for about thirty miles and then enters the long Con- naught tunnel, which is eight miles long. This, without doubt, is one of the most imposing engineering spectacles in the world. Monday, July 25th. (Vancouver- Seattle). We arrived at Vancouver nine-thirty Monday morning. A very efficient battalion of Japanese porters spirited our baggage off the platform in such short order that we soon found ourselves with nothing much to fret about but find- ing a laundry that would do a fortnight's job in a day, and a tailor who was also a carpet sweeper. We found both these monstrosities. They were both Japanese. The C.P.R. boat "Princess Marguerite" leaves Seattle for Vancouver in the evening, and leaves Vancouver again at ten-thirty immediately after unloading her pas- sengers. We heard about this and took up the suggestion with the utmost despatch. Just across the way from where the Princess sailed, the sovereign majesty of the R.M.M.S. Aorangi could be observed in all its tropical glory. We eyed her wistfully, thinking of the long days to come. The Princess Marguerite is a very fast little steamer. She boils along at a generous twenty-two knots. After a two hour swim in the Crystal Garden pool at the Empress Hotel, we cut short a two hour stop over at Victoria by drinking champagne with a couple of freshmen from the University all the way down Puget Sound. We arrived in Seattle harbor at eight-thirty. There were two large dreadnaughts anchored there when we entered sleeping like contented wolves over a bone. The champagne