CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I ENTERING THE NAVY

CHAPTER II THE "PRINCESS ROYAL"

CHAPTER III WAR WITH RUSSIA DECLARED

CHAPTER IV THE CRIMEA

CHAPTER V PUNISHMENTS IN THE NAVY

CHAPTER VI RUSSIA COLLAPSES

CHAPTER VII LEISURE HOURS

CHAPTER VIII SOME DISTINGUISHED SAILORS

CHAPTER IX PLAY ON BOARD; AND SOME DUTIES

CHAPTER X PIRATE-HUNTING; AND A DINNER PARTY

CHAPTER XI WAR WITH CHINA DECLARED

CHAPTER XII THE "RALEIGH" WRECKED

CHAPTER XIII AT WAR IN CHINA

CHAPTER XIV MORE PIRATE HUNTING

CHAPTER XV THE INDIAN MUTINY

CHAPTER XVI THE NAVAL BRIGADE AT WORK

CHAPTER XVII INCIDENTS OF THE CAMPAIGN

CHAPTER XVIII A TOUCH-AND-GO ENGAGEMENT

CHAPTER XIX COMPLIMENTS TO THE NAVAL BRIGADE

CHAPTER XX HOME AGAIN

Transcriber's Notes

A MIDDY’S
RECOLLECTIONS

1853–1860

BY

REAR-ADMIRAL THE HONOURABLE
VICTOR ALEXANDER MONTAGU

LONDON
ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK
1898

IN MEMORY OF
MY MOTHER