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afterward, Mr. Adams and myself were invited to Francis Mon- 

 tague's as guests for the week, while the British Association met 

 in Birmingham. This week was filled out with everything that 

 could possibly please a colonial. I will only mention that Mr. 

 Montague was an alderman of the city council and a close friend 

 of Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, and we had the run of the green- 

 houses, where there were a great many orchids, of which Joseph 

 availed himself, as he was always seen with an orchid in his button- 

 hole. He was not at home, but his brothers were very friendly 

 with the whole of us and we spent a good deal of our spare time 

 there. The Marquis of Lome was very kind to Canadians too, 

 and, on two occasions, he had us to his home. I was not with the 

 first party, but, at the second one I was invited to, the other 

 guests were two of our Canadian contingent, and this was the 

 occasion to meet the Prince of Wales and the young Princes, the 

 late Duke of Clarence and the present King George. I watched 

 the Princess Louise (Marchioness of Lome) receiving her guests 

 and the bows and curtsies they made, and compared and contrasted 

 them, in my mind, with those she had received in Ottawa. I 

 did not have the pleasure of speaking to the Prince of Wales, but 

 the present King and his brother were there, two striplings with 

 wonderfully high collars. The Palace, itself, and the grounds were 

 in fine order and, being without companions, I enjoyed myself to 

 the full. 



One other statement and I have done with England, though 

 I might write many pages about various places that I saw and the 

 individuals I met while there. We were told one morning by Sir 

 Charles Tupper that the Queen was coming to visit us that fore- 

 noon and he wished every man to be at his proper station and 

 have the exhibit, he had in charge, put in perfect order. When 

 the party arrived, Sir Charles Tupper introduced the Queen to 

 Dr. Selwyn, and the rest of us had the privilege of standing and 

 looking on. I was agreeably surprised, when she came opposite 

 where I was, to find the Marquis of Lome, and the Prince of Wales 

 and the Duke of Argyle, stopping beside me and having a few 

 words of praise. The Marquis introduced me to the Prince and 

 to his father, the Duke. The Marquis of Lome and the Prince 



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