to go to the Soudan, 115;
suggestions by the Press of his fitness for the post, 116-7;
"generally considered to be mad," 117;
Sir Charles Dilke puts his name forward, _ibid._;
Lord Granville's despatch, _ibid._;
Lord Cromer opposes his appointment, 118, _et seq._;
consequences of that opposition, and the delay it caused, 118-21;
the arrangement with King Leopold, 121;
went to Soudan at request of Government, 122;
his departure, _ibid._;
his instructions, 123-4;
doubts about them, 124;
his views about Zebehr, 124 _et seq._;
suggests his being sent to Cyprus, 125;
change in his route, _ibid._;
goes to Cairo, _ibid._;
changed view towards Zebehr, 126;
his memorandum on their relations, 126-8;
wishes to take him, 128;
a "mystic feeling," _ibid._;
interview with Zebehr, _ibid._;
final demands for Zebehr, 129-30;
leaves Cairo, 133;
the task before him, 134-5;
hastens to Khartoum, 136;
reception by inhabitants, _ibid._;
his first steps of defence, _ibid._;
his conclusion that "Mahdi must be smashed up," 137;
his demands, 138;
on our "dog in the manger" policy, 139;
"caught in Khartoum," _ibid._;
appeal to philanthropists, _ibid._;
"you will eventually be forced to smash up the Mahdi," 140;
his lost diary, 141;
his first fight, _ibid._;
bad conduct of his troops, 141-2;
lays down three lines of mines, 142;
his steamers, _ibid._;
their value, _ibid._;
force at his disposal, _ibid._;
loses a steamer, 143;
sends down 2600 refugees, _ibid._;
his care for them, 143-4;
Soudan Question _must_ be
settled by November, 144;
sends down _Abbas_, 145;
full history of that incident, 144-6;
left alone at Khartoum, 146;
sends away his steamers to help the Expedition, 146-7;
hampered by indecision of Government, 147;
his telegrams never published, _ibid._;
position at Khartoum, _ibid._;
his point of observation, 148;
cut off from Omdurman, _ibid._;
anxiety for his steamers, 149;
"To-day I expected one of the Expedition here," _ibid._;
the confidence felt in Gordon, _ibid._;
his defiance of the Mahdi, 150;
his position, 150-1;
his last Journal, 151;
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