Viewing page 79 of 81

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

creeks. Buffalo, Sambur, bison & small deer were also common. A motor boat cost 100 R per day but house boat which are very comfortable are much less and just as satisfactory for a long shoot.
[[circled left]] 19 [[/circled left]] McDonald took me in a new Hupmobile car to the Zoo but the [[strikethrough]] ca [[/strikethrough]] engine proved difficult to start so we came back without stopping there. The weather was not rainy & at times the sun shone. The trip around the Maidan was delightfully cool in a fast moving car. The Maidan is the greatest institution in Calcutta & is known to the residents as the lungs of Calcutta. Every evening from 5 to dark

Transcription Notes:
spelling confirmation: the Hupmobile was made by the Hupp Motor Car Company