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twitch over his nose to use in case he again became 

 obstreperous, and arming myself with a foil, lent me by 

 one of the officers present, no riding-whip being at hand, 

 I jumped on his back, getting on and off several times, 

 to show that I had no intention of hurting him. All 

 was now ready, and I gradually liberated his head from 

 the cords, which fastened it on either side, caressing him 

 as I did so, and I was glad to see that he did not show 

 any wickedness further than putting his ears back. 



I now mounted him, and gave orders to the Turks to 

 pick the walls down, and clear away the sand, which was 

 soon done. It was an anxious moment, but at last he 

 was free, and like an antelope cleared the cttbris of his 

 stable, and scoured across the plain amid the shouts of 

 the French soldiers and the ejaculations of the Turks. 

 Once firmly seated on his back I felt at home in the 

 matter ; he tried a few times to unseat me by rearing 

 plunging and buck-jumping, but finding that he only 

 drew punishment upon himself, for I gave him the spur 

 besides applying the foil to his flank when he did not 

 obey, he gave up the contest, and I felt that I had 

 obtained the mastery over him." 



That Major Leveson's military services were appreci- 

 ated by the Turkish Government is evident from the 

 following letter addressed by Osman Pasha to Lord 

 Stratford de Redcliffe : 



"MY LORD, 



I have the honour to bring to your notice 

 Major H. A. Leveson, of the Indian Army, who has 

 served with the Ottoman forces since their first landing 



