XXII AMONGST THE SHEEP 200 XXIII EASTWARD HO 211 XXIV THE WEST INDIES 221 XXV THE BERMUDAS 236 XXVI THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TOUR 242 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS H.R.H. ON DECK: AN INTERRUPTION _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE PANAMA CANAL: A SHARP CORNER 16 SURF-BOARDING AT HONOLULU 16 EXCITEMENT GROWS IN AUCKLAND HARBOUR 18 NEW ZEALAND: THE PRIME MINISTER TAKES CHARGE 18 _From a Photograph by Guy, Dunedin_ WELLINGTON: A CANOE IN THE PETONE PAGEANT 64 _From a Photograph by Guy, Dunedin_ "THE MAORI PEOPLE WILL BE TRUE TILL DEATH" 64 WESTPORT CHILDREN: A TUMULT OF FLAGS AND FLOWERS 80 DUNEDIN'S WELCOME 80 _From Photographs by Guy, Dunedin_ WITH AUSTRALIA'S MOST DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN 112 _From a Photograph by the Central News Agency, Ltd._ JUTLAND DAY AT MELBOURNE 112 GOVERNMENT HOUSE GARDENS, NEW SOUTH WALES 128 PERTH, FROM THE KING'S PARK 128 CROSSING THE NULLARBOR PLAIN 160 ABORIGINAL DANCE 160 LEAVING PORT ADELAIDE 170 MOUNT WELLINGTON, HOBART 170 THE BACKBLOCKS: AN UNOFFICIAL FIXTURE 192 HIS FAVOURITE MOUNT 192 EMU ON A SHEEP-RUN 208 GOOD-BYE TO SYDNEY HARBOUR 208 SAMOA MAKES MERRY 224 TRINIDAD: IN THE DRAGON'S MOUTH 224 The thanks of the writer are due to those who have contributed photographs for the illustrations, and especially to Sir Godfrey Thomas, Bart. DOWN UNDER WITH THE PRINCE I AT SEA One March morning of last year, an ordinary train moved out of Waterloo Station for Portsmouth, and among the ordinary people it carried were at least two or three who were going further. They sat together and smoked, and exchanged experiences and speculations. As the train slowed down at Portsmouth Harbour they looked from the carriage windows and saw the fighting tops of a big battle-cruiser lifted grey against the sky above the houses of the foreshore, and one said to another "There she is."