Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army / Gwalior and the Battle of Maharajpore, 1843; the Gold Coast of Africa, 1847-48; the Indian Mutiny, 1857-58; the expedition to China, 1860-61; the Siege of Paris, 1870-71; etc.

by Sir Charles Alexander Gordon

[154] Of 8s. per day.

[155] A son born on March 14, 1857.

[156] The Palmyra.

[157] Entomology, Kirby and Spence.

[158] The 43rd Light Infantry.

[159] Hosea xiii. 16.

[160] Buckra-eed. In commemoration of the sacrifice by Abraham, according to the Koran, of Ishmael, child of his bondswoman.

[161] Names of these and other victims to be mentioned are in my possession.

[162] Five officers died in one day.

[163] A detachment of 5th Fusiliers.