TEN THOUSAND MILES 

 THROUGH CANADA 



CHAPTER I 



Departure — Lieut.-Gen. Sir R. S. S. Baden Powell — Boy 

 Scouts — The effect of a breeze — The trek wagon — Lady 

 Suffragists — Bride-elect passengers — Remedy for breaking 

 windows — The concert, how not to do it — The ice region — 

 Marconi cablegram — Straits of Belle Isle — Demons' Islands 

 — The hapless Marguerite — Early pioneers — Champlain and 

 Br^boeuf — French colonization — King Frost — The St. 

 Lawrence River — Hardships of Champlain — The touch of 

 spring. 



THE great ocean liner slowly steamed down the 

 Mersey. The bustle and excitement of 

 embarkation calmed down and gave place to other 

 emotions. The little knot of boy scouts that sur- 

 rounded Lieut.-Gen. Sir R. S. S. Baden Powell had 

 roared themselves hoarse in answer to their comrades' 

 send-off from shore. They had watched the flut- 

 tering hand flags that beat out in signals their 

 companions' adieu, until distance made them un- 

 decipherable. The glamour of the Canadian trip, the 



