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Index
Acapulco, 187, 197, 198.
Admiral, the fettering dignity of an, 278.
Africa, service on east coast of, 119 et seq.
Agamemnon, 16, 18, 30 et seq.
Ajax, 240.
Alabama, Confederate cruiser, 157.
Albania, a yachting cruise to the coast of, 162 et seq.
Albion, 20.
Aldabra, 301.
Algerine, 96, 97, 101, 102.
Algiers, 30.
Alma, the, 16.
American Civil War, 157.
Amethyst, 92.
Andaman Islands, 312 et seq.
Andes, the, 173.
Anger Point, 35.
Anita, of Hamburg, burning of, 202 et seq.
Anson, Commander, 198.
Antelm, Sir Cilicourt, 285.
Arethusa, 10, 12, 20.
Ariel, 147.
Ascension, 158.
Asuncion, 251.
Atlanta, 207.
Auckland, the East India Co.'s steamer, 76.
Audacieux, 104.
Aralanche, 111.
Avenger, 9.
Bagded, 337 et seq.
Bahia, 205, 245.
Bahia Blanca, 253, 261.
Balaklava, 16, 20, 25.
Balchic Bay, 12, 15.
Barracouta, 39, 43, 45, 46, 48, 50, 52, 58.
Barrier Forts, the, 39.
Bate, Captain, of the Actaeon, 39, 40, 44, 93.
Bay Islands, 229.
Beagle Channel, 266.
Beamish, Lieutenant H., 46.
Beikos Bay, 10.
Belize, 224.
Bermuda, 153, 220.
Besika Bay, 9.
"Bird's-nest Fort," 40, 69.
Boadicea, 277 et seq.
Bogue Forts, 38 bombardment of, 49 et seq. 68.
Bombay, 277, 309, 332, 346.
Bonaventure, 346.
Bourbon. See Reunion.
Brazil, 171 et seq., 244 et seq.
Brierley, Mr, picture of battle of Fatshan by, 88.
Buenos Ayres, 244, 245, 273, 275.
Bushire, 333.
Bussorah, 334, 340.
Buzzard, 154.
Calcutta, 309 et seq., 345.
Calcutta, 33 et seq.
in the war with China, 38-114-117.
California, 197.
Callao, 172, 173 et seq.
350
Camilla, 76.
Canton, 38, 39, 40, 42, 52,
bombardment of, 43, 92
a fire in the factories, 56
evacuation of, 69.
Canton river, the, 38, 41, 45
operations in, 53 et seq., 54 et seq.-93.
Cape de Verdes, the, 33.
Cape of Good Hope, 35, 152.
Cape Town, 155.
Carthagena, 226.
Cator, Lieutenant, 105.
Ceylon, 305 et seq.
Channel Squadron, the, 116 et seq.
Chanticleer, 153.
China, war with, 38 et seq.
the Barrier Forts taken, 39
Capture of Macao Fort, the "Bird's-nest Fort" and the Shamean Forts, 40
the "Factories" garrisoned, 42
the Dutch-folly Fort captured, 42
bombardment of Canton, 43
Chinese fire-junks, 45
attempt to blow up the Niger, 45
attack on twenty-five mandarin junks, 46 et seq.
bombardment of the Bogue Forts, 49 et seq.
capture of the Anunghoy Forts, 51
French-folly Fort destroyed, 55
a fire in the Factories, 56
sport in the river, 61
a dare-devil dash, 63
the evacuation of Canton, 69
battle of Fatshan Creek, 84 et seq.
Sir Henry Keppel's account of the action, 91
capture of Canton, 93
withdrawal of troops to Hong-Kong, ib
in search of pirates, 94 et seq.
capture of the Peiho Forts, 106 et seq.
at Tientzin, 110 et seq.
a treaty of peace concluded, 114.
Chinese junks, 36
fire-junks, 45
"stink-pots," 47.
Chinese "Rules for the Extermination of the Barbarian Forces," 71 et seq.
Chooga Island 134.
Chupat, the Welsh settlement of, 256 et seq.
Coastguard, the, 234, 236 et seq.
Codrington, Commander, 160, 162, 168.
Colimere Point, sport at, 314, 315.
Colombo, 307, 346.
Colonia, 250.
Comoro Islands, 146.
Congo Island, 128.
Constantinople, 10, 28, 161.
Cook, Captain, of the Russian, 199.
Coquimbo, 206, 207.
Corbett, Admiral Sir John, 240.
Cormorant, 104, 106.
Coromandel, 38, 39, 49, 50, 53, 55, 65, 66, 85, 86, 92, 104, 110, 112.
Cracker Bay, 263.
Crawford, Colonel, 341.
Crimean War, events leading up to the, 8 et seq.
bombardment of Odessa, 12
the fleet attacked by cholera, 15
the bombardment of Sebastopol, 17 et seq.
in the trenches, 23 et seq.
assault on the Redan and Malakoff, 26
the fall of Sebastopol, 28
the fall of Kinburn, 29. Cuba, 225.
Darjeeling, 311.
Delgado, Cape, 131.
Devarenne, Commodore, 208.
Diego Suarez, 293 et seq.
Dragonne, 112.
Druid, 208 et seq.
Drummond, Admiral, 346.
Dundas, Vice-Admiral Sir James, 9.
Dutch-folly Fort, 42, 43, 69, 93.
Eaglet, 70.
East Indian station, in command of, 277 et, seq.
Egg Harbour, 255, 263.
Elgin, Lord, 92, 104, 112, 113, 114,
Elk, 76.
Encounter, 40, 43, 44, 50, 55, 67.
Escape Creek, 84.
Fairfax, Admiral Sir Henry, 162.
Falkland Islands, 171, 245, 264, 265.
Fanshawe, Admiral Sir E., 118.
Farquhar, Admiral, 178.
Farquhar Island, 295.
Fatshan, 62, 64, 83
battle of Fatshan Creek, 84 et seq.
Fernando do Noronha, 246.
Firm, 106, 107.
Flamingo, 212.
Flogging in the navy, 13 et seq.
Fonseca Bay, 187, 192.
Forbes, Lieutenant, 96, 101.
Forester, 93, 95.
Forsyth, Commander, of the Hornet, 61.
Fortescue, Captain, of the Barracouta, 46, 48, 59.
Fowler, Sir A., 241.
French-folly Fort, 46, 49, 55.
Furious, 104.
Fury, 83.
Galapagos Islands, 178
sport on Charles Island, 179 et seq.-193, 301.
Gamble, General, 224.
Ganges, 22.
Gardner, Captain Alan, 162.
Garden of Eden, the, at Gurna, 340.
Gibraltar, 8.
Goodenough, Captain, 160, 162.
Goodridge, Captain, R.N., 309.
Gough, Fort, 93.
Graham, Captain, of the Rodney, 2, 10, 23, 30.
Grass Island, 97.
Gros, Baron, 92.
Gunther, Dr, reference to `Gigantic Land-Tortoises' by, 301.
Gurna, 340.
Halifax, 153, 220.
Hall, King-, Captain W., 34, 62, 67 , 69, 105, 117 .
Hamilton, Lieutenant Vesey, 84.
Hancock, Admiral, 199.
" Happy Valley," English cemetery at, 67, 78.
Harris, Lord, 325, 344.
Hassan, island of, 92.
Haughty, 84 et seq.
Havana, 225.
Havelock, Sir Arthur, 307.
Hayti, report on, 229
"Vaudouism" in, 230
illegal imprisonment of British, 232
the President, 233.
351
Hernandaria, 251.
Hero, 153.
Hext, Admiral Sir John, 309.
Hickley, Lieutenant Cecil, 279, 286 et seq., 300, 304, 317, 326 et seq., 343.
Highflyer, 83.
Himalaya, 154.
Honduras, British, 224 et seq.
Hong-Kong, 23 33, 36, 38 69, 77, 91, 93, 95, 102, 104, 114.
Hong-Kong, 85, 86.
Hopkins, Admiral Sir John, 162.
Horn, Cape, 206.
Hornet, 50, 60.
Horsey, Admiral de, 206.
Hoskins, Admiral Sir A., 239.
Hyacinth Island, 86.
Ibo, 128.
Inflexible, 82, 93.
Iskundah Shah, 140-145.
Jamaica, 222, 225, 233.
James, Mr, Chief Commissioner of Sind, 341.
Java, 35.
Jerningham, Sir Hubert, 282, 302.
Juan Fernandez, 173.
Kalamita Bay, 15.
Karachi, cluck-shooting near, 341 et seq.
Katcha, the, 16, 20.
Kellet Admiral, 162.
Kennedy, Admiral Sir William, entered on the Victory and transferred to the Rodney, 2
 the gun-room officers, 2ib. et seq.
nearly wrecked on Lisbon bar, 7
accident near the Sorelli rocks, 8 et seq.
at Malta, 9
at Besika Bay, ib.
at Beikos Bay, 10
the massacre of Sinope, ib. et seq.
the bombardment of Odessa, 12
at Balchic Bay, ib.
flogging in the Navy, 13 et seq.
the fleet visited by cholera, 15
at Kalamita Bay, ib.
the Alma, 16
off the Katcha, ib.
the bombardment of Sebastopol, 17 et seq.
the Rodney aground, 19
352
terrific gale, a 20 et seq.-
a narrow escape of being blown up, 22
floating the Lord Raglan, 23
a severe winter, ib.
joins the Naval Brigade, 24
in the trenches, ib. et seq.
transferred to the Sphinx, 27
to Constantinople with despatches, 28
rejoins the fleet at Odessa, ib.
the fall of Kinburn, 29
transfer to the Algiers and return to England, 30
the Rodney's part in the bombardment of Sebastopol, ib. et seq.
appointed to the Calcutta, 33
passage to Hong-Kong, ib. et seq.
a novel form of sea-bathing, 36
war with China, 38 et seq.
attack on Macao Fort, 39 et seq.
three months in an open boat, 41
capture of the Dutch-folly Fort, 42
bombardment of Canton, 43
use of torpedoes, &c., by the Chinese, 45
attack on junks and French-folly Fort, 46 et seq.
bombardment of the Bogue Forts, 49 et seq.
operations on the Canton River, 53 et seq.
a fire in the Factories, 56 et seq.
firing the town, 59
one boat versus eighty junks, 63 et seq.
evacuation of Canton, 69 et seq.
in command of the Eaglet, 70
a mandarin's directions for the destruction of British ships, 71 et seq.
massacre of passengers and crew of a British steamer, 77
adventures in the paddy-fields, 79 et seq.
reinforcements from England, 82
battle of Fatshan Creek, 84 et seq.
Sir Henry Keppel's account of the action, 91
promoted to lieutenant, 92
Commissioner Yeh and the Tartar General captured, 93
searching for pirates, 94 et seq.
capture of the Peiho Forts, 106 et seq.
up-river to Tientzin, 110 et seq.
signing of the peace treaty, 114
return to England, ib.
the Calcutta paid off 117
ordered to join the Trafalgar, ib.
a shipmate's yarns, 118
appointed first lieutenant of the Wasp, 119
an adventurous voyage, 120 et seq.
on the rocks, 123
sport on Robben Island, 125
Mauritius, 126
searching for slavers, 127
ashore on a coral reef, 128
nineteen days in an open boat, 130 et seq.-
arrival at Zanzibar, 139
the Iskundah Shah, 141
the Wasp afloat again, 145
return to Mauritius 147
the ascent of the " Peter Botte," 148 et seq.
the Wasp ordered home, 152
joins the Hero, 153
Bermuda, ib.
the Narcissus, 154
at Simon's Bay, ib. et seq.
sport at Saldhana Bay, 156 et seq.
incidents of the passage home, 158 et seq.
appointed first lieutenant of the Victoria, 160
a trip to Tunis, ib. et seq.
accompanies Lord Clarence Paget to Constantinople, 161
flag-lieutenant to Lord Clarence, 162
a yachting adventure, ib. et seq.
receives commander's commission, 168
joins the Vestal in the West Indies, 169
transferred to the Reindeer, ib.
stationed at Callao, 172 et seq.
revolution in Peru, 173 et seq.
sport on Charles Island, 178 et seq.
duck-shooting at Mazatlan, 181 et seq.
a revolution, 182 et seq.
destruction of San Salvador by an earthquake, 187 et seq.
sport in Vancouver, 193
returns to England, 198
voyage to Valparaiso, 202 et seq.
a ship on fire, 203
home again, 207
appointed senior officer on the coast of Newfoundland, 208
sport in Newfoundland, 212, 217, et seq.
at Bermuda, 220
Jamaica, 222
Belize, 224
Havana, 225
the Bay Islanders, 229
report on Hayti, ib. et seq.
in command of Lord Warden 234 et seq.
transferred to Ajax, 240
shooting caribou in Newfoundland, 241
senior officer on the south-east coast of South America, 244 et seq.
Pernambuco, 245
Fernando do Noronha, 246
Trinidad in the South Atlantic, 247
up the Parana, 250 et seq.
San Blas, 253 et seq.
the Welsh settlement of Chupat, 256 et seq.
sport in Patagonia, 259 et seq.
the ship on fire, 260
the Falkland Islands, 264
the South American Mission, 266 et seq.
Monte Video, 272
Buenos Ayres, 273
a clever swindler, 274
in command of the East India station, 277 et seq.
the dignity of an admiral, 278
sport at Rodriguez, 279, 302 et seq.
Mauritius after a cyclone, 280
sport on the island, 283 et seq.
Bourbon, 292
Madagascar, 293 et seq.
Farquhar Island, 295
the Seychelles, 297 et seq.
Ceylon, 305 et seq.
Bombay, 309
Calcutta, ib. et seq.
the Andaman Islands, 312
Madras, 314
sport at Colimere Point, ib. et seq.
tiger-shooting in Central India, 316 et seq.
rifle and gun in N.W. Provinces, 325 et seq.
up the Persian Gulf to Bagdad, 331 et seq.
duck-shooting near Karachi, 341 et seq.
end of his official career, 346.
Keppel, Admiral Sir Henry, 82, 86, 87, 88, 91, 127.
Keppel Island, 267.
Kinburn, 28, 29.
King, Captain, 23.
Kirk, Sir John, 141.
Kiswara, 131.
Kivinge, 132.
Knight's �Cruise of the Falcon' referred to, 246 et seq.
Kowloon, 79.
Labrador, 219.
Lansdowne, Lord, 309 et seq., 345.
Laughton, Professor J. K., 116.
Lawrence, 331 et seq.
Liffey, 201 et seq.
Lima, 173 et seq., 196.
Lintin Island, 94.
Lisbon bar, 7.
Livingstone, Dr, 146.
London, 16.
Lord Raglan, 20, 23.
Lord Warden 234 et seq.
Luce, Captain, 20.
Lufigy river, 134.
Lynx, 19.
Lyons, Lord, 161.
Lyons, Sir Edmund, 16, 27, 30, 161.
Macao Fort, 39, 40, 42, 62, 66, 69.
Mackenzie, Bishop, 146.
Madagascar, 291, 293 et seq.
Madeira, 33, 121, 171, 202.
Madras, 313, 314.
Magellan, Straits of, 171, 206.
Mahé, 297, 299 et seq.
Malakoff, the, 26, 29.
Malta, 8, 9, 160, 168.
Mandarin, distinguishing marks of the different grades, 71, 114.
Manzanilla, 187.
Marathon, 236.
Marlborough, 162.
Matanzas, 225.
Mauritius, 126
the ascent of the "Peter Botte," 148 et seq.
devastation of, by cyclone, 280 et seq.
sport in, 283 et seq.-294, 302.
Mazatlan, 181, 183, 185, 198.
Mediterranean station, 160 et seq.
Meldrum, Professor, his theory as to cyclones, 281.
Milne, Admiral Sir Alexander, 153.
Mirs Bay, 96.
Mockler, Colonel, 335, 337.
Mohammera, 334, 340.
Monfia, 127, 134, 136.
Monte Video, 205, 222, 244, 245, 249, 272, 274.
Mozambique, 127.
Murray, Patrick, 160.
Muscat, 332.
Nachimoff, Admiral, 11.
Nagasaki, 114.
Nankin, 50, 51.
Narcissus, 152, 153, 154, 158.
Navy, the, as it was fifty years ago, 1 et seq.
discipline in, 13 et seq.
leave granted to officers, 117
the naval reserve, 23
Ignorance about the navy, 235
beneficial effects of the naval exhibition, 236.
Newfoundland, 208 et seq.
the fisheries, 209
difficulties in navigating the coasts, 210 et seq., 214 et seq.
sport on the island, 212 et seq., 217 et seq.
the inhabitants, 213
magisterial duties of the captain, 216 et seq.
the French, 220
shooting expeditions to, 241 et seq.
Nicaraguan Canal, 197.
Nicobar Islands, 313.
Niger, 45, 76.
Nimrod, 104.
Norway, 201.
Nuwara-Eliya, 306.
Odessa, 12, 28.
Orpheus, 153.
Paget, Admiral Lord Clarence, 160, 161, 162, 163, 168.
Panama, 192, 196.
Parana, the river, 250.
Patagonia, 245, 253 et seq.
sport in, 259 et seq.
the Patagonian Indian, 261
its geological interest, ib.
Peiho Forts, capture of the, 104 et seq.- 114.
Peiho river, 104, 110, 113.
Perekop, 27.
Pernambuco, 245.
Persian Gulf, a voyage up the, 331 et seq.
Peru, a revolution in, 173 et seq.
Pichili, Gulf of, 104.
Pim, Lieutenant Bedford, of the Banterer, 61.
Pique, 104.
Pirates, hunting for, during the China war, 76, 94 et seq.
Plover, 85, 86.
Port Louis (Falkland Islands), 171.
Port Louis (Mauritius), 126, 147, 280.
Port Madryn, 256.
Port Stanley, 171.
Price, Sir Ross, 242.
Prowse, Judge, 216, 217.
Psyche, 161, 168.
Purvis, Admiral J. C., 22.
Putiatine, Count, 92.
Queen, the passenger steamer, captured by the Chinese, 77.
Quiloa, 131.
Rabbit Island, 156.
Raleigh, 82, 88.
Rampur, tiger-shooting at, 316 et seq.
Randolph, George, Commander of the Rodney, 2, 10, 16, 18.
Rangoon, 313.
Redan, the, 26, 29.
Reid, Mr, American representative at Hong-Kong, 92.
Reindeer, 169 et seq.
Reunion, 280, 292 et seq., 302.
Rifleman, 252.
Rigby, Colonel, 139, 141.
Rio de Janeiro, 170, 171, 245, 249.
Robben Island, 125.
Roberts, Lord, 344.
Robinson, Mr George, 283, 294.
Rochecouste, M., 285.
Rodney, 2 et seq.
nearly wrecked on Lisbon bar, 7
nearly water-logged between Gibraltar and Malta, 8
in Besika Bay, 9
at Constantinople, 10
at Sinope, 11
at the bombardment of Odessa, 12
in Balchic Bay, ib., 15
in Kalarnita Bay, 15
off the Alma, 16
at the bombardment of Sebastopol, 17 et seq.
the Rodney's part in the bombardment, 30 et seq.-86.
Rodriguez, 279, 281, 294, 302 et seq.
Rolland, Commander W. R., 34, 39, 62.
Rosario, 253, 275.
Rovuma river, 131, 144.
Ruby, 222, 244 et seq.
Rugged Islands, 104.
St Elena Bay, 261, 263.
St Helena, 115, 152.
St Jago, 204.
St Juan de Nova, 295.
St Vincent, 204.
Saldhana Bay, 156.
Salt Lake City, 198.
Sampson, 21, 39, 44.
San Blas (Mexico), 182 et seq., 196.
San Blas (Patagonia), 253, 255.
San Salvador, destroyed by an earth-quake, 187 et seq.
Sanspareil, 20, 31.
Santa Catalina, buried treasure in, 225 et seq.
Saumarez, Commander, 106.
Scylla, 173.
Sebastopol, 12, 16
bombardment of, 17 et seq.
the fall of, 28, 29.
Seychelles, 127, 296, 297 et seq.
Seymour, Admiral Sir Michael, 33, 38, 43, 67, 83, 85, 86, 91, 92, 106, 108, 111, 113, 114.
Seymour, Culme, Admiral Sir Michael, 90.
Shah, 200, 206.
Shamean Forts, 40.
Shanghae, 104.
Shannon, 92.
Shetlands, attempt to obtain naval recruits in the, 235.
Sidon, 125.
Sierra Leone, 160.
Simon's Bay, 125, 154 et seq.
Singapore, 35, 115.
Sinope, the massacre of, 10 et seq.
Sir Charles Forbes, 85.
Slaney, 104, 105, 106.
Slave traffic on East coast of Africa, searching for slavers, 127, 128
the "Free Emigration Trading Company," 147.
Smart, Sir Robert, 160.
Smith, Bowden-, N., 112.
Smyth's Channel, 171.
Sorelli rocks, 9.
South American Mission, the, 266 et seq.
South American station, in command of the, 244 et seq.
Spaniard Harbour, 268.
Sphinx, 27, 28, 29.
Spiteful, 17 et seq., 31.
Starling, 82.
Staten Island, 267.
Stewart, Admiral Sir Houston, 117.
355
Stirling, Bishop, 258, 260, 266 et seq.
Sumatra, 35.
Sutna, big game shooting at, 325 et seq.
Sutton, John, 127, 131, 135-138, 143, 144.
Swallow, 253.
Swan Island, 228.
Sweden, 347.
Sybille, 62.
Symonds, of the Arethusa, 10.
Table Bay, 125.
Table Mountain, 155.
Taif, escape of the, from Sinope, 11.
Tamatave, 293.
Tchernaya, the, 25.
Tepic, 182 et seq., 196
the " Tiger of Tepic," 186.
Terrible, 21.
Tientzin, 110, 111, 113, 114.
Tierra del Fuego, 266 et seq.
Tigris, the river, 335 et seq.
Tonga Island, 133.
Tongy Bay, 131.
Torpedo, practice with the Whitehead, 200.
Tova Island, 260.
Tozer, Bishop, 224.
Trafalgar, 117, 118.
Tribune, 83, 86.
Trincomalee, 277, 291, 305 et seq., 345.
Trinidad Island in the South Atlantic, 246 et seq.
Triumph, 206.
Tunis, 160.
Tuscaloosa, tender to Confederate cruiser Alabama, 158.
Uskuwaia, 266 et seq.
Valdez Peninsula, the, 263.
Valparaiso, 172, 173, 206.
Vancouver, 193 et seq.
Vanderbilt, United States cruiser, 157.
Varna, 12, 15.
Vengeance, 23.
Vestal, 169.
Victoria, 160, 162, 168.
356
Victory, 2.
Vincent, Colonel H., 316 et seq., 325 et seq.
Vivian, Lieut. the Hon. J. B., 81.
Walker, Admiral Sir Baldwin, 152, 153, 154.
Wasp, 119 et seq.
Watchful, 250, 251.
Wenlock, Lord, 314.
West Indies, service in the, 169 et seq., 222.
Wharton, Admiral Sir William, 302.
Wilmot, Eardley-, Captain, 29
his Life of Lord Lyons' quoted, 30 et seq.
Wilson, Colonel, 334.
Winchester, 38.
Winnyat, Lieutenant, 90.
Yeh, Governor, 43, 93.
Young, Brigham, 198.
Zanzibar, 127, 130, 139 et seq.
Zerda, Colonel, commandant of Charles Island, 179 et seq.
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