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Title: The web of empire : a diary of the imperial tour of their Royal Highnesses the Duke & Duchess of Cornwall & York in 1901
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: W. P. Topley (Photographer) Wallace, Donald Mackenzie, 1841-1919 Hall, Sydney Prior, 1842-1922, ill Martino, Eduardo de, d. 1912
Subjects: George V, King of Great Britain, 1865-1936 Mary, Queen, consort of George V, King of Great Britain, 1867-1953
Publisher: London, New York : Macmillan and company, limited
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
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bridges, To the unprofessional eye the whole seems a piece of very risky engineering, but I am assured that serious accidents are practically unknown. On the other side of the gorges, cut likewise in the precipitous rocks, runs the old Cariboo Road—forced up at one point to a height of a thousand feet above the level of the torrent,—which was formerly the only link of connection between the railwa. «M V2DOS 3HTVLI MUI^OTAHAc . I i -1A9 I ine leaves the , and turning sharp to the right the equally precipitous gorge of the Thompson, ream of clear blue water. Before reaching the more open country near Kamloops it is quite dark. Friday, \th October. — When we get up about clock we are at Glacier House, near the summit ; kirks ; and before noon we have descended ek and the Beaver, crossed the broad, the Columbia, and are climbing up the Kicking H r — the ■jg four locomotives, and the Royal ascent. Thus we see a second time in ab t weather the finest part of the wonderful route.
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xii CANADA : EASTWARD JOURNEY 407 About mid-day we pass the Great Divide, and twoor three hours later we reach Banff, a charming summerretreat, with sulphur baths and mineral waters for thosewho want them, at a height of 4500 feet above sea-level. Here the Duchess and part of the suite are toremain for two days, whilst the Duke is to go on ashooting expedition farther down the line. From thestation we drive to the Canadian National Park closeby, where there is a little herd of buffaloes, almost theonly remains of the countless herds which formerlyroamed over the prairies, supplying the Red Skinswith all the necessaries of life, but which were rapidlyexterminated by the advance of the agricultural settlersand the use of the repeating rifle. In the reserve wefind 9 bulls, 7 cows, and 14 young animals ; and thereis some hope of the race being preserved, for thenumbers have doubled in three years. In anotherpart of the reserve there are 7 wapiti, 2 youngmoose, and some wild goats. The res

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