1196. He said that he was a Jewish Rabbi, and that he had been in that filthy city for a long time, and he was terribly sad that he should have to dwell so long in a city like that, where the streets one had to walk in are nothing but mud and clay, and no other food is eaten than mud. I asked why, since he was a spirit, he wanted to eat. He said that so it seemed to him, that he wanted to eat, and that then nothing else was offered him but mud; so he was very sorrowful.
1196 [1/2]. Consequently, he was asking what he should do, be-cause, he said, he did not find Abraham, nor Isaac nor Jacob-about whom I then told him several particulars. I said he was looking for them in vain, because they can be of no help at all; and some other things about them which are rather secret.
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