Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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Sl-',I,WYN HOl'Sl-I SCHOOL NI.MiAZlNlr. first opening and Dad fired two shots, hitting twice. The tiger was struggling on the ground when Major agony. We then went hack ahout a mile to a bun- galow to have lunch and wait for the tiger to come. When we measured him he was lil' I , and had shrunk 7 after heing killed. Nlarch 8. We set out for a place 54 miles away. lfive minutes after the heat had commenced two cubs passed hy, hut we did not shoot them. The tigress then came out of the jungle on the opposite Side ot the rix er and hopped across on the stones and gallop- cd down the hare part in front of us. Mother shot and missed, then Dad, hut missed, then my sister, who hit it in the paw and made it Viump. Dad shot again and got it right through the hack the bullet coming out of its chest and killing it instantly. We watched the elephant come across the river to have the tigress put on its hack. 'l On March l-lth we went to Bangalore, the famous military station, and to Mysore, xx here we saw the Mahara-iah's Zoo. We also saw a tiger climh a tree, some white peacocks, and a few giraffe, and visited the stahles and the State horse. In the afternoon we went to Seringapatam, scene of a famous hattle, where we saw the Mysore and lilephant gates, the suspension hridge, the spot where 'lippoo was found dying, the Tippoo palace and tomh. l,ater we left for feylon, arriving at Colomho on March 17th, where we saw the elephants hathe and do tricks, and in the gardens l got sticks of cinnamon, nutmegs, cloves, and all kinds of spices. .-Xt Nuwara lfliya we swam and at Mt. l.avinia surf hathed. Un the llnd of March we arrived at Penang where we visited the Botanical Gardens and Snake Temples. Thence to Singapore, from where we sailed to Hong Kong, docking at Kowloon. A drive round the island followed to the Peak, the top of which we reached hy rickshaw. :Xt Shanghai we saw the places homhed in the war of 1932, and then went to Kohe, -lapan, and Kyoto. .-Xtlliyoto we visited the lmperial Palace and the llc tached Palace. ilihe cherry blossoms were in full hloom here. .Xt Yokohfma it was too misty to see lfuisi San hut at Nikko we visited the 'liemples in the Xyunclsi saw the great stone lorii, and the five storey Pagoda which is solid red lacquer and 105 feet high. Here is thc sicred stahle and on it the original carving of the 'lihrce Wise Monkeys lSee no evil, Hear no ex il, Speak nou il l .-Xt Nikko also we saw the most heautiful gate in the Orient: one is supposed to sit and admire it for a whole day. We visited the hronfe hell, the two sacred lanterns, and the two drum towers. We then went through the Yomeifmon Gate into a courtyard and took off our shoes to enter l34l Rani and the head shikari fired to put him out of

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FOR THF SCHOOL Yli.-XR 1937- H38 Nowfor the md awakmirzg, Iflzm Exam. time lzzzppfd llf0Il,,Q.' Poor Sonny mme zz fropper: Herclv the .fad par! of my .rang I .ifaxfor fifffr Sonny, Hii' pnrenls' pride and pet, H8,fHifFl7lil1 mein' paper Tlzoff frnef l7IIlJft'7',i' rat. I ablzor rerrizzzizzaliom, But when flzf bubbfe bzzrsi, In .vzzid e.wzn1i11ari011,v, Son mmf in Karl, not firrl .' N0 fe! me pain! the moral, Lzmls, pzzrv11t.f, .vi.vlw'.v 100: If S071 wozrfff uwzr the laurel, illnrlz lzffp zz! h0IIIt',.V fabon f Spes. Q Zllrip Buunh the worm. Not long ago I was fortunate enough to be able to take a trip round the world. On january 7th, 1936, I left New York with my parents and sister, reaching Bombay, India, on February Ilth. Ifn route we called at Funchal, Madeira, and Las Palmas, in the Canaries, where we saw all the important sights, and at Cape Town and Durban in South Africa. I thought both these cities very pretty, and especially enjoyed seeing the Zulu war dance and the Valley of IOOO Hills near Durban. Upon arrival at Bombay we saw the Towers of Silence, and then entrained for New Delhi, where we met Lord and Lady Hillingdon. We next went to Peshawar, and then drove up the Khyber, passing through Lundi Kotal, from which we could see Lundi Khama, a small village near the frontier separating India and Afghanistan. From Peshawar we went to Lahore, and then returned to Delhi, where I attended a duck shoot, and proceeded to Jaipur, where we stayed at the palace of the lNIaharajah. There was a tiger hunt here, but we had no luck. On March 2nd we went to Udaipur, where we saw the Peacock Palace and the Wlater Palace, and arrived at Agra on the next day. There we saw the famous Taj Mahal and its beautiful screen. Thence to Gwalior, where I attended two tiger hunts. Here is an extract from my diary: f as INIarch 7. This morning we waited until 10 a.m. for news of the tiger, and were so excited when we heard there was one in the beat. We soon left for a place 42 miles out of Gwalior. Our cover was situated on top ofa cliff, and we were looking down into a ravine on one side of which was a river and on the other a small jungle. just in front of us there were two openings cut in the jungle so that we could see the tiger. A few minutes after the beat started he came into the l23l

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1937-1938 the most beautiful room I have ever seen. Afterwards we saw the gate which leads to the tomb of the first Shogun, and on it is the famous carving of the sleeping cat, carved by a left-handed man. :Xt one of the temples here two girls danced, each holding a sword. Then came Tokyo, where we saw the Imperial Palace and various Embassies, the Detached Palace and a marvellous War museum. We then left for Myanoshito where we saw the Dream, Roman, and Mermaids' Pool, and in the morning we left for a pass in the mountains from which to view Fuji. This mountain suddenly bursts upon one as one comes through a tunnel and round a bend, a surprisingly beautiful sight. On our way home we saw the long tailed fowl with a tail 2-l feet long. On April 22nd we sailed from Yokohama for Honolulu, thence to Victoria and Vancouver, HC., and through the Rockies home. D. G. Mcf., Form 5. QNOTI-Z: Much interesting matter, particularly concerning the journey' through the Rockies and their re- markable tunnels has had, for reasons of space, to be omitted.l The Behuting jllilacbinr. Szzvr 311111111 Bouchard to Papa, Fran4'0i.r, I milf' reduce, .Won ertomar .vhe'.f :'er'fal, -- Daf' ling IW give .rome ure. Sayr .the to litlle Efziar, Hfilfrvou an' Papa hrinsg From ha,re111e211 in de .ff0l'!lgt' room Dal of' reduring 'ting F She me da! 'ting 1110.5 t'Z'8llT a'a,v, L771ff!.fl7t',.f all wore ont: .1n'r1'e11 ,the pm her on de reafe To .fee hate' .the FUUII' 0111. She weigh Iwo 1107Zr'l'ffIiflFE7l p01111', If was zwo-len hfjforeg So .vhej11.r'fai11l righf den an' dere, She war .fo gosh darn fore. .in Papa rear ,vo 111Qf14f111mf He fouhz' have lem' de :caffg Bu! he jur' treu' righl 111 da rfreel P001- Allzznzzz, .veafe 1111 aff. R. B. G., Form 5. l35l