210 SPORT AND TRAVEL 



Murree, by daylight, proved to be a beautiful hill- 

 station of fine residences and splendid wooded roads, 

 prettier even than Simla, if that were possible. We 

 obtained other conveyance, and that evening 

 reached Rawal Pindi, where Thomas was awaiting 

 us with the heavy luggage which he had brought by 

 ekka from Srinagar. Needless to state we paid but 

 half of the one hundred rupees charged us for the 

 landau and the wretched horses which had been 

 supplied. At one A. M. on the i8th we started in 

 the Punjaub Express, Perry leaving at Delhi for 

 his black buck shooting, and I arriving in Calcutta 

 two days and three nights later, after a journey 

 which for heat, dust, and general thorough discom- 

 fort cannot possibly be described. 



My stay in Calcutta was rendered most pleasant 

 by the hospitality of Major and Mrs. C., in com- 

 mand of Fort William, who kindly asked me to visit 

 them in their large, comfortable house, Water Gate, 

 in a corner of the ramparts of the fort, overlooking 

 the broad road where all Calcutta takes its even- 

 ing drive, and the Hooghli beyond, with its many 

 ships from all parts of the world constantly pass- 

 ing up and down through its muddy waters. The 

 interior of the old fort, its barracks half concealed 

 by great trees and its chapel rising in the centre, 

 surrounded by gardens, lawns, tennis-courts, and 



