could be seen on the river on either side of the bridge. Two steamers or ferry boats never to be seen. The ride was awfully jarring train squeals + by the speed of the train rushing at 45 miles an hour than the still calm air. Birds were quite numerous in the fields, I saw many black storks, plumbeous rollers, which whirped bitterly eanhings or Cormorants, gray headed rooks, vulture, etc. At 11:30 PM - reached Calcutta. Took a taxi to the Sh. Eastern Hotel. Here I met Macdonald who had came from Harjeeling. He is the agent of the Mamput, Tramway Company of Canada. After evening we went to the Empire