CONTENTS
| CHAPTER I | |
| PAGE | |
| Entering the Navy | [1] |
| CHAPTER II | |
| The “Princess Royal” | [9] |
| CHAPTER III | |
| War with Russia Declared | [26] |
| CHAPTER IV | |
| The Crimea | [35] |
| CHAPTER V | |
| Punishments in the Navy | [64] |
| CHAPTER VI | |
| Russia Collapses | [71] |
| CHAPTER VII | |
| Leisure Hours | [77] |
| CHAPTER VIII | |
| Some Distinguished Sailors | [86] |
| CHAPTER IX | |
| Play on Board; and some Duties | [95] |
| CHAPTER X | |
| Pirate-Hunting; and a Dinner Party | [101] |
| CHAPTER XI | |
| War with China Declared | [106] |
| CHAPTER XII | |
| The “Raleigh” Wrecked | [111] |
| CHAPTER XIII | |
| At War in China | [119] |
| CHAPTER XIV | |
| More Pirate Hunting | [139] |
| CHAPTER XV | |
| The Indian Mutiny | [147] |
| CHAPTER XVI | |
| The Naval Brigade at Work | [157] |
| CHAPTER XVII | |
| Incidents of the Campaign | [167] |
| CHAPTER XVIII | |
| A Touch-and-Go Engagement | [179] |
| CHAPTER XIX | |
| Compliments to the Naval Brigade | [193] |
| CHAPTER XX | |
| Home Again | [199] |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| The author as a Midshipman in 1856. From an oil painting | [Frontispiece] |
| Facing page | |
| The author as a Naval Cadet, 1853. From a miniature | [6] |
| H.M.S. “Princess Royal,” of 91 guns, 1853 | [10] |
| The signal flying for war, and Fleet cheering | [26] |
| H.M.S. “Raleigh,” 50-gun sailing frigate, wrecked off Macao (China), the 14th April 1857 | [86] |
| The battle of Fatshan, showing the sinking of Commodore The Honourable Henry Keppel’s galley, 1st June 1857 | [128] |
| H.M.S. “Pearl,” 21-gun corvette | [148] |
| The author at the present day | [170] |