PREFACE I NEWFOUNDLAND II ST. JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK III ON THE TRAIN BETWEEN ST. JOHN AND HALIFAX IV HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA V CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND AND HABITANT, CANADA VI QUEBEC VII THE MOBILE HOTEL DE LUXE: THE ROYAL TRAIN VIII THE CITY OF CROWDS: TORONTO: ONTARIO IX OTTAWA X MONTREAL: QUEBEC XI ON THE ROAD TO TROUT XII PICNICS AND PRAIRIES XIII THE CITY OF WHEAT: WINNIPEG, MANITOBA XIV THE FRINGE OF THE GREAT NORTH-WEST: SASKATOON AND EDMONTON XV CALGARY AND THE CATTLE RANCH XVI CHIEF MORNING STAR COMES TO BANFF AND THE ROCKIES XVII THE PACIFIC CITIES: VANCOUVER AND VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA XVIII APPLE LAND: OKANAGAN AND KOOTENAY LAKES XIX THE PRAIRIES AGAIN XX SILVER, GOLD AND COMMERCE XXI NIAGARA AND THE TOWNS OF WESTERN ONTARIO XXII MONTREAL XXIII WASHINGTON XXIV NEW YORK WESTWARD WITH THE PRINCE OF WALES CHAPTER I NEWFOUNDLAND I St. John's, Newfoundland, was the first city of the Western continent to see the Prince of Wales. It was also the first to label him with one of the affectionate, if inexplicable sobriquets that the West is so fond of. Leaning over the side of the _Dauntless_ on the day of the Prince's visit, a seaman smiled down, as seamen sometimes do, at a vivid little Newfoundland Flapper in a sunset-coloured jumper bodice, New York cut skirt, white stockings and white canvas boots. The Flapper looked up from her seat in the stern of her "gas" launch (gasolene equals petrol), and smiled back, as is the Flapper habit, and the seaman promptly opened conversation by asking if the Flapper had seen the Prince. "You bet," said the Flapper. "He's a dandy boy. He's a plush." His Royal Highness became many things in his travels across America, but I think it ought to go down in history that at St. John's, Newfoundland, he became a "plush." Newfoundland also introduced another Western phenomenon. It presented us to the race of false prophets whom we were to see go down in confusion all the way from St. John's to Victoria and back again to New York. Members of this race were plentiful in St. John's. As we spent our days before the Prince's arrival picking up facts and examining the many beautiful arches of triumph that were being put up in the town, we were warned not to expect too much from Newfoundland. St. John's had not its bump of enthusiasm largely developed, we were told; its people were resolutely dour and we must not be disappointed if the Prince's reception lacked warmth. In all probability the weather would conform to the general habit and be foggy.