"Since when did The Cid become a dry nurse to an enemy?"

Later he wrote: "Though not a 'dry nurse' in temper, she was also not really a soldier or 'Amazon', but like many brave women was capable of great military gallantry at a crisis."

Perhaps it would be going too far to send experienced white guides as dry nurses for the explorers; but there certainly should be a limit to the number of carriers and to the weight of stuff to be carried.

Go your ways, and ask of Doctor Caius' house which is the way; and there dwells one Mistress Quickly, which is in the manner of his nurse, or his dry nurse, or his cook, or his laundry, his washer, and his wringer.