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.........Received a letter of reminder from Alfred Mynn about playing cricket at Lord's. While going to rehearsals at Her Majesty's Theatre to see "Donna Lola Montez" Spanish dancer {ah-ha Mrs. James!}, I acquainted "Lola" to the anger of the English theater goer & had her hissed off stage by Lord Ranelagh's denunciation of her during her opening night performence, after having informed his Lordship of her presence.
......... Pitched first hat trick in sports literature, taking three wicket's in succession against Felix, Pilch & Mynn at Lord's {Elspeth's extremely pleased}. Played a single wicket match against Eton educated, half-cast millionaire & cricket buff Don Solomon Haslam to a tied game {the bookies are steamed}. Far East business concerns call him home, A new assignment arrives from Horse Guards for the Far East. Haslam insists on sailing his steam-brig the Sulu Queen there with myself, Elspeth & "old Man" Morrison et. al. in tow {my father-in-law has been talked into looking into investment prospects, Blast him!}.
......... Inspected first shipment of Australian Horses in Singapore for the Hounorable East India Company appointment secured by Col. "Uncle Bindley" Paget. While there Elspeth et. al. make the society rounds with Whampoa the Chinaman {"White Lily Society" man} & Chatchick Moses the Armenian masters of Singapore, "Old" Morrison looks for investments with our Hosts as well. Attacked by chink hatchet-men I received a helping hand from James Brooke, Paitingi Ali, Jingo a tame head-hunter etc. {with a blow-pipe he stuck the Chink in the throat with a foot long poisoned tipped dart at 40 yards}, hit by thrown hatchet and Elspeth is kidnapped by Don Salamon AKA Suleiman Usman, of Maladu, Borneo Corsair leader on the "Sulu Queen"; I found this out after arriving back at Whampoa's estate, convalesced {right shoulder wound, lovely little chink nurses were White Tigress & Honey-and-Milk}, Brooke et.al. make makes ready to sail back to his base to plan the annialation of theBorneo Pirates, with me in tow.
.........Chief-of-staff to Rajah of Sarawok, James Brooke, Borneo Pirate Expedition. Sailing the corvette's H.M.S.'s Harlequin & Dido to Kuching, "J.B.'s" base "The Grove". While there plans drawn with Paitingi Ali {Scotch accented Presbyterian Arab-Malay\Caledonian, with a chest length bright red dyed beard}to rid the China Sea of Usman et. al. & to save Elspeth. Sailing up Batang Lupar & Skrang River's on the sloop Jolly Bachelor, paddle steamer Phegethon & Dido's pinnace etc., destroyed Sharif Jaffir's Fort Linga, Sharif Sahib at Patusan, {led the blue-jackets in the storming of the Palace grounds & once inside by myself I found a Harem out of Burton's "Arabian Nights", I thought I had died & gone to heaven, tiring work though} & Sharif Muller's Fort, after fighting pitched battle's. In the lead Sea Dyak spy-boat, having been darted by blow-pipemen I fell over-board, Paitingi & crew were butchered, captured. Held on the "Sulu Queen" while I was convalescing {stomach wound}, while sailing in the Indian Ocean escaped & rescued Elspeth! We jumped ship off the Madagascar coast.
.........Military advisor & intimate of Her Majesty Ranavalona 1 of Madagascar {nearly half drowned by her playing porpoise}. H.M. has butchered half of her population out of insane paranoia and that they did not belong to her clan, was H.M.'s private secretary Mr. Fankanonikaka's confidaunt {Half-cast Frenchman & old boy of Highgate School, London}. Modernizing & training H.M.'s Army & personal Hova guardsman. Elspeth is shown a fine time by the Prince & Princess. Survived coup attempt & with Elspeth we made fore the coast from the central plains on a four day mad ride leading remounts, rescued by British tars off the frigate H.M.S. Conway & crapauds off the frog warships Berceau & Zel`ee during their attacked on Fort Tamtiave {redresses having been requested for the ill-treatment of Europeans had been ignored}. The Malagassy flag is captured & in the hands of Lt. Kennedy who is trying to brush off Lt. Boudancourt efforts to claim it, I cut it in half as they pulled on it, the frogs got the "Ranavalona" legend, tars have the "Manjaka" inscription of the flag. Sailing home on Zel`ee via Mauritius, Orders to India via the Governor-General.