ll classes being treated there for illnesses that in Britain are
treated at home.

His Royal Highness visited and explored the whole of the great General
Hospital, stopping and chatting with as many of the wounded soldiers
who were then housed in it, as time allowed. He also paid a visit to
the Children's Hospital close by. This was an item on the program
entirely his own. Hearing of the hospital, he determined to visit it,
having first paved the way for his visit by sending the kiddies a large
assortment of toys. This hospital, with its essentially modern clinic,
was thoroughly explored before the Prince left in a mist of cheers from
the kiddies, whose enormous awe had melted during the acquaintance.

The afternoon was given over to the colourful ceremony in the
University Hall, when the LL.D. degree of the University was bestowed
upon His Royal Highness. In a great, grey-stone hall that stands on
the edge of the delightful Queen's Park, where was gathered an audience
of dons in robes, and ladies in bright dresses, with naval men and
khaki men to bring up the glowing scheme, the Prince in rose-coloured
robes received the degree and signed the roll of the University. Under
the clear light of the glass roof the scene had a dignity and charm
that placed it high among the striking pictures of the tour.

It was a quieter day, but, nevertheless, it was a day of crowds also,
the people thronging all the routes in their unabatable numbers,
showing that _crescendo_ of friendliness which was to reach its
greatest strength on the next day.

V

The crowds of Toronto, already astonishing, went beyond mere describing
on Wednesday, August 27th.

There were several functions set down for this day; only two matter:
the review of the War Veterans in the Exhibition grounds, and the long
drive through the residential areas of the city.

Some hint of what the crowd in the Exhibition grounds was like was
given to us as we endeavoured to wriggle our car through the masses of
other automobiles, mobile or parked, that crowded the way to the
grounds. We had already been impressed by the almost inordinate number
of motor-cars in Canada: the number of cars in Toronto terrified us.

When we looked on the thousands of cars in the city we knew why the
streets _had_ to be broad and straight and long. In no other way could
they accommodate all that rushing traffic of the swift cars and the
lean, torpedo-like trams that with a splend