CHAPTER IV.

IN TURKEY AND THE CRIMEA.

ENCHANTING SCENE--LOSS OF BAGGAGE HORSES--SIR GEORGE BROWN’S ORDER--IDENTIFICATION OF LOST HORSES--DEALINGS WITH THE PEASANTRY--FORAGING--CHOLERA IN BULGARIA--DISAGREEABLE MISTAKE--DR. SHEGOG--DEVOTION TO HIS WORK AND SUDDEN DEATH--DEATH OF AN OFFICER--EMBARKATION AT VARNA--THE BLACK SEA FLEET--KIND SOLDIERS--OUR FIRST SCARE IN THE CRIMEA--KINDNESS OF LORD RAGLAN--AN OUTLYING PICQUET--STORY OF A CONNAUGHT RANGER--CAPTURE OF BALACLAVA--A SERIOUS MISTAKE.