120 EXPEDITION IN GANGES DELTA 



almost be mistaken for Japanese, and are 

 the best soldiers the English possess in India. 

 They are small but extraordinarily wiry and 

 tough little people, who fear neither hell nor 

 the devil. 



We managed to bag a tiger and several large 

 crocodiles on our way to the spot where we 

 hoped to find buffaloes. This was a lonely 

 island lying in the Gulf of Bengal. It is 

 called Kukri-Mukri, and, until now, had 

 seldom been visited by Europeans. A large 

 herd of buffaloes was known to exist 

 here. 



The island is covered with splendid woods, 

 but on the coast there is a large expanse of 

 barren land. 



We landed in small boats. 



While we were still disembarking we observed 

 several buffaloes grazing not far from the sea. 

 We stalked them round the edge of the 

 wood, until we got within range. Fincken- 

 stein and I chose two of the finest and opened 

 fire. 



