the Gold Medal, _ibid._; his diary destroyed, 124; returns home, _ibid._; view of his achievements, 125-6; a quiet six months, 128; his excessive modesty, _ibid._; pride in his profession, 129; appointment at Gravesend, _ibid._; his view of the Thames Forts, 130; his work there, _ibid._; his mode of living, 131; supposed _angina pectoris_, _ibid._; wish to join Abyssinian Expedition, 132; described as a modern Jesus Christ, _ibid._; his mission work, 132-3; his boys, 133; sends his medal to Lancashire fund, _ibid._; his love for boys, 134; his kings, _ibid._; some incidents, _ibid._; his pensioners, 135; his coat stolen, _ibid._; his walks, 136; the Snake flags, _ibid._; leaves Gravesend, _ibid._; at Galatz, 137; no place like England, _ibid._; goes to Crimea, 138; attends Napoleon's funeral, _ibid._; casual meeting with Nubar, and its important consequences, 139-40; "Gold and Silver Idols," 140; appointed Governor of the Equatorial Province, 145; reasons for it, _ibid._; leaves Cairo, 146; describes the "sudd," _ibid._; his steamers, 147; his facetiousness, _ibid._; reaches Gondokoro, _ibid._; his firman, _ibid._; his staff, 148; his energy, _ibid._; establishes line of forts, _ibid._; collapse of his staff, 149; his Botany Bay, _ibid._; his policy and justice, 150; his poor troops, _ibid._; organises a black corps, 151; his sound finance, _ibid._; deals with slave trade, 152; incidents with slaves, _ibid._; makes friends everywhere, 153; his goodness a tradition, 153-4; his character misrepresented, 154; his line of forts, 155; the ulterior objects of his task, _ibid._; the control of the Nile, 156; shrinks from notoriety, _ibid._; describes the Lakes, 157; the question with Uganda, 157 _et seq._; proceeds against Kaba Rega, 158-60; his extraordinary energy, 161; does his own work, 161; incident of his courage, 161-2; views of Khedive, 163; returns to Cairo, 163; and home, _ibid._ Decision about Egyptian employment, ii. 1; receives letter from Khedive, 2; consults Duke of Cambridge, _ibid._; returns to Cairo, _ibid._; appointed Governor-General of the Soudan, 2-3; appointed Muchir, or Marshal, etc., 3; sums up his work, 4; his first treatment of Abyssinian Question, 5-6; his entry into Khartoum, 6; public address, 7; first acts of Administration, _ibid._; proposes Slavery Regulations, 7; receives contradictory orders on subject, 8; his decision about them, 8-9; disbands the Bashi-Bazouks, 9; goes to Darfour, _ibid._; relieves garrisons, 10-11;