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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: 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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in FROM MALTA TO CEYLON 83 for all alike, and the poor man is no longer compelledto toil for the rich. In this sense he pleads his causewith quiet dignity, as he did two days ago to theDuke ; and I can only express very sincerely the hopethat the petition he is about to forward through theregular channel will be favourably considered.1 At mid-day we start on the return journey toColombo, and arrive towards 4 oclock. After a shortrest at Queens House, the residence of the Governor,we drive through the town and suburbs, going out tothe racecourse by the bungalow quarter, which wasformerly the famous cinnamon-gardens, and returningby the so-called Galle Face, where a long ground-swellfrom the Indian Ocean is thundering on the beach, thewhole lit up by a magnificent purple-and-gold sunset.All along the route the population turn out to see theRoyal visitors, and there is a great deal of enthusiasticcheering. A large official dinner and reception, fol-lowed by a little parade of troops with

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