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horse King Arthur, and mounts lightly like a 

 bird." Princess Maud (now Queen of Norway) 

 has equal courage. 



During the long absence of the Prince in 

 India the Princess often drove in her phaeton 

 over Norfolk with the four beautiful horses given 

 to her by him just before he left. The Princess's 

 fondness for photography had a fortunate result 

 in averting what might have been a very serious 

 accident ; the Prince noticed in one of her 

 photographs of a railway bridge on the estate 

 that the structure was out of the perpendicular ; 

 therefore he caused other photographs to be 

 taken before and after the passage of a train, 

 and it was found that the weight of the 

 train affected the bridge, which was therefore 

 rebuilt. 



The Princess's love of birds found satisfaction 

 in the Aviary. A parrot having been given to 

 the royal children, Princess Louise and her 

 brothers and sisters taught "Coco" with im- 

 mense pains some sentences with which to 

 welcome their grandmother. As the Queen 

 would certainly arrive with their mother at her 

 side, the bird was taught to utter his cries on 



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