CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I. [EARLY DAYS] 1
II. [GUNROOM LIFE IN THE ’SEVENTIES] 16
III. [THE DARDANELLES IN 1878 ] 75
IV. [EGYPT IN 1882] 91
V. [FROM GALATZ TO SOUAKIM VIA LONDON] 118
VI. [THE CHANNEL FLEET AND MEDITERRANEAN STATION] 144
VII. [THE ROYAL YACHT ] 173
VIII. [EQUERRY TO THE PRINCE OF WALES] 200
IX. [ON THE HEADQUARTER STAFF IN SOUTH AFRICA] 228
X. [SOME SCOTTISH HOUSES] 250
XI. [KING EDWARD’S FOREIGN TOUR] 264
XII. [MARIENBAD AND OTHER HEALTH RESORTS] 289
XIII. [SOME RECOLLECTIONS OF AN EQUERRY] 305
XIV. [MORE RECOLLECTIONS OF AN EQUERRY ] 319
XV. [A VISIT TO THE NITRATE FIELDS ] 333
XVI. [1910 ] 354
[AFTERWORD] 379