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ships. Can those destroyers go! I
had no idea that a boat could
travel so fast. They burn oil and
when they let loose they simply
leap right out of the water. They
do not carry many guns, but are
built mainly for ramming
submarines. They are small,
and heavily plated with steel, with
an immense steel bow. Our
ship was one of the fastest afloat
but a destroyer could go
around us in circles while we
would be going at full speed
ahead.

Well now, a little about
Canada. I missed the beautiful
scenery along the St. Lawrence
as it was about morning when
we struck Montreal. The way
Toronto turns out to give the
soldiers a send off is not slow. Men,
they do not know, the girls and
women walk along the train