366 The Hunting Grounds 



IL-CIRCASSIA, 



CHAPTER XXI. 



Omer Pacha. My followers. Bashi-Bazouks. Houssain the 

 Arnout. Ahmed the Koord. All the Nubian. Mahomed 

 the Arab. Sied Cassim the Dervish. Abdulla the guide. 

 Captain Dymock's grave. God ova. Wild-fowl. A heavy 

 bag. The climate of Circassia. The inhabitants : their man- 

 ners, customs, and dress. Circassian women. The Illori 

 chieftain. The " Faithful " and the " forbidden indulgence." 

 Omer Pacha, a humbug. His reputation amongst the Turkish 

 officers. His wound accounted for. His acquisitiveness and 

 plunder. A fearful chase by wolves. The Turkish Colonel's 

 advice. Sulleiman Pacha. His purchase. Revolt of the 

 liareem. The catastrophe and finale. 



A FTER the fall of Sevastopol, I was attached, 

 *^^ with several other British officers, to the 

 general staff of that part of the Ottoman army under 

 the command of Omer Pacha, which was destined to 

 relieve Sir William Williams and the brave garrison 

 of Kars, then closely invested by General Mouravieff ; 

 but, disgusted with the dilatory and vacillating conduct 

 of a leader whose cowardice or treachery allowed the 



