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280-282, 287, 302; his urgency that the French army be not permitted to leave, 18-22.

El Arish, Convention of, signed, ii. 19.

Elba, island of, Nelson's opinion of importance of, i. 237; his seizure of, 237; evacuation of, 259-263, 287, 288.

"Elephant," British ship-of-the-line, Nelson's flagship at Copenhagen, ii. 78, 83, 88-97.

Elgin, Earl of, British ambassador to Turkey, opinion upon the state of things at Palermo during Nelson's residence there, i. 397; Nelson's divergence of opinion from, concerning the French quitting Egypt, ii. 19-21.

Elliot, Sir Gilbert, afterwards Lord Minto, British representative in Corsica, 1794, i. 119; Viceroy of Corsica, 154; friendship between him and Nelson, 154, 275, 281, 283, 284,