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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
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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THE VOYAGEVRS ght in an engagemenBoth receive an enthusiastic ovation fromheir Royal Highnesses talk with themne. The Duke lunches with the members of the Rideaund in,the afternoon there is a large garden-partyi-ideau Hall. After dinner their Rov hnesses unexpectedly drive about the city to see thetions. They are soon recognised, and are tv cheered by the crowd. 22tu/ September. — No functions to-day.voyal Highnesses attend morning service at the-edral. VtaMTAOa MAIQAHAD .£3VI>I AWATTO 3HT WO .sd 6SlV3-l3V;tOn 3HT HO 30M08 a JO 3HT OM10!<, .■■ ■: forest menlaaa. Iheand have littlet of timber ; the latter,•endants of the old French voyageurs,ed from the habitantsirly all a strain of Indian blood, andgs but bring them d)f miles. Hence th< men, though onger play in the import , t which they did 11 the rivers were the only channels penetrating into the in go by electric tram to the point • here the big rafts are ?ro; tiled cribs, in order to wer reaches. Th ^V\^r**r
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xi CANADA: WESTWARD JOURNEY 381 are avoided and the descent made with safety by meansof slides, that is to say, narrow artificial rapids withwooden walls and flooring, down which the cribs arefloated with great rapidity. Unusual precautions aretaken, so that our precious lives should not be en-dangered. The cribs are very solidly constructed andmanned by the most experienced raftsmen, and no cribis unmoored till its forerunners safe arrival has beensignalled. As we rush down the four successive shootsthe sensation is very like that of tobogganing, or goingdown a switchback railway, or Montagne Russe. Atthe foot of one of the shoots our crib frightens us for amoment by making a heavy plunge, and wetting thecrew in front; but the passengers, seated on high benches,are not inconvenienced. In a spacious pool at the bottom of the slides weare transferred from our cribs into light Indian canoes,made of bark and manned by French-Canadians andhalf-breeds, who paddle us down the river, singing

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