TLE OF BAKKOW, AND STORMING OF SABBAJEE, 1855 248

CHAPTER XXIII.

CHANGES IN THE WEST AFRICAN GARRISONS, 1856-57--THE
GREAT SCARCIES RIVER EXPEDITION, 1859--FIRE AT NASSAU,
1859 257

CHAPTER XXIV.

THE BADDIBOO WAR, 1860-61 265

CHAPTER XXV.

THE ASHANTI EXPEDITION, 1863-64 276

CHAPTER XXVI.

THE JAMAICA REBELLION, 1865 286

CHAPTER XXVII.

AFRICAN TOUR, 1866-70 298

CHAPTER XXVIII.

THE DEFENCE OF ORANGE WALK, 1872 304

CHAPTER XXIX.

THE ASHANTI WAR, 1873-74 317

CHAPTER XXX.

AFFAIRS IN HONDURAS, 1874--THE SHERBRO EXPEDITION, 1875--THE
ASHANTI EXPEDITION, 1881 333

APPENDIX 343

INDEX 361

MAPS.

1. ST. VINCENT _facing page 69_

2. GRENADA " 93

3. DOMINICA " 103

4. MARTINIQUE " 125

5. GUADALOUPE " 133

6. THE GAMBIA SETTLEMENTS " 178

7. THE GOLD COAST " 215

8. BRITISH HONDURAS " 219

9. THE MELLICOURIE RIVER " 236

10. SWARRA CUNDA CREEK " 265

11. THE COUNTY OF SURREY, JAMAICA " 287

12. ORANGE WALK " 305

13. THE ROUTE TO COOMASSIE " 319

14. BRITISH SHERBRO " 337

THE HISTORY OF THE FIRST WEST INDIA REGIMENT.

INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER.

At the present day, when our Continental neighbours are outvying each
other in the completeness of their military organisations and the size
of their armies, while in the United Kingdom complaints are daily heard
that the supply of recruits for the British Army is not equal to the
demand, it may not be out of place to draw the attention of the public
t