[In _The Thousand and One Nights_, commonly called _The Arabian Nights'
Entertainments_, Lane's edition, chap. v. vol. i. p. 410. Consult also
_The Barmecides_, 1778, by John Francis de la Harpe; and Moreri,
_Dictionnaire Historique_, art. Barmécides.]
_Captain._--I shall feel greatly obliged by your informing me the proper
and customary manner of rendering in a Latin epitaph the words "Captain of
the 29th Regiment." Ainsworth does not give any word which appears to
answer to "Captain." _Ordinum ductor_ is cumbrous and inelegant.