Arrest, in Japan, 252; in Macao, 246; of an English colonel in Macao, 251 _Arrow_, incident of the, 258 Astor House Hotel, Tientsin, 22 Barracoons in Macao, 255 Barrett, Lieut., Hong Kong Regiment, 199 Bathing parties in Hong Kong, 191 Bayly, Captain, R.N., gallantry at Tientsin, 45 Belcher’s Fort, 176 Belgian Legation in Pekin, 78, 80 Bella Vista, Macao, 240 Bengal Lancers, 1st, 59 Bersagliere, 54, 176 Bikanir, H.H. the Maharajah of, 180 Black Flags, 204 Boa Vista Hotel, 238 Boer Campaign, lessons of, 34; foreign ignorance respecting, 41 Bogue Forts, 277 Bombay Light Cavalry, 3rd, 60; a sowar’s opinion of the Russians, 164 Bombay Infantry, 22nd, 200, 204, 208, 229 Bombay Pioneers, 28th, 57 Bower, Lieut.‐Col., Chinese Regiment, 296 Boxers, night attack on Tientsin station, 15; courage of, 24, 295; losses, 25; hostility to Cantonese traders, 284 Brigands, 136 Bridge of boats at Tientsin, 19 Bridge, marble, at Summer Palace, 127 Bronze Pagoda, 130 Bronzes in Forbidden City, 90, 93 Browning, Major, 48, 135, 168 Buddha, images of, 109 Buddhist monks, 108 Buddhist temple, 107 Burke, Lieut., 22nd Bombay Infantry, 208, 229 Cable tramway to the Peak, 181 Camoens, Gardens of, 254 _Cangue_, punishment of the, 269 Canton, history of intercourse with foreigners, 257; food supplier to Hong Kong, 171; projected railway to, 171, 196; turbulence, 204; reformers in, 206; land and river approach, 278; description, 261; population, 263; its streets, 264; its shops, 265; prison, 269; its trade, 275; its importance to English commerce, 275; an attack on, 277; energy of French consuls in, 276 Cap‐sui‐Moon Pass, 209 Carvalhaes, Senhor, A.D.C. to Governor of Macao, 244, 250, 251 Casserly, Lieut., 208 Cathedral, Roman Catholic, in Pekin, 95; its siege, 97; at Canton, 263; San Paulo at Macao, 254 Cavalry, French, 43; Japanese, 47; Indian, 59; in Hong Kong, 200 Cemetery at Wei‐hai‐wei, 4; Macao, 245 Centre of the Universe, 70 Cession of the Kowloon Hinterland, 197 Chasseurs d’Afrique, 43, 66 Chifu, 6 China an easy prize, 280; her sufferings in the past from foreigners, 290; of the present, 291; of the future, 293 Chinese Army of the past, 280; want of patriotism, 281; family love, 281; Mohammedans, 283; difference in languages, 283; dislike to foreigners, 286; extortion of mandarins, 291; as merchants abroad, 294; trade honesty of, 294; splendid material for soldiers, 296; in modern warfare, 296; soldiers in the South, 227; in the North, 228; examinations, 273 Chinese Arsenal at Tientsin, 15; guns made at, 217 Chinese Regiment, guard at Wei‐hai‐wei, 7; barracks, 6; behaviour in action, 295, 296 Chinese workmen, 97