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Achmet, mosque of, its huge pillars, 78.
Alexandria, visit to, 307.
Alma, battle of, loi, 104.
Arab dinner, 350.
Army, spirit of the, in Crimea, 81, 107,
113, 120; too small, III. Arrow, the, 193. Ashbumham, General, 175. Ava, P. & O. S.S., Lord Elgin lives on the, 185; dinner on the, 187.
Baker, Pasha, visit to Pyramids, 292; his difficulties, 310; great confidence in, 316; failure, 317.
Balaclava, taken, 104; letters from, loi, 102, 128, 130-142; life in hut, 123; railway from, 129; improved appearance of, 132.
Banca, Isle of, wreck on, 163, 172; life on, 177.
Baraguay d'Hilliers' estimate of French forces, 76.
Baring, 304; Gordon should consult, 313; doubts return of, 338; see Cromer.
Bashi-Bazouks, first seen, 73; described, 75.
Beaconsfield, Lord, letter from, 17; Sir W. Stephenson's work with, 18.
Bees, strange work of, 297.
Ben, origin of nickname, 31.
Bentinck, General, 73; meets Omar Pasha, 88, 89.
Bolton Row, home of Sir W. H. Stephenson, 12, 14.
Brackenbury, Sir H., 334.
Braves, first mentioned, 199; encounter with, 203, 214; described, 219; collapse of, 236.
Brown, Sir G., first mentioned, 69; sails for Varna, 81.
Bull, John, blame thrown on, 147.
Burgoyne, Sir John, 68.
Cairo, arrival and reception at, 287; house in, 289; citadel of, 290; mosques and churches in, 296;
great function in, 300; prospect of retiring from, 305; uneasiness in,
Cambridge, Duke of, extracts from letters from, 40, 41, 42; Crimean command, 73; kindness of, 85; extracts from letters of, 325.
Campbell, Sir Colin, 73.
Canada, extracts from letters, 34, 35; life there, 35, 36.
Canning, Lord, 185; troops for China, 190, 192.
Canrobert, General, praise of Rifle Brigade, 114; makes misleading statements, 128; frustrates expedition to Kertch, 139.
Canton, capture of, 196; opinion of, 207.
Cape Town, 170.
Caryote Jews, 157.
Cats as food, 231.
Chambers, Captain of Transit, 165; retains command, 166; praise of, 167; trial, 180.
Chestnuts, the, 18.
China, letters, 165-276; Great Wall of, 252.
Chinese, 179, 182; funerals, 188; religion, 188; policy, 199; tea, 247; garrison, 267; trickery, 268; tails, 209, 234; officials taken prisoners, 210; impertinence, 222; dilatoriness, 229; desert Shanghai, 260; cruelty to prisoners, 271.
Cholera in Egypt, 41; in Crimea, 93; losses from, 96; in Egypt, 298, 308.
Clay, Frederic, early compositions, 14.
Clifford, Major, 182, 194.
Colvin, Sir A., 298.
Conference at Vienna, 133, 134, 137. of Great Powers, 321.
Cook, Thomas, & Son, 301; steamers of, 324; liberal offer of, 355.
Coxe, Rev. George, 250.
Crealock, Major, draws portrait of Yeh, 201.
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Crimea letters, 71-157; battles in, Alma, loi; Inkerman, 107, 115; siege of Sebastopol, 105, 112, 118, 1 33; charm of scenery, 72, 78, 86, 88, 92; good farming country, 86; flowers and climate, 141.
Cromer, Lord, extracts from letters of, 61; letter to the Times, 61; see Baring.
Dannenberg, 120. Dawkins, Colonel, incident of, 37. Dent, Mr., hospitality of, 233, 257, 274. Dervishes, collect forces, 348; run away, 351. Digna, Osman, camp bombarded, 333;
source of trouble, 337. Dilke, Sir Charles, reference to speech by, 305. 315-
Dinners, farewell, 355.
Dobrutska, Russians dying there, 82;
French go there, 95; unhealthiness of, 95. Durham, Bishop of, 178; death o^ 245.
Earle, General, 287; is set aside, 326; route he takes, 330; expects a fight, 332; death of, 334.
Edinburgh, Duke of, visits Egypt, 346,
Egerton, Colonel, 136.
Egypt, letters from, 287-357; visit to, 47; letter, state of, 49.
Electric telegraph, a novelty, 138.
Elgin, Earl of, directs troops to India, 175; sends Ultimatum to Chinese, 193; meets Chinese Commissioners, 200; goes north, 205; Hong Kong merchants dissatisfied with, 206; excellent work of, 237; leaves for England, 239.
England, Sir Richard, 121.
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Fan, universal use of, 247.
Fat-shan, importance of, 211; visit to,
237; revisits, 248. Fever in China, 232, 240, 248. Finance in Egypt, 302, 304, 321. France, trouble with, 302. Freeling, Mrs. Clayton, death of, 303;
classed with Chaucer and Uriah
Heep, 353. Fremantle, Sir Arthur, 332. French, blamed for delay, 84; friendly relations with, 115, 137; Consul's wife, dress of, 207; delay again,
260; wishes them out of China, 262; desire to regain influence, 305; intrigues attributed to them, 321.