| Page |
| Chapter I. |
| We Commission our Ship?—?Visit Portsmouth?—?Prepare to Sail | 1 |
| Chapter II. |
| Good-by to Albion?—?Southward Ho!?—?Gibraltar | 12 |
| Chapter III. |
| Up the Mediterranean?—?Malta | 26 |
| Chapter IV. |
| Port Said?—?The Suez Canal?—?Voyage down the Red Sea?—?Aden | 39 |
| Chapter V. |
| Across the Indian Ocean?—?Ceylon?—?Singapore?—?A Cruise in the Straits of Malacca | 47 |
| Chapter VI. |
| Sarawak?—?Labuan?—?Manilla?—?Heavy weather | 62 |
| Chapter VII. |
| Hong Kong?—?Some Chinese manners and customs | 71 |
| Chapter VIII. |
| Preparations for the North?—?Amoy?—?Wosung, and what befell us there | 83 |
| Chapter IX. |
| Arrival at Nagasaki?—?Something about Japan?—?A run through the Town?—?Visit to a Sintoo Temple | 94 |
| Chapter X. |
| The Inland Sea?—?KobÉ?—?Fusi-Yama?—?Yokohama?—?Visit to Tokio | 113 |
| Chapter XI. |
| Northward?—?Hakodadi?—?Dui?—?Castries Bay?—?Barracouta?—?Vladivostock | 131 |
| Chapter XII. |
| Chefoo?—?Nagasaki en route?—?Japan revisited?—?KobÉ?—?Yokohama | 146 |
| Chapter XIII. |
| We attempt an overland route, with the result of the trial | 159 |
| Chapter XIV. |
| The new regime?—?Something about Saigon?—?The First Cruise of the China Squadron?—?An Alarm of Fire!?—?Arrival of Flying Squadron | 181 |
| Chapter XV. |
| Second Cruise of the China Squadron?—?Principally concerning a Visit to the Loo-Choo Isles and Corea?—?Welcome news from home?—?Conclusion | 210 |
| Appendix A.?—?Deaths during the Commission | i. |
| Appendix B.?—?Table of places visited and distances run during the Commission | iii. |
