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Rh stopping to have a swing, viewing all the different animals that I could not begin to mention. Here is also an immense wire netting, with every species of bird imaginable confined therein. Then I wandered down to the placid lake to view the stately swan and others of the web-foot tribe, as they glided along in peaceful simplicity. From there through a continuous stretch of nature's own product of flowers. As I was leaving the park, I looked back with a sigh for having to leave this bright spot of nature.

While in the city I stopped at Hotel Vancouver, owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, and for attention and grandeur around the entire hotel, with its spacious dining room, nothing better can be found.

A pleasant feature to me was that I was in Canada to celebrate with them