on the Franco-Chinese war, 61, 62;
on the Opium Question, 63-4;
arrives at Aden, 65;
his Central African letters, _ibid._;
visits Ireland, 65-6;
letter on Irish Question in _Times_, 66-7;
letter on Candahar, 68-70;
opinion of Abyssinians, 70;
his article on irregular warfare, 70-1;
offers Cape Government his services for Basutoland, 71;
takes Sir Howard Elphinstone's place in the Mauritius, 72;
his work there, 72-3;
views of England's power, 73;
views on coaling stations, _ibid._;
visits Seychelles, 74;
views on Malta and Mediterranean, 74-5;
attains rank of Major-General, 75;
summoned to the Cape, _ibid._;
leaves in a sailing ship, 76;
financial arrangement with Cape Government, _ibid._;
his pecuniary loss by Cape employment, _ibid._;
his memorandum on Basutoland, 77-9;
accepts temporarily post of Commandant-General, 80;
drafts a Basuto Convention, 80-1;
requested by Mr Sauer to go to Basutoland, 82;
relations with Masupha, _ibid._;
visits Masupha, 83;
betrayed by Sauer, _ibid._;
peril of, _ibid._;
his account of the affair, 84-5;
memorandum on the Native Question, 85-7;
his project of military reform, 88;
his resignation of Cape command, _ibid._;
corresponds with King of the Belgians, 89;
goes to the Holy Land, _ibid._;
his view of Russian Convent at Jerusalem, 90;
advocates Palestine Canal, 90-1;
summoned to Belgium, 91;
telegraphs for leave, 92;
the mistake in the telegram, _ibid._;
decides to retire, _ibid._;
King Leopold's arrangement, _ibid._;
his plans on the Congo, 93-4;
public opinion aroused by his Soudan policy, 93-5;
visit to War Office, 94;
makes his will, _ibid._;
goes to Brussels, _ibid._;
Soudan not the Congo, 95;
leaves Charing Cross, 95;
final letters to his sister, 95-6;
interview with ministers, 96;
loses clothes and orders, _ibid._;
his predictions about the Soudan, 97-8;
the task imposed on him, 106;
why he accepted it, 106-7;
memorandum on Egyptian affairs, 107-9;
opinions on Hicks's Expedition, 109;
on English policy, 110;
on the Mahdi, _ibid._;
his interview with Mr Stead of _Pall Mall Gazette_, 111-5;
his eagerness