118 EXPEDITION IN GANGES DELTA 



among the islands lying in the delta of the 

 Ganges. 



One thing I was particularly anxious to do, 

 and that was to add one good buffalo to my 

 very miscellaneous bag. Our party included 

 Graf Dohna, Graf Finckenstein, Lieutenant 

 von Zobeltiz and Professor Widenmann. 

 Besides these, among other English gentle- 

 men, was Sir Harold Stuart, who acted as 

 my kind mentor throughout our whole 

 trip. 



After a night journey in the train from 

 Calcutta we arrived at a small place on the 

 banks of one of the arms of the Ganges, where 

 the yacht of the Governor of East Bengal 

 awaited us. 



This yacht was a really weird construction. 

 It consisted of two parts, a vessel containing 

 the engines and another boat coupled on to 

 this containing the living-rooms, among them 

 a large saloon. The yacht was built in the 

 reign of Queen Victoria, and was upholstered 

 according to the taste of that period. It 



