Tobogganing-Various movements of Their Excellencies: Fishing, Visit- ing the Provinces, etc.-The Accident to Her Royal Highness-His Lord- ship's Visit to the North-West-Salmon Fishing on the Cascapedia—Mr. Literature of the period, and some preliminary comments thereupon-Special reference to some extraordinary writing, by Mr. J. G. Bourinot—The Royal Society, and some undisguised references thereto-Odds and Ends.. 337 Canadian Sports-Notable points of Scenery-And some Native Pictures- Outing in Canada; Sugar-making; Harvesting among the Habitants; Skating; Tobogganing; Snow-shoeing; Cricket; Lacrosse and Baseball -What their Excellencies did for Art in Canada-Odds and Ends........ 378 CANADA UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF LORD LORNE. CHAPTER I. THE ARRIVAL IN CANADA. THE glory had gone out of our forests, and our days were dreary and chill, when the Sarmatian, bearing the new governor-general and his wife, held her way up the harbour of Halifax, and cast anchor among the stately ships of war that swung from slack cables at their mooring-ground. The morning of November 25th, 1878, will long be remembered in the stolid old garrison city. Strangers from all parts of the Dominion had continued to pour in for many days before the vice-regal arrival, and these with throngs of expectant citizens in full holiday attire as the forenoon advanced had gathered about the spot chosen for disembarkation. Those who find a sympathy between the elements and human affairs were not surprised that on this auspicious morning the sun burst triumphantly through the pall of dun clouds that had brooded over the city for so dreary a space before. The tumult of com, B merce was hushed, warehouse and workshop were closed, and citizens of all grades thronged the streets in holiday apparel. From sunrise till noon the air was full of the music of numerous bands that marched through the streets, and the city waved with flags. A brisk breeze sprang up with the early morning and purged the harbour of fogs, revealing the entire North-American squadron of British men-of-war, and a large number of merchant vessels, fluttering gaily in bunting. About half-past ten the Sarmatian weighed anchor and steamed slowly up the harbour. The six war-ships in port were drawn out in double line, and, as the Sarmatian passed, each vessel fired a royal salute which was taken up by the batteries at Mount Pleasant, York Redoubt, and St. George's Island. At half-past one the Sarmatian pulled down the royal standard, which almost instantly was flung in silk from the flag-staff of the Duke of Edinburgh's barge. Then the blue-jackets sprang into the rigging and swarmed upon the yards, after which the naval procession formed with the regularity of an imposing piece of machinery. The barge of the flagship Bellerophon, commanded by Admiral Inglefield, took the lead, and was followed by that of the Black Prince, commanded by the Duke of Edinburgh. The latter barge, in which sat the governor-general and the princess Louise, was convoyed by a double line of galleys. Through the thunders of a royal salute hurled from the warships, and the smoke that fell in sullen banks upon the water, the procession moved briskly shoreward, while the air was boisterous with the cheering of the thousands gathered near the landings. The disembarkation was made with pompous form, and as the distinguished pair touched foot on the richly-carpeted passage leading up from the landing, the great guns in the citadel began to boom, announcing that the event of the day had been consummated. A group of pretty young women met the princess as she stepped on shore and presented her with a bunch of flowers; but more pleasing to the lady than the floral tribute must have been the delicate roses in the maidens' cheeks, born of our wholesome Canadian clime. Having received the greet ings of the naval and military authorities, lieutenant-governor Archibald, Right Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald, Dr. Tupper, Hon. J. C. Aikins, Hon. James Macdonald, Hon. L. R. Masson, Hon. Mackenzie Bowell, Hon. L. F. G. Baby, Hon. W. B. Vail, Senators Botsford, McLelan, Mayor Tobin of Halifax, and others, were informally presented to their excellencies. Close pursued by the crowd which maintained a perpetual cheeringdin, the party passed through the city and halted at the provincial buildings. Here, in the assembly room, the oath of office was administered to his Lordship by the acting honourable (now Sir) Chief Justice Ritchie; and at the close of the ceremony the pealing of bells from every city steeple, and the booming of seventeen guns, announced that Canada's new governor-general had been installed.* The closing sentence *The following is the oath of office subscribed to by the Marquis: "I, Sir John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, commonly called the Marquis of Lorne, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and will defend her to the utmost of my power against all conspiracies and attempts whatever which shall be made against her person, crown or dignity, and I will use my utmost endeavours to disclose and make known to her majesty, her heirs and survivors, all treason and treacherous conspiracies which may be formed against her or them. And I do faithfully promise to maintain, support and defend to the utmost of my power, the succession to the crown, which succession by an Act entitled "An Act for the limitation of the crown and better securing of the rights and liberties of the subject," is, and stands limited to the Princess Sophia, Electress |