266 BAKHIT proposal for re-organization of Egyptian army, ii 202; arrives at Suakim, ii 253 ; resolves to relieve Tokar, ii 255 ; his skirmish with the enemy, ii 256 ; embarks for Trinkatat, ii 257 ; meets with a severe repulse, ii 258 ; a scene of confusion, ii 262 ; results of the massacre, ii 263 ; return to Suakim, ii 263. Bakhic Aga, captain of the Soudan regulars, iv 119.

Ballah, Lake, ii loi.

Baring, Mr., invested with powers of inquiring into finance, 1 242.

Baris, tribe of the, i 150. Bashi-Bazouks, the, ii 337, 252.

Basutotand, Gordon in, iii 34. Bayuda, desert of, iii 214; force to be sent across, lil 265 ; nature of the route, iv 6, 12, 14; scarcity of water, iv 12; the fight at Abu-Klea, iv 19; a night march, iv 47. Bedford, Captain, commands steamers on the Nile, iii 191. Bedouins, tribes of the, ii 165, 204 ; employed by Mohammed AH, ii 205. Behnasawi Bey, treachery of, iv 222. Belad es Sudan, iii 213.

Belbeis, ii 87, 108.

Benisoitef, the steamer, iii 224.

Berber, attacked by Arabs, iii 7, 44 ; Gordon arrives at, iii 91; he recommends sending British troops to, iii.

127; fall of, iii 149; railway to Suakim, iv 232, 248, 256, 257. Berbers or Berberines, the, i 54. Beresford, Lord Charles, at the bombardment of Alexandria, i 273'; takes charge of the police arrangements of the town, i 285; constructs a portage, iii 218; reaches Korti, iv 7; is seriously ill, iv 89 ; comes to General Wilson's help, iv 125; his expeditions on the Nile, iv 200. Beylau, battle of, i 66.

Beyrout, captured, i 77. Bir-el-Hab, a good well, ii 235.

Birti, iv 138, 146, 150. Bismarck, Prince, his attitude in the Egyptian crisis, ii 66. Black Land, the, i 2. Black soldiers, Gordon's management of the, i 190.

Blignieres, M. de, chosen colleague of Mr. Wilson, i 237 ; joined with Mr. Baring, \ 242; resigns, i 255. Blunt, Mr., his defence of Arabi, ii 138; his letter to Mr. Gladstone, ii 139. Bohr, occupied by Gordon, i 149. Bonaparte, Napoleon, his invasion of Egypt, i ro ; excites discontent in Ireland, i 11 ; captures Malta, i 22; lands in Egypt, i 13 ; battle of the Pyramids, i 14 ; marches into Syria, i 16 ; abandons siege of Acre, i 17 ; defeats Turks and returns to France, i 17. Bongo, land of the, i 108, log. Boordman, Capt., succeeds Capt. Bedford, iii igS.

Bordein, on railway, ii 108. Bordiin steamer, wrecked, iv 115.

INDEX.

Brackenbury, General, second in command of river column, iii 265; concentrates the troops at Hamdab, iv 140; reaches Birti, iv 151; his description of the enemy's camp, iv 151; he assumes command after General Earle's death,iv 163: recalled with Nile column by General Wolseley, iv 197; arrives at Abu-Klea, iv 199; his advance and final recall, iv 211-219; arrives at Korti, iv 219.

Bright, Mr., withdraws from the government on account of their Egyptian policy, ii I, 60.

Broadley, Mr., defends Arabi, ii 157. Bronze Star, conferred by the khedive, ii 116.

Bruce, traces the Blue Nile, i 119. Brunnow Convention, the, i 72.

Bubastis, ii Z07. Budget for 1883, the Egyptian, ii 184.

Butler, Sir Redvers, at Kassassin, ii 75: leaves for Egypt, Iii 199 ; starts from Korti across the desert, iv 90, 98 ; arrives at Gubat, iv 129; retires with remains of desert column to Abu-Klea, iv 197 ; his position there, iv 204 ; treachery of the Arabs, iv 205; he is recalled to Gakdul, iv 206; his march there, iv 208; reaches Korti, iv 208.

Burleigh, Mr., correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, wounded, iv 51. Bumaby, Col. Fred, his view of Egyptian soldiers, iii 186; killed at Abu-Klea, iv 23; his character and adventurous career, iv 34.

Butler, General, iv 262.

Cairo entered by the French, i 14 ; they capitulate to the British, i 25; a triumphal entry into, i 47 ; improvements made by Mohammed Ali, i 96; a military riot at, i 238: occupied by the British, ii 88 ; occupied by Sir Garnet Wolseley, ii 108 ; news of the battle of Tel-el-Kebir received at, ii 211; Lord Dufferin arrives at, ii 134; description of the city, ii 199 ; its quarters and mosques, ii 199; severity of cholera at, ii 200; rumours of disaffection in, iii 191. Camels, prices of, iii 228 ; riding on, iii 229. Cameron, Captain, in Abyssinia, i 116. Cameron, Mr., correspondent of the Standard, killed, iv 51 ; his last letter, iv 52 ; his career in India and South Africa, iv 57; his character, iv 59. Campbell -Bannerman, Mr., defends Prof. Palmer's mission, ii 148. Canada, offers of assistance from, iv 170.

Canal, from Cairo to Suez, i 225. See Suez CaTtal, Candia, assigned to Mohammed Ali, 165.

Capitulations, the, i 230. Caravan route from Suakim to the Nile at Berber, ii 218.

Carysfort, Lieutenant, his triumph of gunnery, ii 31. Casa-Bianca, Commodore, i 15.

DEBT Cataracts of the Nile, iii 79. Cave, Mr., i 239. Ceylon, Arabi Bey and his associates sent to, ii 160.

Chalouf, on railway, ii 106. Chamberlain, Mr., on British interference in Egypt, ii 63; his declaration respecting Egyptian affairs, iii 19. Charmes, M. Gabriel, ii 123, 124. Charrington, Lieutenant, murdered by the Arabs, ii 89. Chateau d'Eau, the, ii 97. Cherif Pasha made president of Ismail Pasha's council, i 241 ; resumes the government, ii 134; resigns, iii 5. Chermside, Colonel, iv 231, 238, 261. Cholera, its outbreak at Damietta and spread, ii 197; devotion of Surgeongeneral Hunter and his staff, ii 200. Christmas, in camp, iii 263; dinner in the desert, iv 32. Cleopatra's Needle, i loi.

Coetlogon, Colonel, in command at KhartQm, iii 6. Colbome, Lieut.-col., his account of the Hicks Pasha disaster, ii 245. Colvin, Sir Auckland, appointed to advise the khedive, ii 131. Congo, proposed expedition to the, iii 31, 38. Connaught, Duke of, arrives at Alexandria, ii 19; at Tel-el-Kebir, ii 79. Conscription, severity of the, i 235. Constabulary force established, ii 176. Consular courts, i 220. Cookson, Mr., consul-general, i 248 ; advises the khedive to dismiss his ministers, i 249; attacked by the mob, i 264. Corvee or forced labour system, ii 180.

Cosson, Major De, iv 235 ; supplies water for the army, iv 238, Courbash. See Kourbash. Courtney, Mr,, ii 121.

Cross, Sir R., on the occupation of Egypt, ii 92. Cyprus, acquired by Britain, i 237.

Dahabeeah, a Nile boat, iii 202. Daira estates, the, ii 173, Dalley, Hon. W. B., attorney-general of New South Wales, iv 173 ; his cablegram to England offering assistance, iv 175. Dallison, Captain, killed at Hasheen, iv 246. Damascus, Ibrahim Pasha enters, i 66. Damietta, cholera at, ii 197; filthiness of its streets, ii 197. Daoud Pasha Zigen, minister of war, 1247-Dara. Gordon at, i 170, 174.

Darfertit, settlements in, i 107, 115. Darfur, i 105 ; a great slave depot, i 113; revolt in, i 167, igi; a profitless encumbrance to Egypt,ii207;Gordon's advice respecting, iii 12 ; Abd-el-Shakoor reinstated as ameer, iii 74. Dawson, Lieut., his account of Abu-Klea, iv 27. Debbah, ii 280; iii 2x7 Debt, Egyptian, ii 50.