They were laughing at the father-in-law's weakness, and as they approached the ghat failed to observe a Government budgerow anchored there.

Some fine afternoon your ayah takes your little Johnny to stroll by the river's bank,to watch the green budgerows, as they glide, pulled by singing dandees (so the boatmen of Ganges are called) up to Patna,to watch the brown corpses, as they float silently down from Benares.