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Atalante, (1) was not deeper, less evanescent, than 

 that imprinted by the paddle-wheels of our staunch, 

 though not a very fleet greyhound, the Druid. " The 

 paths of glory," alas ! where do they lead to ? 



On came, over the gangway the rush of guests : a 

 surging crowd of enthusiastic Foresters ; a few from 

 golden California, some and admired ones from distant 

 Ohio and Colorado ; a bevy from the green mountains 

 of Vermont, Maine and scholarly Massachusetts, whilst 

 Washington sent a representative body : — scientists and 

 thinkers ; — Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love, 

 claimed the Secretary to the Association, the active 

 Dr. Fisher, and also a bright, enthusiastic, handsome 

 orator, Mrs. George T. Weston, the spouse of a Newton 

 physician. How well she did discourse ! On rushed, at 

 their heels, a gay and noisy corps of French litterateurs 

 from old France, twenty odd members of the famous 

 Alpine Club, bright with green badges, face aglow 

 with fun, with an occasional tinge of sadness. " How 



the d 1 La Belle France could ever have parted 



without a prolonged struggle, with Ce Beau Canada, 

 more than a hundred years ago ? " " C'est un fait 

 accompli, regrettable" said one, " mais enfin c'est 

 fait ? " 



This is no time for repining and Vogue la GaUre ! 

 Conspicuous amidst the crowd stands the tall, dignified 

 Governor and benefactor of the Bahama Islands, 

 Sir Ambrose Shea, conversing with the genial Gen- 

 eral J. Grant Wilson, U. S. A. On and on they 

 come, until the deck fore and aft was covered with 

 Foresters and their hosts, male and female ; delegates 

 from the sister Province, and bright ones, from Ontario ; 

 talkative foreign Consuls, some full of importance, in 

 fact thinking themselves nearly Ambassadors of Euro- 



(1) Both vessels conspicuous at Quebec during the great 

 siege. 



