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Circassians, by whom he had been adopted as one of 

 themselves. He was a great chum of Cassim's, and I 

 took him into my service, as he had a good knowledge 

 of the Circassian and Abassian languages, as well as 

 the various dialects of the different mountain-tribes, 

 and was well acquainted with the country. Being 

 quite a youth, he generally went by the name of 

 " Chojuck" (the Young One). His office was that of 

 interpreter, and he was charged with the care of five 

 very handsome greyhounds and a pointer, which fell 

 into my hands by the fortune of war, and furnished 

 me with many a game dinner when nothing else was 

 procurable. 



We left Sugdidi early in the morning, crossing the 

 Ingur, by the redoubt which was thrown up by the 

 Ottoman troops after they had forced the passage on 

 the morning of the 7th November, when poor 

 Captain Dymock fell, shot through the heart, whilst 

 he was leading the column to the attack. We buried 

 him close to where he fell, under two beautiful trees, 

 covered with festoons of wild vine. I stayed a few 

 moments to take a hurried sketch of a brave com- 

 rade's last resting-place, and then rode on to Godova, 

 on the coast, where we arrived about 3 P.M. 



I was most hospitably received by an old Colonel 

 of infantry, who, with his regiment, was left in charge 

 of some stores ; and in a marsh near the village I 

 killed a couple of pintail ducks, three couple of snipe, 



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