. Canada; a descriptive text-book . known to reach a speed of sixty milesan hour. Snow-shoeing, tobogganing, coastingand skieing have many followers. It is abeautiful sight to see a long line of menand maidens starting off for a snow-shoe tramp. They are dressed inpicturesque white blanket suits withknitted red or blue sashes and man carries a torch and theywind in a long line over the fields otglistening snow a\ ith shouts and pealsof laughter. The older men do a greatdeal of curling, and get keen enjoymentout of their cup matches and bonspiels. Life in the country is, of course,s
. Canada; a descriptive text-book . known to reach a speed of sixty milesan hour. Snow-shoeing, tobogganing, coastingand skieing have many followers. It is abeautiful sight to see a long line of menand maidens starting off for a snow-shoe tramp. They are dressed inpicturesque white blanket suits withknitted red or blue sashes and man carries a torch and theywind in a long line over the fields otglistening snow a\ ith shouts and pealsof laughter. The older men do a greatdeal of curling, and get keen enjoymentout of their cup matches and bonspiels. Life in the country is, of course,somewhat different from city of the games already mentionedare played to some extent, for theyoung fellows gather from the different farms and have their games atsome central place in the evenings. Occasionally the farmers take aday off and have a big picnic to which the people come for milesaround, bringing their baskets of good things to contribute to thecommon store. Sometimes it is a church picnic, sometimes a politi-. Lacroese Player. 22 CANADA.
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