134 THE WAR IN THE SOUDAN.

COLONEL FREDERICK BURNABY.

Colonel Frederick Gustavus Burnaby, or, as lie is best known, “Fred” Burnaby, was by no means the least of those who made for them¬ selves a name in the Soudan war. He wag born at Bedford in 1842, and was educated at Harrow. His chief achievements here were his excellence in all athletics, his mastery of French, and his ability to fight. From Harrow, too, he wrote for Punch on the subject of fagging. At seventeen he was gazetted Cornet in the Royal Horse Guards (Blue). At twenty-two he made his first balloon trip. In 1868 he travelled through France, Spain, Russia and Turkey. After this he was Gordon’s companion in the Soudan, and it was here that he made up his mind to make his celebrated journey to Khiva After accom¬ plishing this, he visited Asia Minor. In 1878 he was returned member for Birmingham, and, strange to say, attacked Radicalism vigorously. In 1882