my last salute from a field battery on the shore, the 32-pounders of the old Nelson and the heavy guns at the Heads. The following year, although on the special list, I was retired under the age clause at fifty-seven, and ceased to belong to the army.
On the breaking-out of the South African war I sent in an official application for employment in any capacity, but was privately informed that it could not be managed owing to my rank and retirement. then offered to go as a subaltern again, but even that failed. Although not so active as I was sixteen years before, I certainly thought I might have been able to hold my own with the boys again, as I could then swing a salmon-rod on the Ness all day, gaff my own fish, and walk four miles home in the evening, with sometimes a couple of salmon on my back; but it was not to be my service days were over. I suppose (although I now lead the quiet uneventful life of a farmer, and almost dread the sound of even a volunteer's bugle or drum, which brings a lump in the throat, reminding me that I am no longer a soldier) I ought to be satisfied, as two of my sons went through harder work in South Africa than I ever had, and my old regiment did so splendidly, remembering "Cymru am Byth," when they got in with the bayonet at Driefontein. My Australian boys also carried the little silver badge of the Southern Cross well to the front, and will, I am certain, ever bear in mind the motto of the Victorian Defence Forces which I gave them for their star-" Pro Deo et Patria."
Aldershot at conclusion of Crimean
war, 33-dreariness of, 131.
Black Forest, visit to, 350.
Boston, estimate of, 162.
Allies, infantry of, inspected by Boyne, battle of the, disturbances at
Russian generals, 26.
Alma, holiday on the, 25.
Arabi Pasha. See Egypt.
Army, criticisms on the, 27, 132, 205
-professional training of the, 237.
Athens, visit to, 218.
Australia, appointment to command
of forces in Victoria, 351-embark
for, 353-defence of Albany and
Thursday Island, ib., 369-ap-
pointed president of Naval and
Military Committee, 354-descrip-
tion of Melbourne, ib.-Australian
race-meeting, 355-first introduc-
tion to life in, ib.-description of
command, 357-military adminis-
tration, 358-battle-training, 362
-punishment for breach of dis-
cipline, 364-estimate of troops,
365-president of a Royal Com-
mission for New South Wales
Government on Military and Naval
affairs, 367-description of colonies
in, 369 et seq.visit to New
Caledonia, 374- United Service
Home in Victoria, 377.
Balaklava Harbour, arrival at, for
Crimea, 19.
Belfast, depot of 96th Regiment at,
138-hospitality in, 141.
Belgium, on confidential mission in,
208-report of, satisfactory, 212.
Bilbao, siege of, 177.
anniversary of, 140.
Brighton, Easter Volunteer reviews
at, value of, 229.
Buller, Colonel Redvers, arrival of, in
Egypt, 312.
Cairo, advance on, by Suez Canal to
Lake Timseh, instead of Alex-
andria, paper on, 214.
Cairo, embark for, 341-battle-train-
ing at, 342-musical entertainments
at, 343-sickness among the troops
at, 346.
Canada, appointment to, 150-sport
in, 157 et seq.-resignation of ap-
pointment in, 172.
Canton, precautions on river - boats
running to, 60-description of, 67
-French force at, 68-trade at, 77
-quarters for reinforcements at,
83-coolie corps of, 88, 104-re-
visit friends at, 124.
Ceylon, hand-book on, prepared for
Intelligence Department, 212.
Channel Islands, pleasant military
stations at, 142.
China, value of human life in, 52-the
fleet in, in 1858, 53-coasting and
long-sea trade in waters of, 55-
execution in, 62-family life in, 70
-influence of Buddhist religion in,
70-72-ancestor - worship in, 72—
infanticide in, 75-punishment in,
compared with that of England, 76.
soldiers, 125.
Church, Admiral, visit to, at Simon's
Town, 335.
Connaught, Duke of, at Cairo, 322.
Constantinople, visit to, on way to
Crimea, 18.
Crete, mission to, 215-impressions
of, 216-relics found at, 217.
Crimean war, depot battalions during,
14 no lack of recruits at time of,
15-contingent of Land Transport
Corps set out for, 16-breakdown
of transport to, 17-arrival at scene
of, 19-join regiment, ib.-Bala-
klava, 20-Gallery battery, 21—
regimental mess, 22-amusements
and sport during, ib.—trip to Sim-
feropol after peace, 25-holiday on
the Alma, ib.-English and Russian
officers, ib. et seq.-hospitals at Var-
nutka Pass, 28-looting, 29-dis-
tribution of medals for, 31.
Curragh, military life at, 34.
Don Quixote, a modern, 206.
Edinburgh Castle, early recollections
of, 1.
Egypt, snipe-shooting in, 245 et seq.
at Port Said, ib.-observations
on Suez Canal, ib.-problem of the
passage of Israelites across Red Sea
solved, 246-Ismailia, ib.-Tel-el-
Kebir, ib.—state of Abdin barracks,
248-scheme for capturing Alex-
andria, 251-examination of Dami-
etta, 255-arrangements for cipher
letter from, 257-report on, meets
with approbation of authorities,
258.
Alexandria, massacre at, 260 et
seq.-British fleet at, 262 et seq.—
Arabi Pasha's preparations at forts
of, 266-advance from, to Cairo in
a land campaign, ib. work on
batteries at, 269-despatch of ulti-
matum, 271 commencement of
bombardment, 275-boarding a
battery, 279-white flag abused,
283-landing-parties at, ib. — ad-
ventures with plunderers, 284-
effects of shelling on, 286-assist-
ance from American navy at, 288.
Suez Canal, protection of, 291 et
seq.-scheme for possession of, near-
ly spoilt, 293-success of attack on
Port Said, 300-in possession of
Ismailia, ib. —capture of Nefiche, ib.
-land transport muddle, 303—first
fight at Kassassin, 307-at battle-
field, 309-friendly Bedouins, 310
-battle of Tel-el-Kebir, 317 et seq.
-looting, 320-advance to Cairo,
322.
Fall River, description of magnificent
boats on, 162.
Fane's Indian Horse compared with
British cavalry, 135.
Gibraltar, musketry training at, under
Colonel Haythorne, 54 — instruc-
tional work at, 173-difficulties of
survey work at, ib.-society for
prevention of cruelty to animals
started at, 201-sport at, 205.
Gilbard, Captain, with Spanish army
at siege of Bilbao, 177.
Goldsmid, Sir F., in charge of Intel-
ligence Department at Alexandria,
289.
Gordon (Khartoum), meeting with, in
London, 324-offer to, of services
for Khartoum, 326.
Graham, General Gerald, at Ismailia,
300-at Kassassin, 301 et seq.
Halifax, Nova Scotia, appointment to,
as garrison instructor, 152-danger
of coast at, 153-harbour of, 154–
general remarks on, 154-156-work
at, 156-sport, 157 et seq.-instruc-
tional work at, 167 et seq.-com-
mission from Inspector-General for
scheme for defence of harbour, 171
-departure from, ib.
Haythorne, Colonel, value of musketry
training by, shown at Sheksing, 54.
Hongkong, battalion of Royals sent
from Gibraltar to, 46-passage to,
48-mortality of troops at, 51-
execution from man-of-war at, 52
-beauty of harbour at, ib.-rifle
instruction at, 54-military work
at, 55-race-week in, 56.
Hoogly, unpleasant sights on the,
40.
Hope, Admiral, attacks Taku Forts, 79.
Hoskins, Admiral Sir Antony, wel-
come by, at Port Said, 291.
Hyderabad, fear of outbreak at, 40—
condition of, during Mutiny, 44.
Hythe School of Musketry, criticism
on, 136.
Indian Mutiny, first news of, 35—
embarkation of troops at Dublin
for, ib.-adventure on board trans-
port conveying troops to, 37 et seq.
-horrors of, heard at Galle, 38-
welcome of troops for, at Calcutta,
40-rumour of rising at Barrack-
pore, ib.-precaution against Sepoys,
ib.-description of native regiments,
42 -a rebel rajah, 43.
Natal, appointed to the Welsh Regi-
ment at, 527-work in, by the sol-
diers, 330-battle-training in, 333
-memo. on survey of, 334-sport
in, 335-mineral wealth of, 338-
departure from, for Egypt, 339.
Nefiche, capture of, 300.
New Brunswick, moose- and cariboo-
hunting in, 160.
New Caledonia, French penal settle-
ment in, 374.
New York, experience in, 163—civil-
ity of public servants in, ib.
Niagara, journey to, from New York,
164-cataract bath at, ib.
Nightingale, Miss, memory of, 34.
Nova Scotia, sport in, 160, 161.
turbances between, at anniversary
of battle of the Boyne, 140.
Otanez, battle of, 192.
Indian Pay Office and allowances, 46. Orangemen and Roman Catholics, dis-
Inkerman, view of battle of, 31.
Intelligence Department, report to, on
confidential mission to Belgium, 212
-hand-book on Ceylon prepared for,
ib.-at Crete for, 218-employment
by, for inspection of landing-places
on English coast, 219 et seq.-report
to, on Egypt, 250.
Ismail Pacha, 213-natural ability of,
214.
Keppel, Commodore, scene of fight of,
and the armed war junks, 61.
Kitchener, service of, during opera-
tions at Alexandria, 264 et seq.-
at Tel-el-Kebir, 319.
Lesseps, M. de, and Arabi Pasha, 262
-and the Suez Canal, 292.
Loch, Lord, imprisonment of, by
Chinese, 116.
Lough Neagh, fishing in, 139.
Madrid, impressions of, 178-horrors
of a bull-fight in, 179.
Malta, arrival at, on road to Crimea,
17.
Masamah, fight at, with Egyptian
cavalry, 304.
Morocco, permission from authorities
to teach surveying in, 174.
Musketry School, rules of the, 54.
Napoleon, scheme of, to invade Eng-
land, 149.
Parkes, Sir Henry, imprisonment of,
by Chinese, 116.
Peiho, the, 78 et seq.-disaster at
mouth of, to allied squadrons, 78
-bridge across, 105.
Pekin, advance on, 114-sufferings
of prisoners in, 116-plunder and
burning of the Summer Palace at,
117-120-surrender of, 121-trade
with inhabitants of, 122.
Portland and alcoholic drink, 161.
Port Said, capture of, 298.
Portsmouth, preference of, to Alder-
shot, 137.
Probyn's Indian Horse compared with
British cavalry, 135.
Restigouche, salmon-fishing on the,
157.
Riviera, the Russian, 26.
Russell, Sir Baker, at battle of Kas-
sassin, 308.
Russian and English officers, friendli-
ness of, 25, 26.
Sandhurst, description of clothing and
equipment of cadets at, 7-drill at,
ib.-board and lodging at, 8-in-
struction at, 10-punishment at,
for mistakes in exercises, ib.-
strange customs at, 11.
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