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as a gay chap about town at
present. He has hunted in
Kashmir much as well as
Port. East Africa & Brit. E. Afr.
In India he has killed elephants,
rhinos, many antelopes (common
mapiti) etc.
- Michael
28 Sunday morning
& I drove out to Barrackpore
a station 10 miles up the
Hoogly, where we expected to
take tiffin. The ride out
was on a well shaded
broad avenue of trees with
villages at intervals.
A large jute mill stands at
the station. The hotel (now)
deserted some returned to
Calcutta P.O.B.
29 Spent the morning &
afternoon at the Indian
Museum looking at the