letter on Irish Question in _Times_, 66-7; letter on Candahar, 68-70; opinion of Abyssinians, 70; his article on irregular warfare, 70-1; offers Cape Government his services for Basutoland, 71; takes Sir Howard Elphinstone's place in the Mauritius, 72; his work there, 72-3; views of England's power, 73; views on coaling stations, _ibid._; visits Seychelles, 74; views on Malta and Mediterranean, 74-5; attains rank of Major-General, 75; summoned to the Cape, _ibid._; leaves in a sailing ship, 76; financial arrangement with Cape Government, _ibid._; his pecuniary loss by Cape employment, _ibid._; his memorandum on Basutoland, 77-9; accepts temporarily post of Commandant-General, 80; drafts a Basuto Convention, 80-1; requested by Mr Sauer to go to Basutoland, 82; relations with Masupha, _ibid._; visits Masupha, 83; betrayed by Sauer, _ibid._; peril of, _ibid._; his account of the affair, 84-5; memorandum on the Native Question, 85-7; his project of military reform, 88; his resignation of Cape command, _ibid._; corresponds with King of the Belgians, 89; goes to the Holy Land, _ibid._; his view of Russian Convent at Jerusalem, 90; advocates Palestine Canal, 90-1; summoned to Belgium, 91; telegraphs for leave, 92; the mistake in the telegram, _ibid._; decides to retire, _ibid._; King Leopold's arrangement, _ibid._; his plans on the Congo, 93-4; public opinion aroused by his Soudan policy, 93-5; visit to War Office, 94; makes his will, _ibid._; goes to Brussels, _ibid._; Soudan not the Congo, 95; leaves Charing Cross, 95; final letters to his sister, 95-6; interview with ministers, 96; loses clothes and orders, _ibid._; his predictions about the Soudan, 97-8; the task imposed on him, 106; why he accepted it, 106-7; memorandum on Egyptian affairs, 107-9; opinions on Hicks's Expedition, 109; on English policy, 110; on the Mahdi, _ibid._; his interview with Mr Stead of _Pall Mall Gazette_, 111-5; his eagerness to go to the Soudan, 115; suggestions by the Press of his fitness for the post, 116-7; "generally considered to be mad," 117; Sir Charles Dilke puts his name forward, _ibid._; Lord Granville's despatch, _ibid._; Lord Cromer opposes his appointment, 118, _et seq._; consequences of that opposition, and the delay it caused, 118-21; the arrangement with King Leopold, 121; went to Soudan at request of Government, 122; his departure, _ibid._; his instructions, 123-4; doubts about them, 124; his views about Zebehr, 124 _et seq._; suggests his being sent to Cyprus, 125; change in his route, _ibid._; goes to Cairo, _ibid._;