﻿THROUGH 
  THE 
  HEART 
  OE 
  ENGLAND 
  IN 
  A 
  CANOE 
  

  

  497 
  

  

  

  Photograph 
  by 
  Maynard 
  Owen 
  Williams 
  

  

  AT 
  THE 
  FEET 
  OF 
  THE 
  SPHINX 
  BESIDE 
  THE 
  THAMES 
  

  

  The 
  British 
  workman 
  reading 
  his 
  newspaper 
  is 
  oblivious 
  of 
  the 
  centuries 
  which 
  look 
  down 
  

   upon 
  him 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  Cleopatra's 
  Needle, 
  brought 
  to 
  London 
  from 
  Heliopolis. 
  This 
  is 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  bronze 
  sphinxes 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  famous 
  obelisk 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  British 
  

   Government 
  by 
  Mohammed 
  AH. 
  

  

  the 
  most 
  beautiful 
  reach 
  on 
  the 
  river 
  

   were 
  it 
  not 
  for 
  man 
  and 
  his 
  works. 
  At 
  

   the 
  end 
  is 
  Boulter's 
  Lock, 
  the 
  most 
  fash- 
  

   ionable, 
  and 
  so 
  the 
  most 
  artificial, 
  spot 
  on 
  

   the 
  Thames. 
  Its 
  appearance 
  on 
  Ascot 
  

   Sunday 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  innumer- 
  

   able 
  paintings 
  and 
  photographs. 
  

  

  "the 
  most 
  regal 
  building 
  in 
  the 
  

   world" 
  

  

  Below 
  is 
  Maidenhead, 
  now 
  little 
  more 
  

   than 
  a 
  week-end 
  residence 
  for 
  wealthy 
  

   Londoners, 
  and 
  a 
  mile 
  or 
  so 
  farther 
  we 
  

   get 
  our 
  first 
  view 
  of 
  Windsor 
  Castle, 
  

   under 
  the 
  shadow 
  of 
  which 
  we 
  moored 
  

   our 
  canoe 
  a 
  few 
  hours 
  later 
  — 
  our 
  voyage 
  

   ended. 
  

  

  Windsor 
  was 
  a 
  fitting 
  goal. 
  The 
  castle 
  

  

  is, 
  perhaps, 
  the 
  most 
  regal 
  building 
  in 
  the 
  

   world. 
  Founded 
  by 
  William 
  the 
  Con- 
  

   queror, 
  it 
  has 
  always 
  been 
  a 
  favorite 
  royal 
  

   residence, 
  and 
  to 
  do 
  justice 
  to 
  a 
  tithe 
  of 
  

   its 
  interests 
  would 
  demand 
  a 
  volume, 
  and 
  

   that 
  a 
  large 
  one, 
  in 
  itself 
  (see 
  page 
  492). 
  

  

  Nestling 
  under 
  its 
  shadow 
  is 
  the 
  little 
  

   town, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  fields 
  away 
  Eton 
  Col- 
  

   lege, 
  the 
  most 
  famous 
  school 
  in 
  England 
  

   (see 
  page 
  494). 
  

  

  Here 
  we 
  bade 
  farewell 
  to 
  Father 
  

   Thames, 
  after 
  a 
  journey 
  of 
  250 
  miles 
  

   through 
  the 
  heart 
  of 
  England, 
  which 
  had 
  

   shown 
  us 
  more 
  variety 
  of 
  interests 
  — 
  

   quaint, 
  beautiful, 
  and 
  historic 
  — 
  than 
  can 
  

   be 
  shown 
  by 
  any 
  other 
  area 
  in 
  a 
  land 
  full 
  

   of 
  beauty 
  and 
  possessing 
  a 
  noble 
  history 
  

   of 
  nearly 
  two 
  thousand 
  years. 
  

  

  Notice 
  of 
  change 
  of 
  address 
  of 
  your 
  Geographic 
  Magazine 
  should 
  be 
  received 
  

   in 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Geographic 
  Society 
  by 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  the 
  month 
  to 
  affect 
  

   the 
  following 
  month's 
  issue. 
  For 
  instance, 
  if 
  you 
  desire 
  the 
  address 
  changed 
  for 
  

   your 
  July 
  number, 
  the 
  Society 
  should 
  be 
  notified 
  of 
  your 
  new 
  address 
  not 
  later 
  

   than 
  June 
  first. 
  

  

  