THIRTEENTH DAY. 215 
Kovil, the furthest point of our journey, had been reached, 
and as we were now going up-stream towards the north, 
we looked at each other somewhat dolefully, for we keenly 
felt this first reminder of the approaching termination of our 
expedition and of the close of many delightful and interesting 
days. 
When we had lost sight of the village we examined our 
spoil :—a Sea-Hagle in the nestling-plumage, a splendid Impe- 
rial Hagle, a Heron, four Black Kites shot by Bombelles in 
the Sager wood, a Jay, a Turtle-Dove, a Magpie, a Hoopoe, 
a Lesser Grey Shrike, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Green- 
finch, a Marsh-Tit, a Penduline Tit, a Blackcap, two House- 
and four Tree-Sparrows lay on the deck. Homeyer had also 
shot five Ziesels, for these rodents, which are here so com- 
mon, rarely occur in any part of Germany; and as he had 
never seen them before, he found them very interesting. 
We spent the first part of the run on deck, enlivened by a 
magnificent sunset and a glorious evening, for the western 
sky was brilliant with ruddy tints, and its reflections quivered 
in the waters of the Danube with glittering effects of colour. 
As we passed Peterwardein it began to get dark; but we 
went on up-stream without any stoppage, while at dinner- 
time we discussed the many sporting experiences and the ob- 
servations of this journey, and after comfortably smoking a 
cigar and cataloguing the notes and measurements, we all 
went off to our cabins to enjoy our well-earned rest. 
