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| CHAPTER I. |
| Education—My Schoolmaster—School House—My Father, Mother, Sisters—Our House | [17] |
| CHAPTER II. |
| River Shannon—Derry Carne—Our Farm—My Sisters Get Married—Cave—Still House—Still and Worm—Process—Interior—Revenue Police—Irish Wake—Funeral | [24] |
| CHAPTER III. |
| Advanced School—State of the Country—Emigration—Cause of Poverty—Irish Landlords—Potato Crop—Dishonest Agents—Election—Politics—My Sister Emigrates—I Enlist | [29] |
| CHAPTER IV. |
| Swearing In—March to Dublin—Beggars' Bush Barrack—Rations—The City—Embarkation—The Ship—The Voyage—Liverpool—Train to London—Billets—Canterbury—Join the 17th Regiment | [34] |
| CHAPTER V. |
| Medical Examination—Receive My Kit—Drill, Manual and Platoon Exercise—Dismissed Drill—Visit the City—Description—Route—The March | [43] |
| CHAPTER VI. |
| Arrival at Dover—First Guard—The Dead House—Ghost—The Heights—Shaft—Fortifications—Marching Out—Chartist Riots—Train to London—Departure—Osborne House—Main Dock—Route to Chatham—Siege—Sham Fight | [50] |
| CHAPTER VII. |
| Route to Canterbury—The March—Arrival—Chatham—Dock-yard—Furlough to London—That Great City—Join my Company—Sheerness—The Dock-yard—Get Married—Route to Weedon—Route to Ireland | [59] |
| CHAPTER VIII. |
| Liverpool—Embark for Dublin—The Voyage—Arrival—March—The Train—The March to Castlebar—Arrival—Election—Route to Galway | [70] |
| CHAPTER IX. |
| The March—Galway—Captain Bourchier—Detachment—Regatta—Row with the Police—Route to Galway—Major Bourchier exchanges—Captain Croker—Claddagh—Attend a Camp Meeting—The City of Galway—Theatre—Route to Dublin | [82] |
| CHAPTER X. |
| The March—Rail to Dublin—Arrival—Garrison Duty—Castle Guard—The Old Man's Hospital—Divine Service—Tent-Pitching—Death of the "Iron Duke"—The Funeral—The Queen Visits Dublin—Buildings and Institutions—The Route | [93] |
| CHAPTER XI. |
| Arrival at Templemore—The Route to Cork—Embarkation for Gibraltar—Queenstown—The Voyage—Storm at Sea—Gibraltar | [106] |
| CHAPTER XII. |
| The Landing—Barrack—Garrison Duty—Old North Front—Smuggling—Market—Queen's Birth-Day—The Dinner—Speeches—The Route—The March—Embarkation for the Crimea—The Parting—The Voyage—Arrival at Malta | [121] |
| CHAPTER XIII. |
| Maltese—Departure—A Captain Commits Suicide—The Funeral—Small-Pox—Return—Resumed the Voyage—Grecian Arches—Dardanelles—Gallipoli—Turkish Sentries—Constantinople—Turkish Ladies—The Bosphorus—Voyage across the Euxine—Arrival | [134] |
| CHAPTER XIV. |
| Disembarkation—First Bivouac—The March—Arrival—Sebastopol—The Trenches—First Man Wounded—Return to Camp—An Alarm—Lord Raglan—Sortie—Foraging—The Old Bridge—Col. Cole—The Siege | [149] |
| CHAPTER XV. |
| March to Balaklava—Return—Men go Bare-footed—Snow five feet deep—Long Boats—Hard Frost—Cavalry Division—Burial Ground—Solitary Procession—Men Frozen—I build a Hut—Green Coffee—Wintry Appearance—Dead Horses—63rd Regiment—Carrying Provisions—French Sick | [161] |
| CHAPTER XVI. |
| Trenches—Canal of Mud—Russian New Year—Heavy Fire—On Sentry—The Sortie—Old Brown Bess—Sortie—Arrival in Camp—New Style of Candle—Flint and Steel—Making Coffee—Heavy Snow—No Fire—Warm Clothing—Shot and Shell | [171] |
| CHAPTER XVII. |
| The Railway—Lord Raglan—Cossacks—The Navvies—Russian Deserters—The Railway | [182] |
| CHAPTER XVIII. |
| St. Patrick's Day—Rifle Pits—Fourth Division—French Loss—The Siege—General Attack—Flag of Truce—Burying the Dead—Wooden Huts—Turkish Troops—Divine Service | [193] |
| CHAPTER XIX. |
| Bombardment—Tents blown down—Siege—Lieut. Williams—Wounded—Sailors—Go to Hospital—Description—Sardinians—Discharged from Hospital—Attack on Quarries—Flag of Truce—Burying the Dead | [203] |
| CHAPTER XX. |
| Bombardment—The Assault—Great Redan—The Battle—Balaklava—Hospital—Miss Nightingale—Nurses—Promoted—Discharged from Hospital—Death of Lord Raglan | [214] |
| CHAPTER XXI. |
| Captain Colthurst—Siege—Bombardment—Assault—Redan—The Battle—8th September—The Evacuation—Russians—British in Sebastopol | [228] |
| CHAPTER XXII. |
| Expedition to Kinburn—The Voyage—Odessa—Landing—Cutting Trenches—Bombardment—The White Flag—Capitulation—The Prisoners—Reconnaissance—The March—Village—Bivouac—March—A Village—Pigs and Geese—Departure—The Fleet—Return—Sir W. Codrington—Russian Spy | [241] |
| CHAPTER XXIII. |
| Armistice—Cessation of Hostilities—Exchange of Coins—Heir to French Imperial Throne—Treaty of Peace—Invitations—Grand Review—Removal of the Army—Embarkation—The Voyage—Ship on Fire—Arrival at Malta—Join the Reserve Battalion—Proceed to Alexandria—The Voyage—Arrival—Visit Places of Renown—Visit Cairo—The Nile—Arrival—The City—Bazaars | [253] |
| CHAPTER XXIV. |
| The Pyramids—Crossing the Nile—Island of Roda—Ark of Bulrushes—Visit Cheops—Heliopolis—Palace of Shoobra—Palm Groves—The Citadel—Joseph's Well—Dervishes—Return | [266] |
| CHAPTER XXV. |
| The Hospital—Mohammedan Sabbath—Departure—The Voyage—Malta—Departure—Voyage for England—Portsmouth—Voyage to Dublin—Arrival at Limerick—The 6th Royal Regiment—Promoted—Aldershot—Route for Gibraltar—The Voyage | [281] |
| CHAPTER XXVI. |
| Arrival—Spanish Bull-fights—Lieut. Jackson—Change Quarters—The Rock—Monkeys—Caves—Gardens—War in Algiers—Corfu—Voyage—Arrival—Santa Maria—Desertion—The March—Greeks | [296] |
| CHAPTER XXVII. |
| Sir Henry Storks—Albania—Visit Nicropolis—The Brigand Chief—Turkish Baths—Coffee Houses—Turkish Ladies' Costume—Sergeants' Ball—The Route—Corfu—Route—West Indies—The Voyage—The Burning Mountain—Gibraltar—Madeira—Teneriffe—Santa Cruz—Cape de Verde Islands—Trinidad—Jamaica | [309] |
| CHAPTER XXVIII. |
| Jamaica—The Exhibition—Market—Rebellion—the Commission—Col. Hobbs—The Voyage—Route—Voyage—Queen's Birth-day—Edinburgh—Calton Hill—Tolbooth—Queen Mary's Room—Dunoon—Discharged—Dalkeith—Glasgow—Embark for Canada—The Voyage—Arrival—Montreal—Kingston—Picton—The Dunkin Bill—Marquis of Lorne | [327] |