XXIX.

THE MERCHANT.

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" Qui congregat thesauros lingua mendacii, icinus el excorsest, et impingetur ad laqueos 7?iortis. "—Proverb, xxi.

After having escaped the perils of the sea, and happilyreached the wished-for shore with his bales of merchandize ;this too secure adventurer, whilst contemplating his riches, issurprised by Death. One of his companions holds up hishands in despair.