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 ADVANCE TO THE BELBEC. 359 to the approved and recognised patlis of scientific chap. warfare. On the contrary, a tardy wariness in ' that direction could hardly now fail to be impru- dent. The expedition had gone too far to leave open a choice between risk and safety. The choice was between two or more kinds of grave danger. This night, though the soldiery were gladdened by the beauty of the vale, and the wealth of the gardens and the villas, it could not but happen that the chiefs would be busied with anxious counsels.