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photographing. As all carry several enormous dag- 
gers one hates to push affairs unpleasantly. They 
also do not hesitate to throw the vilest filth on the 
shghtest provocation. I hope the photographs will 
show the wonderful scenery. 
Tomorow we go back to Caleutta and in a few 
days in a launch to the Ganges Delta. Mr. Palmer 
got up the trip and he thinks there is a fair chance 
of getting a tiger. I shall buy a good secondhand 
gun in Calcutta and also a shotgun, for teal and 
snipe are very plentiful. Deer, leopard, crocodiles 
and an occasional rhinoceros are to be had, but this 
is not really the right season. 
* * * * * * 
Send my love to grandmother, for I may not 
have an opportunity to write to her before the steam- 
er sails, although I shall endeaver to do so: 
Lovingly your son and brother, 
Tom. 
Calcutta, November 28, 1906. 
Dear Pa: 
Here we are, back again in Calcutta, sorry to 
leave Darjeeling, but glad to be with the Palmers 
again. They are so nice to us. Mr. Palmer has 
planned a week’s shooting trip for us, beginning De- 
cember 1. We go to the Sunderbunds in a launch, 
which he has secured for us from the Port Commis- 
sion, and we are to live on that. He says that Tom 
stands a very good chance of getting a tiger, and 
deer anyway. Darjeeling is one of the most interest- 
ing places I have been to. It is right on the border 
or Thibet and so most of the people in Darjeeling are 
