CHAPTER XCVII Memories of Gordon 245 CHAPTER XCVIII Yang-tse-kiang Trip 256 CHAPTER XCIX Chefoo to Japan 263 CHAPTER C The China Command 272 CHAPTER CI The China Command 278 CHAPTER CII Close of China Command 285 CHAPTER CIII Peking 298 CHAPTER CIV Homeward Bound 311 CHAPTER CV Last Visit to the Straits 316 CHAPTER CVI Some Farewell Notes 321 INDEX 337 ILLUSTRATIONS SUBJECT ARTIST PAGE “Sibuko had had his Quietus” _E. Caldwell_ Frontispiece Part of my Galley’s Crew _Nina Daly_ 3 Map--Northern China, with Coast of Siberia 5 A Malay Kampong _Photo by Dr. Johnstone_ 11 In Bornean Jungle ” ” 12 Whampoa _Photograph_ 13 Suspicious Junks _Sir Oswald Brierly_ 21 _Forte_ at Rio ” ” 43 My Middle Watch _J. W. Houghton_ 53 A Right and Left Shot _E. Caldwell_ 59 Commodore Oliver Jones _Nina Daly_ 129 Map--Eastern Archipelago 142 Sir Rutherford Alcock _Photograph_ 143 Sir Harry Parkes ” 148 Crossing a River in Japan _Commodore Oliver Jones_ 161 Lord Charles Scott _Nina Daly_ 170 Map--Northern China, with Coast of Siberia 193 May and Webb _Photograph_ 248 Mrs. Alt ” 274 The Prince who made the Omelette ” 305 “The Little Admiral” _Hong Kong_ “Punch” 314 Jack Rodyk _Photograph_ 319 Last of the _Rodney_, 1884 ” 323 Duke of Buccleuch ” 327 Admiral of the Fleet, The Hon. Sir _Sketched at The Albany_ Henry Keppel, G.C.B., D.C.L. _by Nina Daly_ 335 CHAPTER LXVI FATSHAN CREEK