made the snow-capped mountains in the distance assume an immortal philosophic significance. It was hard to believe that they had always been there for Seattle people to look at because they are not such an awful lot differ- ent from anybody else. At least with one great exception they aren't. The Great Exception met us there and gave us a very warm welcome. We drove all around Seattle and viewed it from each of its two famous points of vantage, one towards Lake Washington, and two towards Puget Sound. Then we went home to beds, which were not exactly similar to those on the Trans-Canada. Tuesday, July 26th. (Seattle). They enjoy life in Seattle. It is made out of flowers, blue water, Japanese servants,and fruits in season. Lunch at the tennis club really began the day. It was a most exotic affair executed in cinnamon toast, melons,and lady food. So many little damsels were chatter- ing through their noon repast all about us that the con- versation didn't manage to become very connected. Hannibal remarked that he would like to have a very strange servant. He also expressed a wonder that birds do not fall into air pockets. Frederick confessed that the whole affair was most typically Seattle. In the afternoon we flew over Lake Washington towards Mt. Rainier. Then circled back over the city crossing the mountains near the Lake shore. We got a very excellent impression of the general layout of the place, which in a short visit is the next best thing to shaking hands with