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Title: The Life of Gordon, Volume II

Author: Demetrius Charles Boulger

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THE LIFE OF GORDON

MAJOR-GENERAL, R.E., C.B.; TURKISH FIELD-MARSHAL, GRAND
CORDON MEDJIDIEH, AND PASHA; CHINESE TITU (FIELD-MARSHAL),
YELLOW JACKET ORDER.

"_'Tis a name which ne'er hath been dishonour'd,
And never will, I trust--most surely never
By such a youth as thou._"

--SWINTON ON ADAM GORDON.

BY

DEMETRIUS C. BOULGER

AUTHOR OF "THE HISTORY OF CHINA;" "ENGLAND AND RUSSIA IN CENTRAL
ASIA;" "LORD WILLIAM BENTINCK," ETC., ETC.

WITH PORTRAIT

VOLUME II

LONDON
T. FISHER UNWIN
PATERNOSTER SQUARE

MDCCCXCVI

[_All rights reserved._]

[Illustration: Portrait of C. G. Gordon with signature.]

CONTENTS.

VOLUME II.

CHAP. PAGE

VIII. GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF THE SOUDAN 1

IX. MINOR MISSIONS--INDIA AND CHINA 38

X. THE MAURITIUS, THE CAPE, AND THE CONGO 65

XI. THE LAST NILE MISSION 97

XII. KHARTOUM 136

CHAPTER VIII.

GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF THE SOUDAN.

When General Gordon left Egypt for England in December 1876 it was
with the expressed determination not to return; but the real state of
his mind was not bitterness at any personal grievance, or even desire
for rest, although he avowed his intention of taking six months'
leave, so much as disinclination to leav