CHAPTER XXXV.

The Umbeyla expedition--The Akhund of Swat --The 'Eagle's Nest' and 'Crag piquet' --The death of Lord Elgin --Loyalty of our Pathan soldiers --Bunerwals show signs of submission --The conical hill--Umbeyla in flames --Bunerwals agree to our terms--Malka destroyed

A voyage round the Cape--Cholera camps --The Abyssinian expedition--Landed at Zula

Sir Robert Napier to command--Defective transport --King Theodore commits suicide--First A.Q.M.G.

Afzal Khan ousts Sher Ali --Sher Ali regains the Amirship --Foresight of Sir Henry Rawlinson --The Umballa Durbar

The Lushais--The Lushai expedition --Defective transport again --Practice _versus_ theory--A severe march --Lushais foiled by Gurkhas --A successful turning movement--Murder of Lord Mayo

Lord Napier's care for the soldier --Negotiations with Sher Ali renewed --Sher Ali's demands

A trip in the Himalayas--The famine in Behar --The Prince of Wales in India --Farewell to Lord Napier