stranger lives, that wife is forbidden to the husband.  Now, having no other resource, I am come hither; let us see what justice you do to me."’ When the princess had fully instructed me in all these circumstances, I took my leave, and came out by the same sewer, and once more replaced the iron grating.