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 NOTES BY THE WAY. 345 24/A. — Twenty captives, incapable any longer of keepîng pace wîth the rest, put to death by the havildars, the Arab chief offerîng no opposition. Poor old Nan one of the victims of this horrible butchcry. My foot struck hcr corpse as I passed, but I was not permitted to give her a décent burial. Poor old Nan ! the first of the survivors of the "Pilgrim" to go to her long rest! Poor old NanI Every nîght I watch for Dingo ; but he ncver cornes. Has Hercules nothing more to communicate ? or has any mishap befallen him ? If he is alivc he will do what mortal strength can do to aid us.