Abd-el-Al,171Abd-el-Hamid,282,287Abu Klea, battle of,257-68A.D.C. to Prince of Wales, appointed,157to Queen Victoria, appointed,412Adeane, Commander,77Admiral, the making of,556-67Admiralty affronted,142confusion at,550documents stolen,348and Lord Charles' Soudan service,312Lord Charles appointed Junior Lord of,344reprimanded by,150resignation of Lord Charles,353Afterguard,13Aground,Tribune,61Ahmed Arabi,171. See Arabi Pasha Mahomet,211Albania, strange adventure in,515Alexandria, action at,187attack on Lord Charles at,185fortifications at,187issue of proclamation,193operations outside,201-6police work at,191-5refugees from,186riot in,178squadron at,186troops assisting at,195visit to,371water supply failing,181Algeçiras Conference,514Ali Fehmi,170Alison, General Sir A.,198American flag incident,58Ammunition, discoveries of, outside Alexandria,203Reserve, inadequacy of,370Animals on board ship,66Arab courage,265lad shot,197Arabi Pasha,171dismissed,181condemned,184Armament, secondary, essential,147Arms, defective,267Army, inclined to join,8Arrow, the affair of the lorcha,3Assouan, Lord Charles at,225Atlantic Fleet created,496Australia, voyage to, inGalatea,75Australian Squadron, suggested command of,469Bab-el-Kebir,223,228Bahadur, Sir Jung,164Balfour, Mr., and need for War Staff,480Bare feet,16Baring, Sir Evelyn,215,216Bayford School,5Bear, fight with a,540Bell, Mr. Moberly,187Benbow, Mr.,300,303commended,307Benicia,69Bentham, Deputy-Inspector-General,513Beresford, Admiral Sir John Poo, xxvCommissioner John, xviiiLord William,160Lord Marcus and the sharpers,531Marshal, xixBimbashi (camel),222,236,238Bismarck, a talk with,362Black Prince,42Blasphemy,18Boa constrictor killed,167Boar, encounter with,79,168Boardman, Captain, commands naval contingent in Soudan,222appreciation of work of,223,329Boat-pulling. See alsoGazelle;7,207,497-507Boat-race, women's,29Boat-races,28,152,207,497-507Boat-sailing,504Boiler ofSafiehrepaired,300,303Boiler plates,252Bombay, burning of,146Bordein, s.,283,292,293,294BountyMutiny,86Bowles, Admiral William,6Boxers, famous,69Boyd-Carpenter's (Dr.) remarkable story,154Brabazon's, Colonel, account of attack on convoy,321Bradford, Major,162Brandreth, Commander Thomas,12"Break-up of China,"426Bright-work discouraged,120Britanniatraining ship,6,9officers of,7Brothers, Lord Charles Beresford's, viiBrowne, Major-General Sam,162Bull, incident of,290Bulldog, Lord Charles,146Buller, Sir Redvers,221,222,225,229,252,317,318Bulwark, flag hoisted in,508Burnaby, Colonel,256,259death of,264Butt, Isaac,131,342Cable, hemp and chain,12Cadet, Naval, appointed,11Cadets, training of,6Cæsar, flag hoisted in,493Calcutta, visit to,103Camel Corps equipment,237incident,225race,236Camels. See Bimbashiinvented saddle for,237repairing with oakum,328shortage of,278sufferings of,255Cameron, Mr.,207,270Cannibal, talk with,80Canton, bombardment of,4Cape Town, visit to,186Captain, disaster to,49Carysfort,209Casualties of Desert Column,279Cawnpore Memorial, Prince's visit to,168Certificate, signing of,5Ceylon, climate of,104Changes in Channel, Nore, and Home Fleets,552in shipbuilding,48proposed,396Channel Fleet, in command of,485,550reductions and changes,551Royal visit to,554Channel Squadron (1863),42Chaplain, influence of,19Chatham Dockyard, appointment at,393terminates,400Chefoo,447Chicago,398Chicago, Lord Charles at,459China, inspection of armies in,440-44Lord Charles sails for,424summary of reforms advocated,451Chinese Army, scheme of reorganisation,437commercial integrity,102Ching, Prince,435Cholera at Calcutta,103Churchill, Lord Randolph, resignation of,352Clifton, Captain,116Clio,48,51Clippers, famous opium,117Coal in Vancouver, discovery of,60Cockfighting at Manila,102Cockroaches, racing,52Coffer-dam,492Coincidence,103,160Columns. See Desert, and NileColvin, Mr. Auckland,172Command, first independent,120Commendations, special,70,198,206,235Compensation to Alexandrians,199Condor, action of, at Alexandria,187appointed to,156,186gives up command of,206signal to,189Constituencies, invitations from,398,415Convicts at Perth,75Convoy, attack on,320Coode, Captain Trevenen P.,65Cordite, danger of heat,465Corfu,32Correspondent, newspaper, troublesome,198desire to act as,207shot,275Council of Defence,398,414Courage of Arabs,265Court-martial, trial by,367Crete, insurrection in,427-31Cruisers, deficiency of,144Crutchley, General,278Curraghmore, description of, viii-xiiCustance, Admiral Sir R. N.,550Dacres, Rear-Admiral Sydney C.,12Dal Cataract, Lord Charles at,243Dawson, Lieutenant Douglas,291Daymen,14Decapitation in Japan,101Defence,41Defence, Council of. See CouncilDelaval, Lord, death of,548Delavals, the, xviDemocracy and war,494,495Denman, Rear-Admiral the Hon. J.,65Desert Column,220,246,247,248casualties,279composition of,253in disorder,272march back to Korti,324Sir R. Buller's dispatchre,319zeriba,275Desertions at San Francisco,69Diaz, visit to President,550Discipline,14,142reform of,17Discomforts of the Old Navy,19of Nile steamer,224of the Nile,242Disgrace, in,26Disraeli, memories of,139on the party system,139Dockyard appointment,393Dowell, Rear-Admiral Wm.,505,506Doyle, Sir Hastings,153Dress, the sailor's,19Drunkenness,17,31Dufferin, Lord,374Dunsmuir, Mr.,60Duties, various, of a ship's crew,13Earle, General, killed,319East Marylebone, elected for,336Eden, Captain Charles,5,34Edinburgh, Duke of, attempt to assassinate,73visit to Japan of,100Edward, King. See KingEgyptian War, beginning of trouble,170Election incidents,336,337Elephant hunting,164,536-8inGalatea,109Elephants, regiment of,167El-Teb,216Emma, Queen,57Empress Dowager,420Engine, repairing,226Essays by officers,466,468Estimate of naval needs,358Estimates, signing the,356. See NavyEtiquette, naval,1Eurydicetraining frigate,6capsizing of,154remarkable storyre,155Examination for Navy,6Excellent,71Execution of murderer,54Experience in routine work, etc., necessity of,146Explosion of gun-cotton,204of shell fromCondor,208onThunderer,148Falkland Islands,53Family history. See Historyhome. See Curraghmore memorials, ixFarm, model,399Fayrer, Surgeon-General,163Fersaat,224Fight at Malta,31over boat-race,29Fisher, Captain John,190Sir John, improvements in Mediterranean fleet,467Fishing incidents,544-7Fit, keeping,107Fitzgerald, Admiral Penrose,49,54,505Flag rank, earlier promotion to, advocated,404,483Flogging abolished,17question of,144Forecastlemen,13Foretopmen,13Forging of cheques,75,83Freemason, made a,108French, Sir John,280Galatea,73diversion,108in Japan,100Gardner gun,252,276,300,308jamming of,263Gardner, Miss, engagement to,154Gascoigne, Captain,302,304,306Gazelle,7Gemai,229Germany's, Emperor of, visit to Gibraltar,493visit to Skagen,554Gibbs, Flag-Lieutenant,551,554Gibraltar,370Emperor of Germany visits,493Gillford, Captain,60Gladstone, Mr. W. E.,33and compensation to Alexandrians,199Glanville, John,11,28Gleichen, Count,237,248,277Gordon, General,214,215urgent messages from,216,217,219,234,250letters from,282steamers sent by,283death of,291Goschen, Mr., conversation with,359Goshawk,120Graham, Major-General Sir G.,215,216,332Sir James,9Grenfell, Vice-Admiral Sir H.,515Gubat, Desert Column at,278Gun-cotton, explosion of,204Gun explosion onThunderer,148Gunners,13Gunnery, British and American,67in theMarlborough,20on China station,466Gun Reserve, inadequacy of,370Hall's, Captain W. H., recommendations,361Hamilton, Lord George, on Lord Charles' resignation,354Sir R. Vesey,404Hammill, Commander,221,226HannibalramsPrince George,400Hara-kiri,91Harris, Captain Robert,6,7,10Sir Augustus,399Hartington, Lord, telegram from,317Haulage of boats on Nile. See Whaleboats, and SteamersHawsers, wire, first used,154Heaton, Mr. Henniker,417Lieutenant W. H.,8Hecla, torpedo school,369Hercules,49Hibernia,33Hicks Pasha and staff,213Hildyard, General Sir H.,8History of family, xii-xxiiHohenzollern,545Home Fleet,552of family. See CurraghmoreHornby's, Admiral Phipps, views on, Cabinet and Sea Lords,355Horse-racing and riding,518-34Horses, runaway,76saving,206Hot springs in New Zealand,79Howe, salving of,395Humour, Irish,72Hunting,71,520,522-5Hurricane (Pampero) at Buenos Aires,70at Port Mercy,56at Vancouver,68Idlers,14Illumination ofMarlborough,33Illustrioustraining ship,6,9Imperial Defence, committee of,481Naval Defence,408Improvements, value of minor,365Incidents, amusing,5,28,47,104,108,113,114,115,116,117,118,119,133,135,136,151,153,163,164,169,196,198,199,202,223,224,225,227,230,290,316,329,334,336,343,366,371,373,392,394,415,416,445,470-7,489,511,516,517,519,522,523,527,528,529,530,532,533India, visit of Prince to,157Ingram, Mr.,286Instructions to Admirals in Egypt,177Intelligence Department. See NavalIntervention, European, in Egypt,175Ionian Islands,32Ireland, rent question in,128royal residence in, advocated,412visit of Duke and Duchess of York,413Irish characteristics,136Irishman, a frenzied,197Irishmen in United States,458Irishmen's honour,553Irish politics (1872),129,342Ismailia, journey to,200Ito, Marquess, interviews with,449Jackson, Mr. John,386Jakdul,249arrival of Desert Column,255Japan, in,100,455Old,90Jokes, practical,28,30,56,71,113,115Jones, "Ninepin,"23José Salvatro,236,244Kang Yu Wei, flight of,432Kanwah Island,77Keppel, Hon. Sir Henry,111Lieutenant Colin,300,303,306Kerry election (1872),128Khartoum, fall of,291in danger,213,217,221steamers start for,287Sir Charles Wilson's voyage to,292Khashm-el-Mus,285Khedive, appointment to staff of,206message of congratulation from,326in danger,190of Egypt. See TewfikKiao-Chao,423,447,448Kinder, Mr.,447Kingcome, Admiral,64King Edward visitsBulwark,514King Edward, H.M.S., hoists flag in,550Kitchener, Major,256,334Korti,219Lord Charles' journey to,245Naval Brigade arrives at,252Kuang Hsu, Emperor,420,422Kukri,167Land question in Ireland,130Leave, question of,486,566Lesseps, M. de, protest of,102Lewis, Mr. George,22Li Hung Chang,445Line, crossing the,53Loan, demand for,338Twenty-one million,360London Chamber of Commerce, address before,386banquet to Lord Charles,462Lytton, Lord,159Machine guns,331M'Neill's zeriba engagement,332Magellan, Straits of, first ironclads to pass through,66Magnificent, building of,393Mahan, Admiral,376,398Mahdi, death of,333Mahdi's skull,329Mahmoud Sami Pasha,171Maintopmen,13Majestic,485Malta, precautions against,512incidents at,30Malwarammed,208Maniac, troubled by,236Manila, visit to,102Manning of ships,12Manoeuvres, lectures on,375Maoris,80Marabout Fort,187,188,189Marconi wireless telegraphy,414Marlborough,11outbreak of fire,14Marriage,151Martin, Sir Wm. Fanshawe,12and reform of discipline,17Massacre of foreigners in Egypt,176Masts out of proportion,32Mate, rank of, abolished,32Mauritius, arrival at,104May, Surgeon-General A. W.,296,307Medals received,44Mediterranean, appointed second in command,462appointed to command,508Fleet, improvements in,467Fleet deficiencies,463,509haul down flag,469Melita,380Memorandum on Organisation for War,346Memorials, family, ixMemories of the Sea,49,54Merchant ships and signalling,382Mercy, Port,56Mernat,