they said the king of zabij once descended upon a gulf and the gulf was farsakhs by farsakhs. while he was at his table and in his tent on the shores of the gulf he heard a woman screaming. he said what is this? and he stopped eating. they said a womans son fell into this gulf and a crocodile ate him. he said and in the place where i am something is participating with me in killing people! then it jumped up and behold it was in the gulf. when the people saw it they all fell down and shook it which was farsakhs by farsakhs until they found a crocodile in it and took hold of its hand.
قالوا ولقد نزل ملك الزابج على خليج مرة والخليج فراسخ في فراسخ، فبينما هو على مائدته وفي سرادقه على شواطئ الخليج، إذ سمع صارخة فقال ما هذا؟ وقطع الأكل. قالوا امرأة سقط ابنها في هذا الخليج فأكله التمساح. قال وفي مكان أنا فيه شيء يشاركني في قتل الناس! ثم وثب فإذا هو في الخليج. فلما رأوه الناس سقطوا عن آخرهم، فخضخضوه وهو فراسخ في فراسخ، حتى أخذوا تمساح فيه أخذ يد.