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never see again. The prisoners were all recognised 

 as being old offenders ; and, according to the law 

 of the tribes, as the mildest punishment, would have 

 been sold as slaves in the interior ; but this I would 

 not allow, as I intended, by making an example, to 

 deter another attempt being made on my cattle : so 

 the gang, after branding each of them indelibly with 

 a heated horse-shoe, on the right shoulder, turned 

 them adrift, minus their arms, horses, and kalpacs, 

 (high caps of black sheepskin,) warnmg them that 

 they might expect no mercy if found again anywhere 

 near our camp. 



The Bey had heard of another bear, and had sent 

 out some of his people to make sure of his where- 

 abouts ; but, a'^ the haunt was said to be nearer the 

 " konak " than where we were, it was determined to 

 return there on the morrow. I selected one of the 

 captured horses for my own use, presented another 

 to the Bey, a third to the herdsman who showed me 

 the bear's haunt, and then gave the others, with the 

 captured arms, as prizes to the best marksmen in 

 the tribe. 



