CHAPTER XIII 



A HUNTING EXPEDITION IN THE GANGES 



DELTA 



AT the end of the incomparably beautiful 

 journey through India we found ourselves 

 in Calcutta, where we were welcomed in 

 the most cordial manner in the friendly home 

 of the Viceroy, Lord Hardinge, and his wife. 

 Here, unfortunately, we received the order to 

 " reverse arms," that is to say, we heard from 

 Berlin that the rest of our tour must be given 

 up, and that owing to the plague in Eastern 

 Asia our return journey must be made via 

 Egypt. 



We had still a day or two before the steamer 

 sailed, and the Indian Government most 

 kindly did all in its power to make it possible 

 for us to make a short expedition in the 

 province of Sunderbund, that is to say, 



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