Alas! for twenty years longer of my life this very unfortunate and demoralizing condition was to continue.
There were no railroads then to Cachar and no steamers, so I again performed the journey to Calcutta in a native boat, and there, by-the-bye, I witnessed the sight for the first time of an apparent lunatic playing a game called Golf; a game which later was to be more familiar to me, and myself to become one of the greatest lunatics of all.

The run home was in no way remarkable, except for the intense anticipated pleasure of again seeing the old country..