[102]. Life, p. 142.
[103]. Life, p. 145.
[104]. This was Misleh, Sheikh of the Teyáhah Arabs.—Warren’s Narrative, p. 10.
[105]. Life, pp. 266-278.
[106]. Letter to Admiral Sir William Hewett, dated Suez, August 8. Blue Book, p. 4.
[107]. These five were Professor Palmer, Captain Gill, Lieutenant Charrington, Khalil Atek the dragoman, and Bochor the cook.
[108]. The whole story of his expedition has been admirably told by Captain Haynes, who accompanied Colonel Warren, in Man-hunting in the Desert. 8vo. London. 1894.
[109]. The Wady Sudr is quite out of the direct route from Moses’ Wells to Nakhl, as Palmer of course knew. He must therefore have been induced to go that way by some earnest representation made to him by Meter.
[110]. Balfour and his guide lost their lives in a couloir at the foot of the Italian side of the Aiguille Blanche. They started from Courmayeur to attempt the ascent of the Aiguille on the afternoon of Tuesday, 18 July, 1882, with the expectation of returning on Thursday. The accident is supposed to have taken place on Wednesday, the 19th.
[111]. Saturday Review, November 12, 1881.