and he did as he was told, but no sooner had he done so, when the head rose up into the air with him, away through space for hundreds of miles, until he came to a wall which surrounded a space twelve miles square. in this was a garden and beautiful house; and after wandering some little time, bickermanji found water and food, a comfortable couch to lie upon, and a hookah, or native pipe, to smoke, but not a human being was anywhere to be seen. this puzzled him, but as he was both hungry and tired, he made a good meal, smoked his hookah, and laid down to sleep.