A SAILOR’S LIFE [Illustration: MacMillan and Co. Printer’s Mark.] [Illustration: “_Sibuko had had his Quietus._”] A SAILOR’S LIFE UNDER FOUR SOVEREIGNS BY ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET THE HON. SIR HENRY KEPPEL G.C.B., D.C.L. VOL. III London MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1899 _All rights reserved_ CONTENTS CHAPTER LXVI PAGE Fatshan Creek 1 CHAPTER LXVII Visit Sarawak 8 CHAPTER LXVIII Sarawak--India--England 11 CHAPTER LXIX England 19 CHAPTER LXX England--Groom-in-Waiting 32 CHAPTER LXXI In Waiting 36 CHAPTER LXXII The Cape Command 39 CHAPTER LXXIII The Cape Command--Flag in _Brisk_ 45 CHAPTER LXXIV East Coast Sport 50 CHAPTER LXXV Zanzibar--Shooting Hippopotami 57 CHAPTER LXXVI Zanzibar 62 CHAPTER LXXVII _Forte_--Flag Re-hoisted 65 CHAPTER LXXVIII The Cape Command 68 CHAPTER LXXIX Return to England 75 CHAPTER LXXX Shore Time 80 CHAPTER LXXXI Country House Visits 92 CHAPTER LXXXII A Shore Journal 104 CHAPTER LXXXIII Home Life 109 CHAPTER LXXXIV The Command in China 113 CHAPTER LXXXV Bound for China 117 CHAPTER LXXXVI The China Command 129 CHAPTER LXXXVII North China Ports 139 CHAPTER LXXXVIII Daibootz 153 CHAPTER LXXXIX The China Command 164 CHAPTER XC The Outlook for the New Year 173 CHAPTER XCI Hari-Kari 183 CHAPTER XCII The China Command 190 CHAPTER XCIII Flag in _Salamis_ 206 CHAPTER XCIV The China Command 218 CHAPTER XCV The Command in China 227 CHAPTER XCVI The Northern Ports 237