bid._;
journey from Trebizonde, 34;
describes Kars, 34-35;
his other letters from Armenia, 35-39;
ascends Ararat, 39-40;
returns home, 41;
again ordered to the Caucasus, 41, 42;
some personal idiosyncrasies, 43, 44;
gazetted captain, 45;
appointment at Chatham, 45;
sails for China, _ibid._;
too late for fighting, _ibid._;
describes sack of Summer Palace, 46;
buys the Chinese throne, _ibid._;
his work at Tientsin, 47;
a trip to the Great Wall, 47-49;
arrives at Shanghai, 49;
distinguishes himself in the field, 50;
his daring, 51;
gets his coat spoiled, 52;
raised to rank of major, _ibid._;
surveys country round Shanghai, 52, 53;
describes Taepings, 53;
nominated for Chinese service, 54;
reaches Sungkiang, 60;
qualifications for the command, 78;
describes his force, 79;
inspects it, _ibid._;
first action, 79, 80;
impresses Chinese, 80;
described by Li Hung Chang, _ibid._;
made Tsungping, _ibid._;
forbids plunder, 81;
his flotilla, _ibid._;
his strategy, _ibid._;
captures Taitsan, 82;
difficulty with his officers, 83;
besieges Quinsan, _ibid._;
reconnoitres it, 84;
attacks and takes it, 85-87;
removes to Quinsan, 87;
deals with a mutiny, 88;
incident with General Ching, 89;
resigns and withdraws resignation, _ibid._;
contends with greater difficulties, 90;
undertakes siege of Soochow, 91;
negotiates with Burgevine, 92, 93;
relieves garrison, 94;
great victory, _ibid._;
describes the position round Soochow, 95;
his hands tied by the Chinese, 96;
his main plan of campaign, 97;
his first repulse, _ibid._;
captures the stockades, 98;
his officers, 99;
his share in negotiations with Taepings, _ibid._;
difficulty about pay, 100;
resigns command, _ibid._;
guards Li Hung Chang's tent, _ibid._;
enters Soochow, 101;
scene with Ching, _ibid._;
asks Dr Macartney to go to Lar Wang, _ibid._;
questions interpreter, _ibid._;
detained by Taepings, _ibid._;
and then by Imperialists, 102;
scene with Ching, _ibid._;
identifies the bodies of the Wangs, _ibid._;
what he would have done, _ibid._;
the fresh evidence