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The train is the acme of comfort. We pulled out of
the station to lie in a siding for the night, and the next day
went for walks, and motored down the river to see the snow
geese. It was wonderful weather, and the little club of
French-Canadian sportsmen, who showed us round, were delight:
:ful fellows. Early yesterday morning we came on to Ottawa,
and arrived at three in the afternoon. There was a gigantic
crowd at the station; and I had more troops to review,
including the Cameron Highlanders of Canada. Then I had to
hold a levée of three or four hundred people. Then we
started our drive in a carriage, with outriders and a cavalry
escort -- happily in fine weather. The streets were packed,
and we got a wonderful welcome. People in the crowd kept
crying out "Good luck, John!" The Prime Minister said
he had never seen a Governor-General so taken to the heart
of the country at once. My first job, as soon as we arrived
at Government House, was to swear in the new Minister of
Agriculture to the Privy Council. He and the Prime Minister
stayed to tea, and in the evening we had a staff dinner of
our household, including the honorary doctor, etc. We are
going to be a very happy and contented household, I think,
and all the appurtenances of this house are the last word
in comfort. Alastair, after his dog-kennel at Eton, has a
stately sitting-room and a stately bedroom and a large bathroom
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