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would have, on our especial behoof, a grand review 

 of all his troops. Had we been free to follow our 

 will, Are should most assuredly have accepted his 

 invitation, as well for the sake of its kindness, as 

 because the chance of such a review is not to be met 

 with every day. He did give us a military spectacle 

 in a small way. In the course of conversation he 

 fell upon some inquiries concerning the cutlass exer- 

 cise, and requested illustrations. He then called one 

 of his dragoons, and put him through the cavalry 

 sword exercise, after their manner : and a particularly 

 ferocious-looking exercise it was. 



But the time was now come when we must bid 

 farewell to the good colonel ; and we did so with a 

 cordial sense of Ms hospitality, and a great increase 

 of respect for him as an officer. He pursued us with 

 his good offices, sending the doctor to the Tclian 

 with us to assist us in a settlement there, and giving 

 us good counsel for our progress. He tried very 

 seriously at first to dissuade us from attempting a 

 start so late in the day, as he conceived it would be 

 impossible for us to reach Manimen, whither we were 

 bound, that night. It is a fact that travelling after 

 dark is not safe in Turkey; indeed, you would 

 hardly be allowed, after nightfall, to pass a guard- 

 house. But we were determined to take our chance 

 of doing the distance within the time, as we knew 

 well that the number of hours allowed by authority 

 were very much beyond the mark of what we should 



