Chapter I: Part I: Chapter

1. My Scots-Spanish Origin 11

2. My Schooling 20

3. A Frontier Incident 30

4. First War Experience 35

5. My Meetings with King Alfonso 42

6. With Don Carlos Again 46

7. My First Engagement 53

8. Soldiering in Ireland 62

9. Unruly Times in Ireland 71

10. Sport in Ireland 77

11. A Voyage to New Zealand 87

12. A Maori Meeting 98

13. An Offer from the Governor of Tasmania 104

14. I Become a Newspaper Proprietor 109

15. A Merchant, then an Actor 120

16. As Policeman in Adelaide 132

Military Appointments and Promotions 147

Part II

1. Soldiering in South Australia 151

2. Polo, Hunting and Steeplechasing 162

3. The Russian Scare and its Results 175

4. The Soudan Contingent 185

5. A Time of Retrenchment 192

6. My Vision Fulfilled 200

7. The Great Strikes 209

8. The Introduction of "Universal Service," and
Two Voyages Home 215

9. Military Adviser to the Australian Colonies in London 224

10. Off to the South African War 232

11. With Lord Roberts in South Africa 238

12. In Command of a Mounted Column 244

13. Some South African Reminiscences 252