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tribes I shall have to pass through ; his opinion of 

 his own rank and consequence is very great. His 

 son is invaluable; he looks after the horses, loads 

 the mules, ties my turban, helps to cook the dinner, 

 and appears at that meal in a good dress, humour, 

 and appetite. Khoda Woordee proceeds more leisurely 

 about his work ; he is a quiet gentlemanly man, 

 blessed with a most luxuriant beard, and whether 

 doctoring a mule or eating his food, he is always 

 sedate, and seems to think a good deal, but never 

 speaks if he can help it. Fazil Khan is simply the 

 most faithful, single-hearted creature I have ever met 

 with. With the above party I am to dine, breakfast, 

 and associate for an unknown time, and I would not 

 change any of them. In addition to the above, I 

 have seven Demauk Kipchak troopers from the 

 Vizier, who look as if they were good men for work. 

 One of them is called " the Wolf," from a curious 

 habit which he is said to possess of rushing into 

 danger. I daresay we shall have occasion to piit his 

 vaunted courage to the test. 



I am writing this at 9 A.M. on the 15th May, not 

 having had time, in the nmltiplicity of arrangements 

 previous to my departure, to keep a journal. I took 

 leave at sunset yesterday of my brother officers, at 

 about five miles from the city. All the mules had 

 passed us, and the only absentees were Mahomed 

 Daood and Khoda Woordee. Brutus explained the 

 absence of the former by saying he had sent him on 



