s, and does ample justice
to the cowardice of his chief.

CHAPTER XLII

He proceeds to the king's camp, and gives a specimen of lying on a grand
scale.

CHAPTER XLIII

He relates a horrid tale, the consequences of which plunge him in the
greatest misery.

CHAPTER XLIV

Hajji Baba meets with an old friend, who cheers him up, gives him good
advice, and secures him from danger.

CHAPTER XLV

He takes refuge in a sanctuary, where his melancholy thoughts are
diverted by a curious story.

CHAPTER XLVI

He becomes a saint, and associates with the most celebrated divine in
Persia.

CHAPTER XLVII

Hajji Baba is robbed by his friend, and left utterly destitute; but is
released from his confinement.

CHAPTER XLVIII

Hajji Baba reaches Ispahan, and his paternal roof, just time enough to
close the eyes of his dying father.

CHAPTER XLIX

He becomes heir to property which is not to be found, and his suspicions
thereon.

CHAPTER L

Showing the steps he takes to discover his property, and who the
diviner, Teez Negah, was.

CHAPTER LI

Of the diviner's success in making discoveries, and of the resolution
which Hajji Baba takes in consequence.

CHAPTER LII

Hajji Baba quits his mother, and becomes the scribe to a celebrated man
of the law.

CHAPTER LIII

The mollah Nadan gives an account of his new scheme for raising money,
and for making men happy.

CHAPTER LIV

Hajji Baba becomes a promoter of matrimony, and of the register he
keeps.

CHAPTER LV

Of the man Hajji Baba meets, thinking him dead; and of the marriage
which he brings about.

CHAPTER LVI

Showing how the ambition of the mollah Nadan involves both him and his
disciples in ruin.

CHAPTER LVII

Hajji Baba meets with an extraordinary adventure in the bath, which
miraculously saves him from the horrors of despair.

CHAPTER LVIII

Of the consequences of the adventure, which threaten danger, but end in
apparent good fortune.

CHAPTER LIX

Hajji Baba does not shine in honesty--The life and adventures of the
mollah Nadan.

CHAPTER LX

Hajji and the mollah make plans suited to their critical situation,
showing that no confidence can exist between rogues.

CHAPTER LXI

The punishment due to Hajji Baba falls upon Nadan, which makes the
former a staunch predestinarian.

CHAPTER LXII

Hajji Baba hears an extraordinary sequel to his adventure in the bath,
and feels all the alarms of guilt.

CHAPTER LXIII

He is discov