Delays—­Subterfuges defeated by Firmness—­Revised Tariff—­Opium Trade—­Up the Yangtze Kiang—­Silver Island—­Nankin—­Rebel Warfare—­The Hen-Barrier —­Unknown Waters—­Difficult Navigation—­Hankow—­The Governor-General —­Return—­Taking to the Gunboats—­Nganching—­Nankin—­Retrospect—­More Delays—­Troubles at Canton—­Return to Hong-Kong—­Mission completed —­Homeward Voyage

CHAPTER XII.

Second mission to China—­outward.

Lord Elgin in England—­Origin of Second Mission to China—­Gloomy
Prospects—­Egypt—­The Pyramids—­The Sphinx—­Passengers Homeward bound —­Ceylon—­Shipwreck—­Penang—­Singapore—­Shanghae—­Meeting with Mr. Bruce —­Talien-Whan—­Sir Hope Grant—­Plans for Landing.

CHAPTER XIII.

Second mission to China—­Pekin.

The Landing—­Chinese Overtures—­Taking of the Forts—­The Peiho—­Tientsin —­Negotiations broken off—­New Plenipotentiaries—­Agreement made—­Agreement broken—­Treacherous Seizure of Mr. Parkes and others—­Advance on Pekin —­Return of some of the Captives—­Fate of the rest—­Burning of the Summer Palace—­Convention signed—­Funeral of the murdered Captives—­Imperial Palace—­Prince Kung—­Arrival of Mr. Bruce—­Results of the Mission.

CHAPTER XIV.

Second mission to China—­homeward.

Leaving the Gulf—­Detention at Shanghae—­Kowloon—­Adieu to China—­Island of Luzon—­Churches—­Government—­Manufactures—­General Condition—­Island of Java—­Buitenzorg&md
ash;­Bantong—­Volcano—­Soirees—­Retrospect—­Ceylon—­The Mediterranean—­England—­Warm Reception—­Dunfermline—­Royal Academy Dinner —­Mansion House Dinner.

CHAPTER XV.

India.

Appointed Viceroy of India—­Forebodings—­Voyage to India—­Installation
—­Deaths of Mr. Ritchie, Lord Canning, General Bruce—­The Hot Season
—­Business resumed—­State of the Empire—­Letters:  the Army; Cultivation of
Cotton; Orientals not all Children; Missionaries; Rumours of Disaffection;
Alarms; Murder of a Native; Afghanistan; Policy of Lord Canning;
Consideration for Natives.

CHAPTER XVI.

India.

Duty of a Governor-General to visit the Provinces—­Progress to the North-
West—­Benares—­Speech on the Opening of the Railway—­Cawnpore—­Grand
Durbar at Agra—­Delhi—­Hurdwar—­Address to the Sikh Chiefs at Umballa
—­Kussowlie—­Simla—­Letters:  Supply of Labour; Special Legislation;
Missionary Gathering; Finance; Seat of Government; Value of Training at
Head-quarters; Aristocracies; against Intermeddling—­The Sitana Fanatics
—­Himalayas—­Rotung Pass—­Twig Bridge—­Illness—­Death—­Characteristics
—­Burial-place.