While going to sleep, the boys were puzzled to account for the strange noises made by the train. At times it seemed to have run over a china-shop, and at other times the train rumbled hoarsely, as if it were running over the top of an enormous bass-drum. Soon the great train was transporting two boys who were fast asleep in Section No. 12; they woke fitfully during the night, but only vaguely remembered where they were, until the cold light of morning was reflected from the top of the car. Dressing was more difficult than going to bed, but by a combination of patience and gymnastics Harry and Philip were soon able to take places in the line that led to the wash-room. Thence, later, they came forth ready for breakfast (for which they had to “line up” again), and another all-day ride. [Illustration: THE OPENING OF THE FAIR, MAY 1, 1893.—THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SPEAKING.] At breakfast, the next table to them was occupied by a gentleman named Phinney, and his son. Harry knew the son slightly, having once been his schoolmate. Young Phinney was making a second visit to the Fair, and he told Harry that on the former trip the train had run around Niagara Falls in such a way as to give the passengers an opportunity to view them. [Illustration: GROUND PLAN OF THE WORLD’S FAIR GROUNDS. Live-Stock Exhibit Building. Railway Approach. Galleries of Fine Art. Machinery Hall, 17 1-2 Acres. Administration Building. Illinois State Building. Assembly Hall and Annex to Agricultural Building. Fountain. Transportation Exhibit, 18 2-3 Acres. Horticultural Hall, 6 1-2 Acres. Villages of all Nations. Women’s Building. State Buildings and Buildings of Foreign Governments. 63 Acres reserved for Live-Stock Exhibit. Hall of Mines and Mining, 8 3-4 Acres. Forestry Building, 2 1-2 Acres. Electrical Building, 9 3-4 Acres. United States Government Building. Dairy Building, 3-4 Acre. Sawmills. Agricultural Building, 15 Acres. Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, 44 Acres. Casino and Pier. Fisheries Building and Deep-Sea Aquaria, 3 Acres. U. S. Naval Exhibit. _The original picture from which this illustration was engraved was painted before changes were made in the Peristyle and Pier. The general arrangement and designs of the buildings are correct._] The train had stopped there for five minutes, and they had climbed down near the rapids to a point where there was an excellent view of “the great cataract”—so young Phinney called it. He gave the boys some pictures showing the falls, and indeed there was a picture of the falls upon the side of the breakfast bill of fare. During the forenoon the train was passing through Canada—the boys’ impression of that country being a succession of flat fields, ragged woods, sheep, swine, and a few pretty, long-tailed ponies grazing upon browning turf. Philip said that it was like “the Adirondacks spread flat by a giantess’s rolling-pin.”