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204 The Cruse of the Reserve Squadron. murmur, and bend their feathery fronds in graceful yielding to the wind, ‘lhe train passes over a viaduct, and the plain on either hand looks quite deep and far reaching; making the town-crowned heights seem loftier than they are. ‘The journey has been pleasant all through, but its termination raises one to a pitch of quiet excitement and activity. We steam slowly into the station, feeling some curiosity as to what lies before us. | The authorities were on the platform to receive the Admiral and his brother the Duke of Connaught. They drove off at once in carriages, and we im- mediately followed. The town is a little distance from the sta- tion ; it is all uphill to get there; the roads were white and dusty; the heat touched fever point. Few of us pre- ferred to walk. The ct} a (Nn tae : four little horses at- 4 wh i wil hv Wing) Beez tached to our carriage 4 a Hi, tee Sie galloped along and raised a cloud that must have threatened suffocation to those coming up_ behind. Turning to the right, and to more level ground, we _ passed between a crowd of gazers on the one side, and the public gardens, well laid out, CATHEDRAL. on the other. Every window was filled rows deep. Innumerable bright eyes flashed forth ; but, alas, we reaped no lilies for our well-directed points of admiration. ‘The whole town was astir and afloat at this rare and unusual visitation. We reached the heart of the city; our Jehu defiling through narrow thoroughfares and turning impossible corners in a miraculous manner. Now he seemed about to shoot under the arcades that line the streets on each side, and jut out beyond the houses : a catastrophe that certainly would have terminated our brilliant careers there and then ; and now, plunging recklessly down hill and turning a sharp angle, we swayed about i ina way that reminded us of nothing so much as of Jo 47-2 “y _ i —*s —-_ A o= aa I", ——s — : ———— o- * : = x > = ss = 1 = = — Se . —__ = > 5 = ~ f« _ = _— a — — ‘ii en it ,) d >) ~S “4 Gomichbooksneom