... life during the three years he had the honour to serve on his personal staff. Anecdotes of the duke were as plentiful as blackberries, and many books had been written to record his sayings and doings, some of which reminded him of a reply made to a compiler ...

... Sinbad, however, is directed to the valley by the Fairy Queen, and he finds himself where diamonds are as plentiful ss blackberries in autumn. He discovers the diamond whioh is the ob- ject of bit March, and ii abont to return to Wang- doodle's territory ...