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passed on to the next exhibit, but the Duke remained and told 

 me that his son had been telling him that I was acquainted with 

 the Canadian birds and he would like to hear something in regard 

 to them. I had quite a conversation with the Duke, who was a 

 typical Scotchman with red hair and a red face. 



The Prince of Wales, to me, was the picture of Edward First 

 of England, as I had seen him in old prints. The Queen was a 

 short, stout woman of the German type and had an imperious 

 look and you felt, when you looked at her, and saw the set of her 

 mouth, that she was never contradicted in anything that she said 

 or did. With this, I may end my English adventures. 



Besides the entertainments and the excursions that I have 

 mentioned, there were many others made, of which I will not spend 

 time in enumerating, except to say that Mr. Mennell of South 

 Croydon, was very kind and invited me to stop some time with 

 him at Croydon and explore the hills of Surrey, besides making 

 an expedition to Sandwich. Dr. Ray, of Arctic fame, also gave 

 a great party, so that my time was fully occupied when I was not 

 engaged at the Exhibition. 



My return to Canada was uneventful and I took up my work, 

 as usual, upon my return. I now realized that my family was 

 grown up and that I had two marriageable daughters, besides my 

 eldest son, to keep in order and look out for their establishment 

 in life. We were now a large, undivided family and had many 

 pleasant occasions together, of which the memory still lingers. 



