RETURN TO INDIA AND KANDESH 



exasperation of the captain, for they were fairly odoriferous, 

 as I was later to discover. 



Luckily the voyage, so far as I was concerned, was a 

 short one, otherwise my fellow passengers in adjacent 

 cabins might have been driven to protest. During the 

 first days of the voyage I was much troubled with fever, 

 but had managed to shake off the worst of it by the time 

 we reached Bombay. 



I had a great welcome given me on my return to 

 Khandesh, my friends being all much interested in the 

 result of my expedition, and in the photos and trophies I 

 had secured. But my reception was as nothing compared 

 to that afforded by their friends to Sabha and Gungdya, 

 who were quite heroes for a time ! 



I stayed a week-end at Government House before 

 leaving Bombay, and gave an account of my experiences 



to Lord H , who, it will be remembered, had helped and 



encouraged me in carrying out the expedition. 



It was during this visit I first met Sir Samuel Baker, 

 the great hunter and explorer, also Lady Baker, and was 

 much interested in his conversation, though I found him 

 somewhat reticent as regards his own exploits. He told 

 me he had made five trips to India without having suc- 

 ceeded in bagging a bison an animal he was particularly 

 keen to secure. 



I do not know whether he ever accomplished this 

 desire, but considering his years, and that he had shot 

 almost every kind of dangerous animal in the world, I 

 could not but admire the enthusiasm and determination 

 he showed to obtain this one particular specimen ! 



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