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Booklet promoting the 1939 Empress of Britain world cruise. Two copies. Includes two inserts: Dressing for the Great Adventure and Shopping in Far Places.
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, Jf * * * *■ / 5 - A New WORLD CRUISE A WORLD CRUISE is the supreme travel experience. But today the discriminating public has been educated to demand comfort and luxury on its travels; it asks for the finest in ships and service so that the more-than-four-months' journey round the Seven Seas is a vacation in the truest sense of the word. Canadian Pacific has answered this demand by the building of the Empress of Britain, the perfect ship for a long cruise. In January of 1939 this great, majestic ship will steam down New York harbor on the first leg of this voyage of thrill and adventure and comfort and pleasure. It is headed for strange, exotic ports which many of you have never seen; it will rest in picturesque harbors in Europe and the Orient, Africa and South America, allowing adequate time at each port of call to absorb the charm of the countries visited. It will transport you to new delights, new experiences, new pleasures. And while doing so, the Empress of Britain will provide a degree of luxury which is without a peer in cruise travel history. The choice of a ship for such a cruise is not a matter to be considered casually. Your ship will be your home for more than four months. And ships are different, just as hotels are different. There is size to consider, and up-to-dateness, and food and service. One must carefully consider the question of roominess and comfort in one's living quarters, the reputation of the company owning and operating the cruise, the size and seaworthiness of the vessel, the facilities for sport and the all-important facilities for complete rest and relaxation. For more than two months you will actually be at sea; and during all this time you will regard your ship as your home, expecting the same comfort and quiet that you would find in your home, but demanding also those additional comforts and luxuries which only the finest of homes can offer. Consider then, the Empress of Britain. She was built for the Canadian Pacific, the world's greatest travel system, especially for World Cruising. She has a gross tonnage of 42,350, she is 760 feet in length and almost 100 feet in width. To the uninitiate those may be merely figures, but they translate into this: The Empress of Britain offers more space per cruise passenger than any other ship. Deck space is of vital importance on this trip where all of your weather is balmy and much of it is tropic. Whether you prefer activity or sheer resting, you will be on deck most of the time, and in this important point the Empress of Britain offers far more than any other cruise ship. One of the many huge decks on the Empress of Britain is devoted entirely to sports. There is, for instance, a full-size, regulation tennis court. Of course there are other courts for deck tennis, too; but the big tennis court is adequate for championship games. There is ample room to run back for lobs and to move beyond the sides of the court. There are spectators' galleries, so that the tennis court is a constant attraction even to those who do not play the game. There is a championship squash racquet court, and a magnificently appointed gymnasium. There are two swimming pools: one indoors and the other one outside, inviting cruise passengers to enjoy salt water plunges between periods of sun-bathing. There are facilities and equipment for all types of deck games, such as quoits, bullboard, shuffleboard, ping-pong, golf, and horse-racing. [3] r [4] rllLKiL are precisely eleven WK lounges and dining rooms. Not H one, or two — but eleven, ■j Wk Sufficient in number and m. ft variety to afford proper background for whatever your mood might be. The Empress of Britain carries up-to-date talking picture apparatus with which recent popular feature films are shown. There is ship-to- shore telephone and complete radio service. But perhaps the most distinctive of the many peerless features of the Empress of Britain is to be found in her living accommodations. Most of them are apartments, rather than the old-fashioned cabins which were regarded by travelers as mere places to sleep and dress. The Empress of Britain apartments are spacious and well-appointed. Their fittings are comfortable, complete and beautiful. Many of these apartments are 28 feet long and seventy per cent of them have private bath. There are also de luxe double apartments, suites of a lavishness which defies description, and there is an ample quantity of single apartments, most of which have their own private bath. Cruising on the Empress of Britain is not like journeying on any other ship. On the Empress you have the experience of traveling in a great, modern, perfectly- appointed club. As you glide swiftly and smoothly over the seven seas, you have at hand all modern conveniences; a beauty parlor and hair-dressing salon, manicurist, chiropodist, barber shop, Turkish bath, masseur, masseuse, laundry where the most delicate work is done swiftly and expertly, valet service, photographic service, shops, library, daily newspaper, stenographer—and five passenger elevators to carry you from deck to deck. Of importance, too, is the medical equipment. CHARMING FELLOW GUESTS FOR YOUR WORLD CRUISE [5; HE EMPRESS OF BRITAIN has its own hospital under the command of a skilled surgeon. It has a staff of trained nurses. It carries a dentist and complete, modern dental equipment. Your World Cruise apartment on the Empress of Britain is not disfigured with jutting steel girders. The walls are in natural woods of the richest and rarest. The suites and de luxe apartments are in tints. The beds are about 6^2 feet in length and three feet wide. There are ceiling and wall lights, bed lights for cozy reading, telephones, and noiseless electric signals for summoning stewards and stewardesses. The modern ventilating system is under the passenger's control so that the temperature of your apartment may be adjusted to individual desires. There are beautiful wardrobes with automatic lighting, sliding trays, full-length door mirrors, commodious shelf and drawer space, full-length wall mirrors, hot and cold running water, silver Thermos bottle for fresh, cool drinking water. And in the beautiful bathrooms you will find tub and shower and both fresh and salt water. [7 A GALA DINNER-PARTY IN A PRIVATE SUITE ASM VRML HOEVER you are — whatever you may be: veteran traveler or World Cruise neophyte, you wake early on sailing day conscious of a queer, exciting thrill. Within the boundaries of New York and nearby cities, there are a few hundred strangers who are looking at the morning sun and thinking the same thoughts, experiencing the same thrill. They, too, are thinking of the Empress of Britain; they, too, are wondering what the next four months may have in store. And these strangers are soon to be your intimates; the companions of your daily life; the selected ones who will share your pleasures and with whom you will spend long, lazy hours on the broad, spacious decks of the Empress of Britain as she moves silently and majestically through placid tropic seas. They are all unknown to you this morning— these other folks who are sailing with you on the Empress of Britain. But you have this in common: that you have all booked on the same ship, that you are embarking on the same cruise—and therefore there is a kinship of anticipation and of the ever-present spirit of adventure; a spirit no less dominant because the world is to be viewed from the sun-drenched decks of a great cruise ship. These persons you will know. Some will become acquaintances merely, others will be your partners in long hours of bridge and in delightful conversation on deck and in the spacious lounges. With others you will adventure through the highways and byways of strange ports, sharing new experiences, and comparing notes afterward: telling them of your own adventures and relishing their stories. With some of them you will indulge in deck sports. Your tennis partner is there, your squash racquet opponent, the person with whom you will most enjoy dancing—the one person on all the ship with whom the moon will look most beautiful. IMPROVE YOUR GAME WHILE CRUISING FAST TENNIS ON SHIPBOARD [11] ■HHHi i m mmmmm s li I 14 JrlE I will be strangers this day at 11 a.m. when the last lines have been cast off and the great engines commence to throb. But the watchful tension of sailing day will vanish rapidly as you become more acutely aware that these persons are co- citizens of a stately, moving world; that their eyes will see what your eyes will see; their lips taste the same delicious foods which yours will taste; their eyes sparkle with pleasure at the same scenes which will bring a gleam to your own eyes. And on this very morning there are, other parts of the world, innumerable other persons whom you do not know— who are waiting for you. There is the picturesque guide who will show you the marvels of Angkor Wat and the couple will meet on the hotel veranda at Singapore. In the streets of Bombay there men of magic waiting for you. 15 LEISURELY LIVING ON THE SPACIOUS SUN DECK I I I HERE are gentle and beautiful maidens in incomparable Bali. Today they are strangers. A few months from now you will be telling friends at home about them. They will no longer be figments of excited imagination, but real, tangible friends whose acquaintanceship will keep your Empress of Britain World Cruise alive for many, many years after it shall actually have ended. And so, when you step aboard the Empress of Britain, look at your fellow-passengers. In a brief space of time they will be your friends, members of the same luxurious travel club. Whatever your age or desires —there will be others on board of similar age and tastes. If you are a lover of bridge—there are endless days to enjoy it, with a deft steward always at your elbow. If you merely enjoy the relaxation of conversation, there are those who will delight to meet your mood. There will be, on these splendid decks, persons who will stand beside you at the rail as you steam into strange ports and who will say—in a mood to match your own—"Look! Isn't that beautiful!" Somewhere on board are the ones who will approach you as you drop anchor or tie up at a pier and ask, "What are you doing on shore tonight? We are planning a little party . . ." And, almost best of all, there are those with whom you will share your experiences in retrospect: "Wish you had been with us last night. A half dozen of us drifted into the most amazing place . . ." Experience. Novelty. Continual thrill. Constant change of scene and of interest. Colorful Cairo, Kipling's India, Malaya, Siam, Cambodia, lava, and, en route, the ultimate in luxury and comfort and rest and pleasure: a fine orchestra for Chamber Music, a lilting orchestra which will play nightly, Sunday excepted, for dancing and gala festivities. THE KNICKERBOCKER, WITH DECORATIONS BY HEATH ROBINSON THE SUN ROOM SUITES ARE IDEAL FOR ENTERTAINING [17] i RELAXATION AS YOU LIKE IT—IN THE CARD ROOM ASQTJERADES will be held frequently in the ball-room and — in the tropics — under the brilliant moon; masquerades which will tax your ingenuity in costume designing, and furnish memory highlights to your trip. Parties of all sorts, gay affairs, intimate affairs, galas: superintended by an expert, efficient staff; the worries of the world left behind you. Teas, dances, sports tournaments, sun-bathing, resting, walking, sight-seeing, hours and days of superb rest; companionship to suit every taste, service to gratify every whim. The Empress of Britain is a truly great ship. Its management and its staff have been trained by years of experience. There is a single management, afloat and ashore. Your every desire will be anticipated before it has taken shape in your own mind, for Canadian Pacific is a World Cruise pioneer. The farewell whistle sounds, the ship eases out into the river, the little tugs drop away and the prow of the Empress of Britain turns seaward. You have sailed on your World Cruise. On the cruise which lasts in actual time only a little more than four months, but from which you will return with the treasures of lifelong friendships and memories. [18] A perfect jcruise ship EMPRESS OF BRITAIN specially built and equipped for world cruising 42,3 50 TONS GROSS REGISTER 76b feet long, 97 feet in breadth Dining Saloon air-conditioned anA air-cooled A NEW WORLD CRUISE by the Empress of Britain COUNTRIES NEW YORK U.S.A. FUNCHAL TERREIRO DA LUCTA Madeira 2774 GIBRALTAR ROSIA BAY Gibraltar 616 ALGIERS ARAB QUARTER Algeria Monaco and France 419 MONTE CARLO CORNICHE ROAD LA TURBIE NICE VILLEFRANCHE BEAULIEU 461 NAPLES POMPEII BAY OF NAPLES Italy 366 ATHENS ACROPOLIS PHALERON BAY Greece 677 HAIFA BAY OF ACRE MT. CARMEL JERUSALEM BETHLEHEM GETHSEMANE MOUNT OF OLIVES Palestine 673 CAIRO PYRAMIDS SPHINX THE NILE BEDRECHEIN MEMPHIS SAKKARA SUEZ CANAL SUEZ PORT TEWFIK Egypt 174 90 BOMBAY SANCHI TOPE DELHI NEW DELHI AGRA AGRA FORT TAJ MAHAL FATEHPUR SIKRI India 2963 COLOMBO PERADENIYA KANDY ELEPHANT PARK MOUNT LAVINIA Ceylon 890 PENANG GEORGE TOWN (Prince of Wales Island) Straits Settlements 1287 SINGAPORE SELETAR JOHORE BAHRU Straits Settlements Indep't State of Johore 394 PAKNAM BANGKOK WAT ARUN Siam 803 HONG KONG KOWLOON NEW TERRITORIES VICTORIA PEAK REPULSE BAY China 1460 MANILA FORT SANTIAGO FORT McKINLEY Philippine Islands 633 BALI DEN PASAR PADANG BAY KINTAMANI Bali 1640 TANDJONG PRIOK BATAVIA CENTRUM BUITENZORG OLD BATAVIA *- 582 DURBAN ZULU RESERVE VALLEY OF 1000 HILLS MARINE DRIVE South Africa 4498 CAPE TOWN FRANSCH HOEK-PAARL CAPE POINT TABLE MOUNTAIN MUIZENBERG South Africa 800 ST. HELENA NAPOLEON'S TOMB LONGWOOD HALLEY'S MOUNT LADDER HILL St. Helena 1696 RIO DE JANEIRO PETROPOLIS TIJUCA SUGAR LOAF CORCOVADA Brazil 2159 BAHIA Brazil 747 PORT OF SPAIN SADDLE BACK PASS LADY CHANCELLOR'S ROAD Trinidad 2450 HAVANA MARIANAO VILLAGE Cuba 1478 NEW YORK U.S.A. 1190 JAN 13 6 p.j JAN 17 4 p.i JAN 19 6 p.i Arrive Cairo JAN 29 8.30 p.m. by special train from Jerusalem FEB 10 8 a.m. FEB 20 7 a.m. FEB 27 3 a.m. FEB 28 7P.m. MAR 4 6 a.m. MAR 8 7 a.m. MAR 13 6 a.m. MAR 19 6 a.m. APR 4 4 a.i APR 10 6p APR 29 6 a. i MAY 5 6a MAY 10 7a.i MAY 14 9 a TIME I JAN 7 11a.m. JAN 14 6 p.m. JAN 16 6 p.m. JAN 18 6 p.m. JAN 21 5 a.m. JAN 23 6 p.m. JAN 25 7 p.m. Leave Jerusalem JAN 29 about 8 a.m by special train for Cairo Sail from Suez FEB 3 7 p.m. FEB 17 8 p.m. FEB 23 6p.m. FEB 27 9 p.m. MAR 1 5P.m. MAR 4 9 p.m. MAR 11 5 p.m. MAR 15 3 a.m. MAR 20 6 p.m. MAR 24 11p.m. APR 8 6 p.m. APR 16 6 p.m. APR 20 4 p.m. APR 27 2 a.m. APR 29 6 p.m. MAY 6 1a.m. MAY 11 4 a.m. 11 1 2 1 11 1 11 12 Arrival and departure hours are approximate only, subject to confirmation. Uxwrp:ross of ^Britain 1939 l/VoarldL Cruise >»>M Search the globe and you couldn't find a more thrilling route for your supreme travel experience—the Empress of Britain World Cruise. Never before has there been such an Empress itinerary, including . . . the Best of the West ... its lovely cities, its ~ colorful races, its varied culture ... Madeira, Gibraltar, Algiers, Monaco, Naples, Athens, Holy Land, Egypt. The Best of the East ... its pageantry, its temples, its ageless charm . . . India, Ceylon, Penang, Singapore, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Manila, Bali, Java. The Best of the South ... its grandeur, its mysteries, its vibrant color . . . Durban, Cape Town, St. Helena, Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Trinidad, Havana. What a route . . . and what a ship for your cruise! Truly, this is the supreme travel experience and behind its planned perfection is the prestige of the Empress of Britain's seven previous world cruises and the experience of the World's Greatest Travel System . . . the Canadian Pacific. ■■)^i|il:' ':■ .,..,<■ . a .,."'■ ■'v'^:::::;;:,;i:;.;S:li ill; :'IiSlJ:|| ■vis^i : :v::--lll III1II:;:;.; .<■.■■'m ■y':.::y yilllll:-iv::- :;;..■; :fflllll " mm ¥MSml. *m fSflllllf: M MAL/JjlriA—No matter what the calendar says—it's always Spring in Madeira, with flowers and scents and smiles we've missed for months ! We sight this jolly island like an ice cream cone upside down in the blue. We land at a town that stands on end 3,000 feet against its blossoming hillside— white Spanish and Moorish houses with jewelled roofs of red and green — sidewalk cafes in the Praco da Constituicao, where we can get the famous black and white wines of the country — linen shops known for their shimmering bargains — solemn slow-footed oxen pulling what looks like granny's old four poster bed over cobbled streets — and flower sellers ready to give up prize bouquets for a few pennies. Let's mount between the curtains of those marvellous carroes and go oxen-motoring up to Pombal, where we entrain for the heights . . . Madeira slips away below us like a tinted dream. At the top, we lunch on the ridgepole of the world, with the Empress of Britain playing Noah's Ark toy on a painted sea far below . . . Then comes the Coney Island thrill — skimming down, 4 miles in 20 minutes, in our wicker sleds on their greased runners, with laughing dark-skinned boys as charioteers ! . . . The only thing that puzzles us about Madeira is why Columbus sailed all those stormy miles to discover America, when he had a garden here ! GalBRALTAR — Three thousand years ago, Phoenician mariners sailed between Mons Calpe and Mons Abyla, twin Pillars of Hercules, out into the grey unknown Atlantic to trade tin~ with the savages of Britain. Today, the British Lion stares across at the African Pillar from Mons Calpe, with his paws on two square miles of Crown Colony strongly fortified . . . Since 1309, the stronghold has changed hands 6 times and withstood 7 major seiges, the last of which took more than 3 years to finish — beginning and ending with the Lion in possession . . . We'll walk through those of the gun galleries open to the public. We'll look at the Eighth Century Moorish Castle. We'll visit the Barbary apes, the only ones in Europe, remembering the legend that when their race dies out, the Lion will lose Gibraltar. Then, because this is a Free Port under his august rule, we'll buy all sorts of attractive things at most attractive prices—and hope for the sake of future cruises that those monkeys are all Methusalehs ! AJjCjIILxiO has often been called "the most cosmopolitan city in the world" and the "Paris of Africa." Here she sits, in blue and pink and nun-like white, bowered in trees above her delicately outlined Bay, with a half-circle of tame hills behind her and the wild Atlas Mountains back of all . . . We'll see the latest Paris frocks and the smartest military uniforms in a rainbow of colors, side by side in the streets with veiled ladies, desert Arabs in sculptured white, little French midinettes, Senegalese in khaki and perhaps even a Moorish dancer in layers of silks and fortunes of jewellery, slipping off to an engagement which may or may not be dancing . . . Next day brings an included excursion through the modern town that looks so like Marseilles, and the old, old city that mounts through steep streets to the Kasbah, ancient palace of the swash-buckling Deys that terrorized the Mediterranean for three centuries and kept their Christian captives only to make them slaves. After lunch at the hotel, we'll shop in the souks — for brass, silk shawls, diaphanous scarfs with silver stars, amber and coral from the Soudan, soft snowy native cloth, jewellery of every picturesque, barbaric kind and, of course, a little "Hand of Fatima," such as all Arab ladies consider as necessary as the fascinating rims of kohl they paint around their lovely eyes. An Optional Excursion offers us Blidah, and the Gorges of the Chiffa . . . Blidah sits in its exotic gardens, 32 miles away toward those beckoning hills, perfumed with oranges, walled like a medieval town, with the typical French Place d'Armes and a stirring trade in wine, olives, fruit and flour. Then on we go to the great Gorges of the Chiffa, dashing round curves walled in with wild fig and olive trees, till at last we reach a waterfall, a little hotel at which to buy nuts — and finally the famous Ruisseau des Singes, where the nicest monkeys in the world take all our nuts away ! MUWALU — Here's the original of Spotless Town—if you go by looks, not reputation—a giddy little principality that has always lived well by its wits. And from it winds the ribbon of the Grande Corniche, the smartest road in the world, with its head in Nice and all the jewel-towns of the Riviera glittering on its chain ! . . . Let's hop into our motors and watch the Mediterranean fling sapphire glories on the one hand, while the Alps toss diamonds on the other, and half the notabilities of Europe share the track with our cavalcade ... At Nice, we'll visit those branch shops of the Paris haute couture. At Ville- franche, on the return trip, we'll see the might of the French at sea . . . But in the evening at Monte Carlo, we'll get the biggest thrill of the day, when we visit the Casino when the stakes are at their peak ! [21] i JN AJrLiiiib—The loveliest Bay, the awesomest Mountain, a Buried City like nothing else on earth and a Drive that has no competition except from the Grande Corniche — no wonder they say/ "See Naples and die !" But who could bear to leave this laughing earth, with the dramatis personae of all the Neapolitan love songs that ever thrilled the moon, right here around us in these picturesque streets? . . . We'll see the Cathedral of San Gennaro, the National Museum — and then we'll dip back into the First Century at Pompeii, to study how those luxurious ancients enjoyed life until Vesuvius woke . After that, shall we take the Amalfi-Sorrento Drive and come back with every superlative worn at the edges from so much use? . . . Shall we climb the Monster that trails his smoke-plume over the sky? ... Or shall we visit Rome the Eternal and check up on Mussolini? . . . Who could choose? Let's toss! AlrliLWb—Across the centuries we sail to Greece—-so old when Time was young — and take a 5-mile spin by motor from Phaleron Bay to Athens, that little city of three hundred thousand souls which still has the power to cleanse the mind from all lesser concepts of Beauty . . . Hadrian's Arch and the Tower of the Winds — the Museums — the Theatre of Dionysius — temples to gods who can never be forgotten, so long as these serene columns stand against lost horizons of loveliness, beyond which the sun surely shone brighter and men were a worthier breed . . . Then, topmost pinnacle of human dreams, the Parthenon, embodiment of majesty and peace, its age-worn pillars stark against a rolling plain and that eternal "wine-dark sea." An Included Excursion gives us a full day to see the sights and we have lunch at the hotel . . . Those who have seen Athens have a yardstick of comparison that comes from no other experience. Intoxicating color they'll meet in plenty before this Cruise is over — color that speaks to the senses. But only here, in all the world, will they see those coldly perfect chiselled lines that satisfy the mind. [23 I HOLY LAND—So little, you could motor through it in an afternoon — 150 miles long by 50 wide — with a Capital City so small you could walk around it — only 2x/i miles in circumference ! Yet, to three great faiths, here is the center of the world that now is, and that which is to come . . . We enter Palestine at Haifa, grey walls and orange groves — the Joppa to which St. Peter went — and across the way lies bloody Acre of the Crusades . . . Four hours by rail takes us to Jerusalem — the Garden of Gethsemane, with gnarled old trees against which the sleeping Disciples may have leaned — the Mount of Olives, from which He wept over the City — the Via Dolorosa, where we walk in His footsteps — the Church of the Holy Sepulchre — the site of Solomon's Temple, where now stands the Mosque of Omar . . . We visit Bethlehem, too, as did the Wise Men, and see the lowly Milk Grotto, the Church of the Nativity, the Shepherds' Field . . . And everywhere, against these scenes from the Past, we catch glimpses of a new Future. For men and women from all over the world are gathering back to their Home Land after nearly two thousand years. Here flows their commerce, and here stands their University. Hebrew is spoken in these streets. Those who want to see more of these miracles, that were and are in process of becoming, may take an Optional Excursion to Nazareth and the Sea of Galilee . . . Those who wish to omit Palestine altogether and spend extra time in Cairo may go on with the Empress of Britain from Haifa to Port Said without extra charge. OA1KO—Old Cairo, its twisted streets perfumed with saffron, is New York, London and Paris for the Moslem world. New Cairo is the center of a chic winter resort country. Between them stands Cairo of the archeologist, its Museums packed with earth's earliest treasures, preserved in sands that keep a 5,000-year-old fresco as lively as the day it was painted . . . We'll "do" the Khan el- Khalili Bazaar, no more to be resisted than Eve's Serpent . . . We'll take our pick of the city's 500 Mosques — Mohammed Ali's in alabaster and the Mosque of Sultan Hassan with its 270-foot minaret . . . We'll visit the Ashar University, founded in 971 and still going strong . . . We'll join the elite in those hectically gay hotels and help to make them gayer . . . We'll take our dreamed-of visit to the Pyramids, those vast "toboggan slides for the stars," and the Sphinx, whom Greeks and Romans honored with votive offerings when they made the Grand Tour long before us ... At night, we'll look over the city from Sultan Saladin's Citadel — the Nile at sunset, with the long lateen sails of the native boats making us think of fabulous birds JERUSALEM'S STREET OF STEPS © a.c.p. [25] WM ma i I I on that rainbow water, palms dark against the sky, a string of camels leaded with sugar-cane passing slowly into the blue haze that rises from the desert, while jewelled stars burn through in the purple sky . . . When we sail to Bedrechein, we'll see the wonderful river at close quarters, its banks bordered with grey mud houses where life goes on much as it did when the Pyramids were building. Near Bedrechein we'll visit the ruins of Memphis, the Pyramids and the Tombs of Sakkara. Two Optional Excursions beckon us . . . the first promises us Luxor and Thebes — the Tomb of that glittering little King Tut, who owned the earth till he died at 18, and they put a bouquet of olive and willow branches, cornflowers, blue nympheas and belladonna berries into the slender hand that could no longer hold Egypt's sceptre — the Valley of the Kings, with its great yellow cliffs — the Colossi of Memnon, one of which sighs at daybreak while the other keeps silence — the Temple of Ammon at Karnak, with the massive Gate, the Avenue of Rams, the great Winter Palace Hotel and the shops where we buy vest pocket gods, and green and blue scarabs for luck . . . The other Optional takes us up to Assuan and the great First Cataract, with negro villages flashing by the windows of our train and the eternal sun of Egypt gilding everything, till we reach the Dam—a super-human blockade, with the White Nile foaming down from the mysterious depths of Darkest Africa. THE LOVELY TAJ MAHAL INDIA—From the moment we sail out of the Suez Canal we're in another world, as alien as the mccn. Europe has sunk below the horizon. Palestine and Egypt, of which we learned in Sunday School, have left no impress here. We need those long lazy days at sea, to prepare our minds by emptying them of all we thought we knew . . . India, cur first country en this jewel-colored map, crowds more than 350 million people into an area half the size of the United States — to say nothing of 2 million gods. We're lucky to be under British ciceronage, for who knows the land like those who have governed it for centuries? . . . We enter at Bombay, with its impressive waterfront edged with tall Gothic-Saracenic buildings — a city that came to England as part of the dowry of Catherine of Braganza, the Portuguese heiress who shared Charles II's affections with Nell Gwyn . . . We'll visit the famous bazaars, where we can buy ebony furniture and marvellous inlaid Bombay boxes — see Malabar Hill and the native city — take in those eerie Towers of Silence, where the Parsees leave their dead to the hovering vultures — and watch the endless pageant of the streets stream by our motor cars ... But Bombay is only the gateway to wonders, for Delhi, Agra and Fatehpur Sikri lie ahead . . . Delhi is India's capital — where Shah Jehan, the Mogul Emperor, sat on his fabulous Peacock Throne in an Audience Chamber of which the very stones are tracery of lace, while our Pilgrim Forefathers wondered what they'd get to eat on Plymouth Rock ! . . . We'll seek out Silver Street, where the ivory carvers work, to buy delicate trinkets . . . We'll see the Kutb Minar, "the most perfect tower in the world," with its 5 storeys of soaring red sandstone, white marble and miraculously wrought balconies . . . and then we'll go on to Agra, for more glimpses of Shah Jehan, his grandfather Akbar and his great-great-grandfather Babar, first of the Grea^ 26] [27] i PROCESSION OF ELEPHANTS—BOMBAY Moguls, who lcoted not only an Empire but the fabulous Koh-i-Noor diamond . . . Here we'll see the red sandstone fort, a mile and a half around, that housed the Emperor's bouquet of 5,000 fabulously beautiful wives — and the Taj Mahal, where the lovely Mumtiz-i-Mahal sleeps beside Shah Jehan in a Mausoleum that took 20 years and 20,000 workmen to build . . . Last of all, we'll go to Fatehpur Sikri, the Mogul capital that Akbar built on a lonely height as a thank-offering for the birth of a son — those grim battlemented walls, vast palaces, wide spreading courts and splendid Mosques — all left to the birds [28] > m«: Jyi ?ii[?^#l.s|l^:v:^s;::S^:^::>'i^-'' js T^f^yS^ICw^ Kb':'i ;-.-v*HH .;-*" *;: sb:;~:' '. : : bbb.b ',"--l^f" ■' -,'.•; ~iv.. ;■■!■■■■ WsM'sbbb,,:s :-^*';■'■*■■"'. b;;b1 < ~-S .-:!!!::B:!,:*>■:..bBBbb■,:!.!'„BB B2:bbSSS^SSS»:S i.BBS5: ?:»S* J,*i,sBSS.SSM^K^^rBa E' ~.i! «***B .%X:..i:T J»«S..".*»:S:KBB*bB,BBiBS.BBS Bbbj* ;>. ,b3>: B!% JlMaiaW*;bB^>b B. iBf Si W-'!.iSlSiiiijISg ■;? B; ©E.G, A PARADE IN BOMBAY half a century after the Emperor's death, for lack of water ! But those of us who are truly caught by the spell of India won't be satisfied to go back on board the Empress of Britain without seeing further and deeper. So there are three great Optional Excursions . . . The first gives us Udai- pur and Jaipur . . . Udaipur is the capital of His Royal Highness the Maharajah, with fairy-like palaces, crowds like a moving flower garden, sports events that centre round the cult of the Tiger and Pichola Lake, fairest in all India, though Nature didn't put it there, but Art. . . Jaipur is a modern city, as such things go on the Peninsula, for the great Maharajah Jai Singh founded it in 1728, with wide streets, rose-red houses, vast Palace gardens cooled by artificial rain showers and a Museum which would be a credit to any city anywhere. Today's potentate keeps 2,000 servants, to say nothing of 50 royal elephants and a fleet of motor cars — all of which comes easy, since his income tops 30 million dollars a year . . . Back of Jaipur, Amber, the long-dead city, clings to the hills like an eagle's nest in the sky — another of those strangely abandoned capitals that "dream awake" through the centuries . . . Instead of heading almost due north from Bombay like the first Optional Excursion, the second Optional swings north-east for Benares by the Sacred Ganges, holiest of all pilgrimage-spots, perpetually crowded with the [29] y faithful from India, Burma and Ceylon. Whoso dies within its boundaries — whether Hindu, Moslem or only Christian — goes straight to Siva's Heaven . . . Here, in one of the most ancient and violently picturesque cities in the world, we see some of the 1,500 Temples and Mosques — the Durga, Aurangzeb's, with its minarets, and Bisheshwar, most sacred of all. But the Mecca for us, as for the other pilgrims, is the Ganges, bathed in and drunk, day and night. For less exalted souls, the bazaars spread brilliant lure in silk brocades, gold and silver filigree, brass and lacquer . . . But the third Optional Excursion is by all odds the most wonderful, because it not only gives us the land of the Moguls and the Holy City but strikes across for Calcutta, drives north to Darjeeling under the snows of the Himalayas and then turns south and skirts the entire Peninsula, so that we don't rejoin the Empress of Britain till she reaches Ceylon! Here, truly, is a gift of the gods — a great adventure ! Calcutta symbolizes almost the whole history of England in the East — The British East India Company, the horrors of the Rebellion and the "Black Hole," the mighty growth of trade, so that today this sprawling city by the Hooghly rivals the Port of London . . . Darjeeling, summer headquarters of the Bengal Government, has the most spectacular setting of any legislative town on earth, near neighbor to Kinchinjunga and Mount Everest, where we hope to see the sun rise over the last scintillating fastnesses of mystery . . . Madras represents the first European settlements, the struggles with the French for domination and the rise of those colossal figures of romance, the Merchant Princes. 31] — m m/;:'%t ■'■■: |::.b ' ,::^f::^:^r fT^-':'*Wj?'v&^^ ItJiiJ' WM MM i^^^^.JJ 1111 Illl ill IS w -;A\ »yyiyykym:y''"[:':H: 11! r,giiiii, ,^^^^S";!.^K= ■ .:*:K# '■■ :8S-;'Sf«B ■111 1" ■ .,;«-;|::p|B:» * ^ - © L.G.—P.P.S. 32] CEYLON is an island of jewels—pearls, sapphires, amethysts, garnets, cat's eyes — flowers too barbarically wonderful to grow in mere earth—silks that shimmer as though diamonds were woven into them — people who smile as if each day were a gem straight from heaven — all set in a sea that looks as though the Celestial City must have been melted to make that unbelievable color! The houses are white, the air is truly perfumed with the spicy breezes we used to sing about in church, and the sky is bluer than a field of prize cornflowers ... At port in Colombo, we can shop to our heart's content and load our apartments with loot, then drive out for tea to Mount Lavinia, to a sunset that sets the world ablaze . . . Then it's ho for Kandy, perched 1,600 feet up in the cool hills, where we climb onto mountainous elephants for a turn around the scenery, watch their brothers take a bath and a massage by the lake and duly admire Buddha's two-foot Tooth in the Temple erected in its honor . . . Then back we go to Colombo, 70 miles by car, along a heavenly road bordered with vast tea and rubber plantations, spaced out with friendly little villages where native ponies wear softly tinkling bells ... If we want more of Ceylon, and who wouldn't, we'll take the Optional Excursion to explore its third-degree climate. The first is tropical, at Colombo. The second, at Kandy, is temperate. But up at Nuwara Eliya, 6,500 feet toward the zenith, the air is like a cocktail, the nights are decidedly cold and the Governor has a summer residence, where he doubtless snuggles under blankets for the dog-days, while his subjects take off that extra string of beads! There is also a one-day Optional Excursion down the coast to Galle. FOR A FEW PENNIES THIS NATIVE OF CEYLON RISKS HIS LIFE ©p.p.s, i ANGKOR WAT—STEPS TO THE SANCTUARY PENANG AND ANGKOR-The tune changes- Britain still at the baton, as in India and Ceylon, but here the haunting music of the Far East begins, to culminate in far- off China and Japan . . . We drive about this lovely tropical Prince of Wales Island, just off the Malay States and connected by railway ferry, visiting the luxuriant Botanical Gardens — the Aier Itam Temple, where, the goldfish swim between banks of roses, marigolds and chrysanthemums and the sacred turtles slumber in the sun until they find the food we bring—the Snake Temple, where all St. Patrick's adversaries must have emigrated when they left the Emerald Isle, to lie peaceably on the altar here . . . But from Penang goes an Optional Excursion that no one in his senses would want to miss— to the heart of the ancient Khmer Kingdom in Cambodia . . . 34] rtmm #liSllillll ililBI THIS COVERED WAGON IN THE MALAY STATES SHADES MAN AND BEAST Angkor Thorn, a city once larger than Rome of the Caesars, built about the time of Charlemagne, today a "dream in ruins," temples and gardens, over which the jungle swept for 800 years—Angkor Wat, dating from the Twelfth Century, the holiest Temple of this strange and lovely world, with five great galleried towers like Russian headdresses, flowering above a maze of courtyards and stairways, up which only golden gods could walk without humility and awe. DlJN VjArKjiihi—Here is the most spectacular Cross-roads of the East, bought by the wily Sir Stamford Raffles from the Sultan of Johore — who didn't know he was selling the fifteenth port on this dizzy globe, with a harbor almost as busy for its size as New York's ! . . . We're only 87 short miles north of the Equator, but the winds blow pleasantly, and the British in their topees look as cool and collected as though they wore top hats in Mayfair . . . 300 races drift through the streets of polyglot Singapore . . . We can buy anything from a live tiger to a Malacca cane — native and imported jewellery, precious stones in the rough, baskets and rattanware, Malay-made sarongs and adorable models of the skittish native boats . . . We'll have the gayest dinner dance at the Raffles Hotel on the night of our arrival. Next morning we'll get a distant view of the giant Naval Base, take in the Tanglin Botanical Gardens and then motor across to Johore, to see what a Malay landscape looked like before England took the reins of government and the Chinese took over the shops! Perhaps we'll even take a long shot at Johore Bahru — local Monte Carlo for planters, miners, soldiers, sailors and anybody else who wants to court Lady Luck. [35] SIAM SIAM—And this is the Pot of Gold and the Rainbow too— Bangkok, where mosaic statues soar tall as houses beside temples in gilt and enamel, where dancing girls with plaster- white faces are stiff -with jewels, and an Emerald Buddha, two feet high, rules from a sixty-foot altar the life of both dynasty and subjects ! Nowhere in all the world has architecture gone so gorgeously mad as in this "Celestial Venice" astride the River Menam, with canals for streets in the older town and whole families who hardly ever sleep ashore . . . Here is a Royal Palace, magnificent as Sleeping Beauty's Castle and huge as a town, with a boat-shaped ihrone of solid gold topped by a nine-storey umbrella—and nearby are the legendary white elephants ! . . . Those who wish may pass from these delirious wonders to watch a Western miracle, in which venomous snakes serve mankind at the Pasteur Institute. And then served up with our tea, we'll enjoy a Siamese dance—and wonder why battalions of Tiller Girls bother to do with machine-made steps what these odalisques manage with ten fingers and a couple of eyes ! HONG KONG—British Hong Kong is Chinese by population in the proportion of 4 to 1—an island 1,823 feet high at The Peak, 25 miles round by motor, set on one of the world's most impressive harbors, like a gleaming porcelain plate painted with sampan sails and the flags of all nations . . .Those who want local color in gobs can get into rickshas and proceed on their first Chinese shopping tour, on Queen's Road — for silks and jades, laces and linens, embroideries, Chinese jewellery, porcelains and blackwood furniture . . . Then we'll all climb The Peak to see the map fall dizzily off at our feet, down to the harbor gleaming below and banked at the horizon by shadowy mountains behind which lies some of China's richest silk country ... Of course we'll pick out our snowy Empress of Britain, probably companioned by one of her four sister Empresses steaming on lawful Pacific occasions, instead of gallivanting round the globe like us . . . Another trip takes us by motor to the New Territories on the mainland, once a nest of pirates of blood-curdling reputation, but now held by Great Britain on a good strong 99-year lease . . . Still a third excursion whirls us out for tea, by lovely arms of the sea, misty blue mountains and distant islands, to Repulse Bay where the British smart set goes for swimming, yachting, golf. TEMPLE OF THE EMERALD BUDDHA—BANGKOK WATER BUFFALOES ARE USUALLY WARY OF PHOTOGRAPHERS ©E.G. MljUeJ a jL L MANILA — At last we're to have a chance to see what America has done in the tropics- ?P f flf j \S even though she may choose not to remain in charge indefinitely . . . She's laid out a modern city Le6a$Di /ilfel* ¥ °* Wic*e boulevards anc* impressive office buildings, side by side with a Sixteenth Century 1 Spanish town of winding yellow and pink walls, narrow streets, iron balconies, picturesque churches and a moat now used as a golf course ! . . . We'll "do" both towns — from the Naval Station and the Old Spanish Fort at Cavite, to the Cathedral. Here, too, is a cabaret supposed to be the biggest in the world . . . We'll shop for needlework, Bangkok hats, Igorot and Moro craftwork. We'll snap the latest auto and the oldest carabao cart on the same roll of film — an American hurrying out to business lunch, and a Filipino dozing in eternal sun outside his Nipa hut. And perhaps we'll catch sight of a China Clipper, its silver wing-spread bridging the Pacific and knitting these lovely islands still more firmly into the future commercial tapestry of the Western World. CROSSING THE LINE—Now comes the drama no one talks about beforehand—the important ceremony of Crossing the Line that belts our rotund Earth... On the night before, Neptune's Herald comes aboard in state, climbing out of the mystic depths with his two Trumpeters. The Captain meets him, hears the Sea God's proclamation with due reverence — and the Herald sinks again to his watery home below the keel. Chanties ring out across the lonely ocean, and we go to sleep wondering what marvels the dawn will bring . . . Then Neptune himself appears, trident in hand, surrounded by all his Court —guardians, "water dogs," musicians, a doctor, a barber with a razor as big as Father Time's old scythe . . . What happens next? Just wait and see! Those who have gone through the ceremony before won't tell, because it's far more fun to watch the uninitiated face the music that ends in a barrel of laughs! The privilege of initiation must be sought—there are no unwilling candidates. But once we see other people getting "blooded" as Line Crossers, we'll probably never dream of going home without being able to say that we, too, have gone through the mystic rites that make us brothers and sisters in the Ancient Order of Navigators who know the world Upside Down as well as Right Side Up . . . From now, henceforth, the Southern Cross belongs to our heritage—not just the old North Star that shone on our cradles . . . And as we end this historic day, we have a bigger conception of earth, the stars and the myriad peoples on whom they shine than we could ever get from mere books and maps and movies seen at home. 38 FESTIVITIES CROSSING THE EQUATOR •BALI—And now the horizon hails us with a 10,000-foot peak lifting out of the blue, lapped to the waist in emerald forest that falls to a shimmering sea—Bali, the loveliest island that ever housed a million beautiful golden-brown people, content in their own unspoiled Eden . . . Even the scarecrows planted in luxuriant fields to chase evil spirits are lovely figures in their native costume. Even the yellow and brown birds can be tamed to obey orders. Even the votive offerings of fruit, carried to the Temples by nymphs who, at other times are bare-breasted and make one think favorably of nudism, are arranged in tiered poses no Western artist could achieve and topped with sprays of flowers and feathers! . . . Everything looks like a mural painting—crowds, buildings, people who work in gold, silver, pottery or cloth-weaving, coco palms and tamarisks etched against that marvellous sky, rice fields splashed on the hillsides and maintained in tiptop order by what is probably the world's most efficient native irrigation system . . . But the charm of the Island culminates in the glimmering costumes of the dancers and their fantastically beautiful rising-sun headdresses. Little girls train for the Legong from the age of four— and are counted quite passee at eleven! But, in between, what a gorgeous life they lead in their brilliant hand- woven metal fabrics, swathed tightly round tiny figures, as they learn to express in a single stiff traditional gesture what it would need books to describe! . . . We'll go to Den Pasar to see them, where live the most famous dancers of all. But first, to Kloengkoeng, the former capital and still center of the wood-carving and gold industries, and then up past villages, rainbow markets, frostwork temples and plumed volcanoes, till we reach Kintamani of the shadowy forests and purple hills. At Den Pasar itself, some of us will take advantage of the chance to stay overnight at the Bali Hotel and slip out to the "pasar besar" (native market) in the morning. There are two Optional Excursions, both of which take in many of the most spectacular natural sights of Bali, such as the Sacred Springs, the Sacred Forest and the famous Elephant Cave. CELEBRATION AT A BALINESE TEMPLE EXQTIC DANCE IN BALI [39] JAVA — And now away we sail to Holland in the Orient, to see what those clever Dutchmen do to keep the peace and make the dollars multiply in earth's most densely populated area, under the loom of the Equator . . . Java contains 40 million people in an island about the size of New York State—to say nothing of more than 5,000 species of plants, 562 kinds of orchids, more tea, rubber and coffee plantations and far more emerald rice fields than the mind can compass— together with a complete and vastly profitable monopoly of the world's quinine trade . . . Batavia gives us the thrill of Seventeenth Century Europe, set down by old canals, in stately houses now burst, ing with slant-eyed Chinese and laughing Malays, since the lords of the land have moved up to Batavia Centrum and its galaxy of lovely suburbs attached to this "most modern city in the East," where villas stand buried to their chins in gorgeous gardens . . . We'll see it all— from the Sacred Cannon, where dark-skinned ladies who wish to rival Mme. Dionne place votive offerings, to the Museum where the history of Java is preserved complete under glass. We'll visit the batik market and watch those brilliant yards of loveliness flash under slim brown fingers, till we simply can't resist this one—and this—and that. We'll see the Arab shops, where dark-skinned wanderers from far deserts trade in gold and precious stones. We'll take in the Aquarium with its rainbow denizens, and the old Portuguese Church which reminds us of the first Europeans who established themselves in this island paradise, back in the early years of the Sixteenth Century. We'll number ourselves among the fortunate travelers who can look superior when the Hotel des Indes is mentioned—one of the most famous in all the East—and probably sample the "rijsttafel" (rice table) with its 50-odd supplementary taste-thrills . . . We'll motor off 36 miles to Buitenzorg (Care Free), where the Governor owns a palace 800 feet above the sea, with an artificial lake studded with lotus flowers and those enormous Victoria Regina, whose leaves are big enough for a child to sit on, like a magic floating carpet—the whole concoction set in the most famous Botanical Garden ever laid out, with a tight fence around the lucky man's front lawn to keep his private deer from running away ! . . . An Optional Excursion we won't want to miss takes us to Bandoeng, the Garden City, 2,300 feet in the sky, a delightful mountain resort and the charming capital of Java's richest province . . . Past plantations, banana groves, forests of teak- wood where monkeys swing from the trees and a sentinel line of towering heights follows us on the horizon . . . tea at Punchak Pass, then past bullock carts with wooden wheels and vivid matting sides, we swing along toward our beauty spot in the clouds, where we dine and sleep at the hotel, awaking next morning for the awesome sight of the Tangkoeban Prahoe crater before lunch and lovely Isola with our afternoon tea. Our trip back gives us the beautiful route via Poerwakarta on our way down to Batavia and the Empress of Britain. [40] BALI BELLE AND IMAGE ©F.S. [42; SOUTH AFRICA NO YY we're facing one of today's most exciting transitions—from Asia, where civilization is immemorially old, to the Union of South Africa, where white history began tentatively at Cape Town in the latter half of the 17th century, spread northward in the memory of some now living, and still sits cheek by jowl with primitive culture in the hinterlands. We're going to see natural marvels—but also even stranger wonders in the realm of finance. For these federated commonwealths—larger than the sum of Germany, France, Italy and Portugal, with a population of around ten million, about a quarter white—have achieved something that sounds Utopian. They have no depression —no unemployment—low taxes—and a dizzy government surplus of revenue over expenditure! They're the fastest-growing export market in the world—produce 55% of the total gold—are among the largest per capita owners of cars, users of electricity and importers of automobiles, radios and electric refrigerators from the U.S.A. When we add that construction figures have increased almost six-fold during the past four years, we don't need to say there's a boom. DURBAN—As we sail into the great landlocked harbor of Durban—principal center of Natal and port for its rich sugar area—we see that the 260,000 people of this subtropical city have an ideal setting in which to spend their wealth. The Bluff, with its tall lighthouse, towers 250 feet above the sea, wooded to its toes with primeval forest. But the beach sweeps five glittering miles around, in a great white crescent set out for play. Here's where lucky Durbanites go to swim, ride surf boards, sail, play bowls on the sand or just sit under the palms in the gardens at these Riviera hotels. Back across the flatland and climbing the slopes of the Berea go the creamy houses, buried in flowers, that may be anything from subtropical to temperate-zone in origin, for all one has to do is stick something in the ground and it grows like mad. Once ashore, we're struck by the width of the streets, their shining cleanliness and the polyglot parade of types. Tall Zulu ricksha boys, with headdresses beyond the dreams of Hollywood, clamor for our attention. Zulu women in beads and blankets stalk by like queens, elbowing ladies from India in rainbow saris. Smart visitors from England and their South African cousins look as though they'd stepped out of a fashion magazine. We see even Arabs and Chinese, drawn by the magnet of prosperity and a delightful climate—thanks to the Mozambique Current. Yet quite likely the ancient witch doctor, squatting on Somtseu Road in the native quarter selling hippopotamus fat for love charms, can remember when the site of Durban was nothing but dunes and brush! We'll see the city in every fascinating detail—the blazingly colorful native and Indian markets—Mitchell Park Aviaries, Jameson Park Gardens, the Zoo and the monkeys at River- dale, tame as kittens—the Old Fort, now turned into a peaceful sanctuary for veterans—the Marine Drive, 300 feet above the sea, out to the Bluff Lighthouse—the statue of Dick King, Natal's own Paul Revere, who rode 600 miles through the bush to get help for a garrison beleaguered by Dingaan and his savage Zulus, back in 1842. And then we're off for two of those scenic drives we've learned to expect in such a well-planned itinerary—to the Zulu Reserve and the Valley of One Thousand Hills. On the Reserve, we'll see kraals, looking like so many neat skull caps set in a vast expanse of open rolling country, each placed so that the rising sun shines first on the animal-folds. Perhaps we'll watch one of these little homes in the making—cunningly woven of wickerwork [44] I DURBAN RICKSHA "BOY". THE HEADDRESS SYMBOLIZES SPEED; THE OXEN HORNS, PATIENCE ©L.A. 45 WILD LIFE ABOUNDS JN AFRICA and rushes, with an opening in the side that looks as though it were meant for a good-sized dog. Here, outside her front door, a husky lady with a sugar-loaf coiffure will soon be crushing "mealies" foi breakfast in a hollowed-out stone, taking a strenuous hour in the process. She's apt to be shy, but her children are friendly and even the men make no objection to our sight-seeing tour, though the comments these bronze Adonises pass in their musical language may be anything but complimentary to our beak-like noses (theirs are flat), our pale and washed out complexions and our terrible taste in clothes! When we go to the Valley of One Thousand Hills, the road climbs inland, past pretty country houses and prosperous farms, past great plantations of pineapples, bananas and pawpaws, till the scene finally fades out into South Africa as it was before the white man came—vast, formless, inert, the landscape of a dream. Finally we round into a huge upland Valley that looks as though it had dropped from the moon—ridge after ridge of corrugations, inextricably folded on each other, an enormous panorama of pleated hills and arching sky, with cloud-shadows painting the green, the grey and the lion- color with an ever-changing wash of melting hues . . . wide as the sea, and as empty of life, except where Zulu kraals are set like mushrooms in infinity. [46] * » \$* % iMJf ■y > VICTORIA FALLS, ENTRANCING IN THEIR SHEER BEAUTY [48; VICTORIA FALLS VICTORIA FALLS—And now we have a chance to take optional trips we'll never, never forget—to see two authentic wonders of the world, Victoria Falls and Kruger National Park. The Falls, discovered by David Livingstone in 1855, are spectacular not only by reason of height and picturesque location, but because no other cataract behaves in the least like it. The whole enormous blue volume of the Zambesi River, twice as wide as Niagara, is hurled into a chasm more than twice the depth of Niagara's — channelled out through a gorge no wider than a good-sized street, past a cauldron called The Boiling Pot — and zigzagged down a Grand Canyon that winds through the jungle between 400-foot walls for 40 stupendous miles! We'll see the Falls from Danger Point, Knife Edge and The Rain Forest — hear its roar till the sound lives in our memories forever—and go away knowing why the natives call it "The Smoke That Thunders." KRUGER NATIONAL PARK-In the Park, we'll see a man-made miracle just as wonderful—a greai disarmament program between us and Jthe animals that covers an area approximately the size of the State of New Jersey. Our car sometimes has to go slowly, because several lions have chosen the middle of the road for their afternoon snooze! This strange beast that smells of gasoline isn't good to eat, so they don't want it. But it's never yet attacked them, so they aren't afraid to take their time moving off. Later, a baboon may wander down to give^us the "once over" or a hippopotamus raise his nose from the water in lazy curiosity. We may see zebra, blue wildebeest, water-buck, impala, kudu ... but the list is too long to particularize. The main point is—bring cameras! For such an opportunity to see the loveliest of God's creatures asyHe meant them to be, with no bars between, may never come ^again before the Millenium. 1he Cecil Rhodes Memorial • CapeTown [49] " CAPE TOWN—A 1200-mile sail brings us around another of the world's historic corners — the Cape of Good Hope. Here, in the lee of historic Table Mountain, lies Cape Town—first Dutch, then English, now legislative capital of the Union of South Africa. Its 60 square miles contain a population of nearly 350,000—who thank their stars for a Mediterranean climate and a perpetual cool sea breeze, to make possible a bracing atmosphere together with year- round swimming, fishing, golf and flowers. Our first trip is a peaceful inland drive, through the lush GAPE wine and fruit-growing sections. Here, in a sheltered area smaller than the Isle of Wight, are found 200 more species of wild flowers than in the whole of England—and how they paint the roadsides as we fly along between big mountain ranges toward Paarl, a lovely old-world town, and Fransch Hoek, settled by Huguenots whose descendants still live there. Back in Cape Town again, we start for the famous Cape Point Drive, that curves out of Table Bay to the pounding Atlantic. The Twelve Apostles soar above us, their granite heads in the sky—Hout Bay shows us an un- [50 iff *■>• t'ii .^:M^b:?bb-bbb.b.b:.b..b^^ *: BB,b :,.;:,;: ; .;:.,<, :, ' ..,. ... ;; B ;-. ;. ■ JBB,,.., B: / ; .. TOWN spoiled fishing village—then up goes the highway till we feel like birds, coasting above a lost and lovely ocean and across a wild moorland, till at last we reach the Cape itself. Here, 900 feet below, the Atlantic and the Indian Oceans meet—a lighthouse stands above the restless seas—and "The Flying Dutchman" can be glimpsed in the dark o' the moon, paying its ghostly penalty for piracy. Then we'll "do" the city—the Flower Market streets—the ancient Public Gardens—the Castle, the Malay Mosque— Groote Schuur, once the home of Cecil Rhodes and now the residence of the Prime Minister—the Rhodes Memorial— and the University of Cape Town with its "campus in the sky." Next comes our ascent of Table Mountain—a 3000- foot climb by aerial car to a peak where we almost stand level with the angels! Our South African adventure ends with a halcyon dip in the sea at Muizenberg on False Bay— a gorgeous beach, floodlit at night, one of the best sunbathing pavilions anywhere, sunken gardens, [a cobble- streeted town . . . and the little thatched cottage where Cecil Rhodes died. [51] ST HELENA ST. HELENA—Earth's loneliest and most dramatic Alcatraz, created for one prisoner—a 47-square-mile crescent of volcanic rock, 1200 miles off the African coast— that's St. Helena. On the north, those impassable cliffs reach 1000 feet, and double their height on the south. Deep valleys run fissure-wise to the sea on the inner side of the crescent, and freakish pinnacles silhouette themselves against the sky — the Ass's Ears, Lot's Wife, the Chimney. St. James Bay is the only entrance to this ancient crater- world, toward which ships have been finding their way since Portuguese discovery in 1502. The tiny crossroads had its roaring days in the 18th century, with all nations in port at once, revictualling at Jamestown for the rich East Indian trade. But 1815 brought the only passenger who lives in men's imagination—Napoleon. Six years later, the superman died at Longwood. And in 1858 Queen Victoria gave the house of his exile to Napoleon III, who restored it. Few ships call now—except an occasional whaler or a vessel in distress—and the little island, with pleasant climate and soil planted like a Botanical Garden, seems farther away from the everyday world than the books we read as children. We'll motor 6 miles out from Jamestown to Napoleon's house. We'll see his Tomb. And we'll SOUTH AMERICA wonder what he thought of his Dream, when all crusades were over. On the way back, we'll cross Halley's Mount, where the famous astronomer worked alone toward the end of the 17th century—the first of so many science-crusaders who exiled themselves for the sake of a Dream . . . and that Dream goes marching on! RIO DE JANEIRO—And now for one of those swoops across the blue that make us glad we're on the Empress of Britain, where no day is ever dull, no evening lacking in pleasant surprises. We rest, read, play, to tune our minds and bodies up for one of life's major thrills—RIO! As we sail toward this astounding city, up its enormous landlocked harbor—15 miles long and from 2 to 7 miles broad—we don't wonder that its first discoverer, Concalo Coelho, could scarcely credit his eyes. At the dawn of the 16th century, many believed in miracles—and who but a playful giant of the Elder World could have set this fantastically lovely mountain backdrop behind the narrow alluvial strip fronting the sea? Here is the Pao de Assucar (Sugar Loaf Mountain) humping its huge 1230-foot back into the sky. And there is Corco- vado (the Hunchback), stranger still, rising right among 53: ' [54] PAO DE ASSUCAR (SUGAR LOAF MOUNTAIN) AND CABLE CAR, RIO DE JANEIRO JANEIRO the houses, more than a thousand feet higher. And Tijuca, topping them all! Behind stands the vast rampart of the Organ Mountains, with the famous "Five Fingers of God"— 30 miles away, but seeming in this clear sunny air as though we could reach out and touch them. No wonder the French and the Portuguese fought over Rio for two hundred stirring years—where else could they find its equal? No wonder the Portuguese, finally victorious, moved their government here, in the days when Napoleon threatened the whole of Europe. No wonder modern Brazilian city-builders were inspired by such a setting to create a matchless metropolis. Let's get out and explore! There's no lack of museums, churches and monuments— they spring like flowers from this enthusiastic soil. But most of us will want to stay outdoors—whirling along the Avenida Beira Mar, five miles of white marble, fringed down one side with royal palms, bougainvillea, gorgeous gardens and handsome houses—and on the other by the glittering sea—taking in the Avenida Rio Branco, where stately Government Buildings shoulder banks and steamship offices— stopping again and again down the length of Rua Ouvidor and other famous shopping streets, to yield to our desire for mementoes—taking a look, if not a dip, at Copacabana Beach, where all young Rio laughs in the sun—visiting the Botanical =■ i iii i" ■ &-vM ;*$*&$& ' gtframM.-* '-jS*^ B AVENIDA RIO BRANCO, RIO DE JANEIRO [55] I Gardens, with their 100-foot palms and their waterlilies, 21 feet across—enjoying a spin out to Petropolis, 2,600 feet above sea-level, where Dom Pedro used to live royally in his palace, and the rich and great of Rio now fly to their summer residences, just when North America is cuddling into its furs. Then, having seen the wonder-city from the ground, we give wings to our imagination and soar boldly into the air by cable-car for views from the top of both Sugar Loaf and Corcovado—seeing not only the far-flung city but the sparkling marine doormat where the Empress waits. On Corcovado's summit, there is a gigantic figure of Christ, illuminated at night by electricity—dramatic reminder of the fact that the first conquerors of the New World thought of themselves not only as empire builders but as heralds of the Cross. ■DA.H.1A—Bahia de Sao Salvador de todos os Santos, to call it by its full resounding name, is a very different story. WEST Though now only the fourth largest city in Brazil, it's older than Rio by 45 years and remained the capital until shortly before the Boston Tea Party made history in the sister Republic up north. Part of its lure dates back to the 16th and 17th centuries—churches, fortifications, some public buildings and private houses that remain from the old exciting days when France and Portugal struggled for possession of this immense and fabulously rich empire in the New World. But even if Bahia had been born yesterday, she would still charm us by her unique upper-and-lower- berth layout. By the waterside, we find the crowded and colorful market, the Brazilian negroes in their flaunting rainbows, the busy quarters given over to getting out the cocoa, tobacco, pias- sava, rubber and coffee for which Bahia is famous. Then, perched on a plateau swung 195 feet above this lusty port, we see the stately Government buildings, the smart shops and the beautiful homes that make such good use of the stream of gold gathered in at the wharfside. Steep motor roads and two rack lifts join the twin Bahias, and up we'll go—to speed along the Avenida and across the Praca Castro Alves, where wealth and fashion congregate, to scan the busy shipping from our cool and flowery balcony—to dip to sea level again for the picturesque fishing village of Rio Vermello, then down the Barre Hill past forts and lighthouse to the lovely Avenida Oceanica that runs along the sea. TRINIDAD—Most southerly and second largest of the British West Indies, Trinidad lies just six miles off the coast of Venezuela at the mouth of the great Orinoco River— a squarish island noted for its Pitch Lake, its mud volcanoes, its rich soil, its remarkably healthy Capital and its manufacture of Angostura Bitters. Discovered by Columbus in 1498, it has known only two flags—but the streets of Port of Spain are gay with jewel-bright headkerchiefs from Africa and a mixed bouquet of East Indian draperies, to set off the white linen worn by English, Spanish, German and French men and the year-round summer sports clothes of their wives. Motoring through the downtown section, we make for the Savannah, center of fashion and fun. Here, in a great open space of 130 acres, we find golf, tennis, football, cricket and the racecourse. Around the edge runs the famous Pitch Walk, where evening fireflies rival the stars, and everybody who is anybody goes to saunter and gossip. Beyond stand the villas of the elite, together with most of the important public buildings—including Government House, in the truly famous Botanical Garden where we can see almost everything ornamental that loves and lives in the tropics. Then we sweep out of town to drive up over Saddle Back Pass, between the Maraval and Santa Cruz Valleys, and return through some of Trinidad's oldest cacao estates, then to the top of Lady Chancellor's Road for a panoramic view of the city and harbor. Lunch brings us back to one of the best-known hotels in the West Indies— the Queens Park, on the edge of the Savannah. WESTDJD HAVANA—And now for Rhumba-Town, last and gayest port of call on all the Cruise—Havana, where the sun sets only to let the moon drown its sorrows in electric lights. We sail past Morro Castle and La Punta, toward the heights that bristle with ancient fortifications into the harbor where Spanish galleons, loaded with gold, used to foregather for the trip to Europe. But today the gold comes in with us—and are we out to spend it! The Old City is as picturesquely Spanish as we could wish— huddling round the Plaza des Armas in an architectural salad of Creole houses, tiled patios, chattering markets, the Governor's Palace and the famous baroque Cathedral in which Columbus' bones came to rest though not to stay. But the shopping streets call and the Malecon winds along the sea, so away we spin for last-minute gifts and a sight of modern Havana disporting its giddy self in high-powered cars. Then comes a trip through lovely suburbs to Marianao Beach, for a swim or a round of golf. Lunch brings us back to the Nacional Hotel for a tip-top meal—and a peep at the famous painted ballroom, where we may dance our last pair of slippers through tonight, if we don't prefer to circle the town. NATIVE LIFE IN TRINIDAD AN UP-TO-THE-MINUTE BEAUTY PARLOR FOR MILADY [59] EMPRESS OF BRITAIN WORLD CRUISE FARES LIMITED MEMBERSHIP From New York and return to New York, fares are from $2300, Membership will be limited, which ensures comfort for all, according to location of apartment, for 127 days. Ship's plan both aboard and ashore. There will be no crowding or confusion, and schedule of fares for all apartments will be sent on request— and the facilities at the various ports, which in some instances see agency list on last page. . _ ^ are limited, will not be overtaxed. The Empress of Britain has a Servants accompanying employers, $1905. This fare includes .. /, lon , , ., £, , ., i 1X railway transportation Haifa to Jerusalem, Jerusalem to Cairo, and capacity of 1,180 passengers, but considerably less than one-half Cairo to Suez, with hotel accommodation and meals (no sight- of that number will be accepted for the cruise, seeing) at Jerusalem and Cairo, but fare does not cover included PASSPORTS AND VISAS excursions elsewhere If servants participate in included Passports are necessary. Most countries still require passports excursions at all ports, fare is $2300, provided they do their b d , h con/uiates or representatives. Full informa- sightseeing with employer or other servants. Servants may be :. ;.., y ,. ^uu&uiaL«& Ui wpiowuiauvcD. iuu berthed at Company's discretion at servants' fare. hon Wl11 be supplied to members in due time, and every assist- Children's fares are shown at bottom of page. ance rendered by Canadian Pacific representatives in completing details and securing the necessary visas. DEPOSIT AND PAYMENTS DECK CHAIRS, RUGS, CUSHIONS lo secure reservation, payments are required as outlined below. . . .. . _ , _. . '„ , r> <m? t_ On reservations made prior to September 1: £a\be re^d for *he crulse: Deck Chairs $5 each' Ru^s $5 each' Deposit of 10% of the cruise fare at the time of acceptance of Cushions $2 each. accommodation offered. BAGGAGE AND BAGGAGE INSURANCE ^TrteZSV™^ °f 25% °n September l' making the total t0 Large trunks and other baggage, which cannot be conveniently Final payment of 65% on November 1. accommodated in the apartment, will be placed in large baggage On reservations made on and after September 1: rooms accessible throughout the cruise. Trunks for apartments Deposit of 35% of the cruise fare at the time of acceptance of should not exceed fourteen inches in height. On inland excur- accommodation offered. sions baggage will be limited to suit cases, hand bags and other Final payment of 65% on November 1. portable baggage. Every care is taken in handling baggage, CANCELLATION but on k°ard, the liability of the Canadian Pacific is limited, and Accommodation cancelled after deposit receipt, passage order the Canadian Pacific assumes no responsibility ashore. Members or ticket has been issued, will be placed on sale, and, when resold, are recommended to protect themselves by insuring baggage refund will be made of the amount paid, less expenses incurred. against loss, damage or theft. Rates on application to any Cana- _TTT, -_-_^_- T™« t,^™ dian Pacific agent- THE FARE INCLUDES MODERN LAUNDRY First-class passage with apartment accommodation and meals, The Empress of Britain is equipped with a modern laundry, landing and embarkation facilities, shore excursions as desig- anci members' work will be given preferred attention at reason- nated on page 64; accommodation and meals at leading hotels, a^le charges, where specified; transfers between stations, quays and hotels; ~ TRAVELERS' CHEQUES olrirefrSandgratUitit-;iSerV^ Members will find Canadian Pacific Express Travelers' one to each small group, while ashore with the excursions. -,. . . T , . , A. *t -.,,- ^o^ (tnn Cheques convenient. Issued in denominations ot q>lU, 3>Zv, $oU, INCLUDED EXCURSIONS $100 and $200, also sterling, £2, £5, £10 and £20, they maybe Members who before sailing declare their intention of obtained from any Canadian Pacific office at regular rates. They omitting certain shore excursions in the included group will be are negotiable the world over. made an allowance, at time of booking, covering such excursions MAIL CABLES omitted. Details on application. _ f ' ■ _ , , . . , , ,. *->,„• * j. j.u -j. t j.-u r* i> * t - To facilitate delivery of mail received at the various ports ot caii, Uwmg to the necessity for the Company making for- ., ■ -n . r^tt- v j.t_t7 l t> -j. ■ \/ u „ ward contracts for included excursions, it must be clearly *»» 1S a P°st Office on board the Empress of Britain. Members understood that such allowances can only be granted at wil1 be supplied, when tickets are issued, with instructions regard- the time of the original booking. No allowances can be ing addressing of mail and cables to reach them en route. made on board or after termination of cruise for any The Company shall not be liable for damages arising from non- included excursion omitted, either in whole or in part. delivery, mis-delivery, delay or from any error in the transmission Members booked without shore excursions at Athens and of cablegrams, telegrams, radiograms or mail matter. Bangkok will be provided with transportation between Phaleron ______ _ -«--- «« ~tt ttitt-o Bay and Athens or Paknam and Bangkok upon payment of fare EXCELLENT f AUlLillll-b which will be collected by the Cruise Director, such passengers The Empress of Britain has every facility of the modern hotel: having already been made an allowance covering such transporta- beauty parlor and hair-dressing salon, manicurist, chiropodist, ti°n- barber shop, Turkish bath, masseur, masseuse, surgeon, trained THE FARE DOES NOT INCLUDE nurses, dentist, laundry, valet service, photographic service, Government Revenue Tax on tickets issued in the United States, novelty shop, library, daily newspaper, stenographer, etc. personal items, such as beverages not ordinarily served on board There are five passenger elevators which serve all decks. bafh™eISt S,U^wirr™«^rn^^ SX™ MESSAGES TO RELATIVES AND FRIENDS Datnrooms at hotels, single compartments on trains, conveyances _ .. _ ... rr. ... . . , . .,. . , or guides specially ordered by members on individual excursions t Canadian Pacific offices will receive cable advice of the arrival and not ordered by the Cruise Director, gratuities to stewards oi the Empress of Britain at each port, and will notify relatives on the ship, and baggage insurance, which is strongly recom- and friends of members by mail, if names and addresses are mended. supplied. CHILDREN'S FARES—EMPRESS OF BRITAIN WORLD CRUISE—1939 Sharing a double apartment Sharing a single apartment Sharing a double apaitment Occupying a single apart- with two adults with one adult with one adult ment alone Ten years and over ..Adult tariff rate for Adult tariff rate for Adult tariff rate for Adult tariff rate for accommodation occu- accommodation occu- accommodation occu- accommodation occupied, including shore pied, including shore pied, including shore pied, including shore excursions. excursions. excursions. excursions. Five years and under ten $1,425 including shore $1,425 including shore $2,300 including shore Adult tariff rate for excursions. excursions. excursions. accommodation occu pied, including shore excursions. One year and under five...... $987.50 including $987.50 including $2,300 including shore Adult tariff rate for shore excursions. shore excursions. excursions. accommodation occu pied, including shore excursions. Infants under one year $100 excluding shore $100 excluding shore $100 excluding shore Adult tariff rate for excursions. excursions. excursions. accommodation occu pied, excluding shore excursions. [ 60 1 EMPRESS OF BRITAIN WORLD CRUISE THE SHOP—PHOTOGRAPHY On board the Empress of Britain there is The Shop at which may be purchased various articles, such as books, candy, toilet articles, films, souvenirs, post-cards, dolls and fancy goods. As a cruise offers exceptional opportunities for photography, a staff of photographers is carried for developing and printing. Cruise members should not take a large supply of photographic films with them, as hermetically sealed films are required in the tropics and may be purchased at The Shop at regular prices. Cine Kodak films in sizes 8mm. and 16mm. are also available, but must be processed on shore. WIRELESS AND TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT The ship is equipped with long range wireless capable of maintaining communication with land at all times. The Empress of Britain is also fitted with long range telephone equipment, for communication while at sea with shore stations. RELIGIOUS SERVICES Divine Service will be held on Sundays when the ship is at sea. Church of England Service will be conducted by a Church of England Chaplain. Holy Mass will be celebrated by a Roman Catholic Chaplain. ENTERTAINMENT Aboard ship there are many interesting things to do—tennis, squash, quoits, shuffleboard, sports tournaments, bridge, concerts, birthday parties, fancy dress and masquerade balls, dancing, gymnasium, swimming pool, lectures, fraternal meetings, camera club, travel club, and sound pictures. The library contains a varied assortment of books on travel, adventure and foreign countries in addition to a representative collection of current literature. Two high-class orchestras will be carried for classical music and dancing. The Social Directress and the Staff Captain will assist in arranging the various functions. Illustrated Talks will be delivered, prior to arrival at the various ports, by an experienced traveller thoroughly familiar with the history and customs of each country. PROCEEDING TO EUROPE IN ADVANCE OF CRUISE Members booking for full cruise, and entitled to cruise ticket from New York with included excursions at the port at which they wish to join the cruise and at all previous ports, who desire to proceed to Europe in advance and join the cruise at Madeira, Gibraltar, Algiers, Monaco, Naples, Haifa, Jerusalem, Cairo or Suez, will be provided with passage from Montreal or Quebec (from Saint John or Halifax in winter season) by any Canadian Pacific steamship to a United Kingdom or Channel port, such members to provide their own transportation and maintenance from U.K. or Channel port of landing to port where they join the cruise. This arrangement does not apply at Athens due to prohibitive embarkation tax at that port. During the off-season on the Atlantic, accommodation similar to cruise will be provided, as far as possible, but during the busy season it may not be possible to assign such accommodation, although every effort will be made to do so. Such members will be required to pay (a) French port tax if landing at a French port, (b) any Government embarkation tax in effect at Mediterranean port of embarkation; details on application. These payments to be made at time of final payment for cruise ticket. In cases where such passage may not be acceptable, a reasonable allowance will be made for the portion omitted; particulars on application. FOREIGN CURRENCY AND POSTAGE The currencies of various countries, also postage stamps, will be on sale before members go ashore. The following table shows the approximate current value of the various foreign coins, which is of course subject to fluctuation from day to day. Current Equivalent U.S. and Canada Country Monetary Unit about Madeira Escudo 4J/£ cents Gibraltar. Shilling 25 cents Algiers Franc 3 cents Monaco Franc 3 cents France Franc 3 cents Italy Lira 6 cents Greece Drachma 1 cent Palestine. . . Palestine Pound $5.00 Egypt Egyptian Pound $5.00 India Rupee 37 cents Ceylon Rupee 37 cents Straits Settlements.. .Straits Dollar 58 cents Siam Baht 46 cents Hong Kong Hong Kong Dollar 31 cents Philippine Islands. . .Peso 50 cents Bali Dutch Guilder 55 cents Java Dutch Guilder 55 cents South Africa Shilling 25 cents St. Helena Shilling 25 cents Brazil Paper Milreis 6 cents Trinidad Trinidad Dollar $1.05 Havana U.S. Dollar $1.00 ONE MANAGEMENT . . . SHIP AND SHORE The Empress of Britain is owned and operated by the Canadian Pacific; arrangements for shore excursions are made for members by the Canadian Pacific; and Canadian Pacific representatives, experienced in world cruising, accompany the cruise to attend to the requirements of members aboard and to accompany them on shore excursions. GENERAL CONDITIONS All bookings and carriage of passengers on the Company's steamers are subject to the conditions in the Company's usual form of passenger ticket. Canadian Pacific acts only as agent for the passenger in matters relating to travel away from the Empress of Britain, whether by steamship, railway, automobile or any other means, and as such is free of responsibility for any delay, loss, accident or sickness occasioned by fault or negligence of any person or company, or from whatever cause. The right is reserved to withdraw the cruise, subject to refund of net fare received by the Company. Should it be deemed necessary or desirable by the management on any account to make changes in the itinerary, or to omit any section or port named in the programme, such change may be made, and no member shall be entitled to compensation on such account. Right is also reserved to decline to accept or retain any person as a member of the cruise, at any time, but in such cases where money has been received the full or a proportionate amount will be returned, according to circumstances. In the possible contingency of quarantine, any additional expenses, living or otherwise, must be defrayed by the member. [61] EMPRESS OF BRITAIN WORLD CRUISE SUGGESTED PREPARATORY READING Most travelers desire to acquaint themselves with the customs and history of the foreign lands they are to visit. The following comprehensive list of books is given in order that those who care to do so may prepare themselves by a course of reading prior to sailing. The Handy Reference Atlas of the World —John Bartholomew Unrolling the Map —Leonard Outhwaite Van Loon's Geography —Hendrik Willem Van Loon The 'Round the World Traveller —D. E. Lorenz Marble's Round the World Travel-Guide —Fred E. Marble The Royal Road to Romance —Richard Halliburton A Novelist's Tour of the World —Vincente Blasco Ibanez 10,000 Leagues Over the Sea —William Albert Robinson The Conquest of Civilization —James H. Breasted —and Ships and Sealing Wax —Alan M. Irwin So You're Going to the Mediterranean —Clara E. Laughlin Islands of the Mediterranean —Paul Wilstach All Around the Mediterranean —Warren H. Miller Borderlands of the Mediterranean —/. Gray McAllister The Mediterranean —/. L. Muller Cruising the Mediterranean —/. L. £» M. S. Muller Greek Seas —E. Muspratt Blue Water —A. S. Hildebrand Mediterranean —P. BloomfLeld Mediterranean Magic —E. Eisner Brown's Madeira, Canary Islands and Azores—A. Samler Brown Things Seen in Madeira —/. Edith Hutcheon The Flowers and Gardens of Madeira —Florence Du Cane Tourist's Guide to Madeira —Power Things Seen on the Riviera —Leslie Richardson The Lure of Monte Carlo —Mrs. C. N. Williamson The Riviera of The Corniche Road —Sir Frederick Treves The Riviera —Baring-Gould The French Riviera —A. R. Bonus Naples, Riviera —Vaughan Pompeii —R. C. Carrington Things Seen in the Bay of Naples —Albert G. Mackinnon Italy of the Italians —Helen Zimmern Naples, includes Pompeii, Sorrento, Amalfi, Paestum, Ischia and Capri —Sybil Fitzgerald Rome —George Wharton Edwards Greece and the Aegean —Ernest A. Gardner Modern Athens —George Horton Italian Lakes —G. Faure Seeing Italy —E. M. Newman Italian Journey —/. Skene Naples: Past and Present —-A. H. Norway Naples and Southern Italy —Edward Hut ton Pompeii and Herculaneum —C. G. Ellaby From Olympus to the Styx —Lucas Hellas and Hellemson —Vlachas Hellas Revisited —Dixon Wine Dark Seas —E. L. Wharton Glories of Greece —C. R. Greer Greek Salad —K. A. Matthews Across the Mediterranean —M. W. Berenson Adventures in Algeria —B. Stuart In the Steps of St. Paul —H. V. Morton A Wanderer in the Promised Land —Norman Bentwick A Modern Pilgrimage —Mary Berenson A Pilgrimage to Palestine —Harry Emerson Fosdick In the Steps of the Master —H. V. Morton A Bible Atlas —Jesse Lyman Hurlbut This Believing World —Lewis Browne Things Seen in Palestine —A. Goodrich-Freer Palestine, the Enchanted Land —/. Perry Palestine, Old and New —Albert M. Hyamson Milestones In Palestine —G. B. Stone Christ's Own Country —F. E. Clarke Road to Nazareth —/. Gibbons It Happened in Palestine —L. D. Weatherhead Footprints in Palestine —M. Miller The Nile: The Life Story of a River —Emil Ludwig Seeing Egypt and the Holy Land —£\ M. Newman Manners and Customs of the Modern Egypt —E. W. Lane Things Seen in Egypt —E. L. Butcher Orientations —Sir Ronald Storrs Newsgirl in Egypt —B. Board Book of Egypt —The London Series Search in Secret Egypt —P. Brunton Wayfarer in Egypt —Quibell Glamour of Egypt —B. M. W. Jesson By the Waters of Egypt —Lorimer Murray's Handbook: India, Burma and Ceylon —John Murray r 621 —Kenneth Saunders —Patricia Kendall —Lowell Thomas —Sydney Greenbie —Emma Hawkridge —Dhan Gopal Mukerji —John S. Hoyland —Dhan Gopal Mukerji —Somerset Maugham —P. Brunton —B. Hall —P. Mallet —F. C. Yeats-Brown —S. King-Hall —L. J. Thomas —H. M. Boulnois —J. Pellem —Gordon Sinclair —Frank Buck —Frank Buck —Robert J. Casey —H. Marchal -Helen Churchill Candee —James Saxon Childers —Harry A. Franck —W. A. R. Wood —Eric Seidenfaden —H. W. Ponder —Hendrik de Leeuw A Pageant of Asia Come With Me to India India, The Land of The Black Pagoda The Romantic East Indian Gods and Kings Disillusioned India The Case of India Visit India With Me Ah'King Search in Secret India Travels in India Turn Eastwards Lancer at Large Thirty Days of India Seeing India with Lowell Thomas Mystic India Diamond and Dusk Khyber Caravan Bring 'Em Back Alive Wild Cargo The Four Faces of Siva Archaeological Guide to Angkor Angkor The Magnificent From Siam to Suez East of Siam Land of Smiles Guide to Bangkok Java Pageant Crossroads of the Java Sea Von Stockum's Traveller's Handbook for The Dutch East Indies Bali: Enchanted Isle Bali and Angkor Bali: The Last Paradise Island of Bali The Philippines Today Odyssey of the Islands Southeast of Zamboanga Interesting Manila America in the Pacific Restless Jungle Knights in Africa History of South Africa to the Jameson Raid, 1899 First Expedition to Africa —David Livingstone Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa —David Livingstone The Life of Wm. G. Blackie —David Livingstone South Africa, 1652-1933 —A. F. Hattersley South Africa —Jan. H. Hofmeyer Zambezi Days —Robertson More Annals of Natal —Hattersley A History of South Africa —Eric A. Walker Olden Times in Zululand and Natal — Rev. A. T. Bryant Cradle Days of Natal —Graham MacKeurtan Pioneer Days in Natal —Barbara I. Buchanan Natal: Land of its Story —Russel Natal —P. A. Barnett & G. W. Sweeney Cape Town —C. Lewis & G. E. Edwards Wilderness of Fools —R. Churchward Geld Diamonds and Orchids —Wm. Johanne La Varre St. Helena —Philip Gosse Brazil Today and Tomorrow —Elliott Brazil —Pierre Denis Brazil and her People of Today —N. O. Winter Don Pedro Magnanimous —M. W. Williams Sea and the Jungle —H. M. Tomlinson History of Brazil —P. Calogeras Naturalist in Brazil —K. Guenther Rio Illus. from Photographs —Hugh Gibson South American Observations and Impressions —James Bryce Working North from Patagonia —H. C. Franck The Republics of Latin America—H. G. James & P. A. Martin South America —H. W. Wilson Crime of Cuba —C. Beak Cuba: New People of Today —Lindsay Forbes Cuba of Today —A. H. Verr ill Terry's Guide to Cuba —P. Terry Cuban Tapestry —S. A. Clark Pageant of Cuba —H. Strode Cuban Sideshow Revolution —R. H. Phillips —S. A. Reitsma —H. E. Yates —Geoffrey Gorer —Hickman Powell —M. Covarrubias —Robert W. Hart —C. N. Taylor —V. Hurley —George A. Miller -Foster Rhea Dulles —M. L. J. Akeley -C. W. R. Knight ■ r INCLUDED SHORE EXCURSIONS THE CRUISE FARE INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMME OF SHORE EXCURSIONS and this cruise being of 121 days duration ample time is provided for visiting all the worthwhile points of interest. MADEIRA—Evening of arrival: Ball at Casino, including transportation to and from Casino; admission to Casino and dancing. Next day: sightseeing, including transfer by bullock carroe or motor car from pier to railway station, special train to top of mountain, Terreiro da Lucta, 3,285 feet; luncheon at Chalet Restaurant or Reid's Palace Hotel; descent by wicker sled or train. GIBRALTAR—Half-day drive by motor car around the town and to Rosia Bay; visit galleries and fortifications. ALGIERS—Full day trip by motor car through the modern and Arab sections of the city; luncheon at hotel. MONACO—Evening of arrival; Transfer service to and from Monte Carlo Casino. Next day: full-day trip by motor car over the Grande Corniche Road, via La Turbie, to Nice; luncheon at Nice; return via Villefranche and Beaulieu. NAPLES—Half-day drive by motor car to points of interest in Naples, including the Museum. Half-day drive by motor car to Pompeii and return. ATHENS- at hotel. -Full-day trip by motor car from Phaleron Bay to points of interest in Athens, including the Acropolis; luncheon JERUSALEM AND CAIRO—Eight-day trip by special train from Haifa to Jerusalem and Cairo, thence to Suez, including 1J^ days and 2 nights in Jerusalem with accommodation and meals at hotels; motor trip to Bethlehem, Gethsemane and Mount of Olives; sightseeing around Jerusalem. 43^ days and 5 nights in Cairo with accommodation and meals at hotels; motor trip to Pyramids and Sphinx; sightseeing in Cairo by motor car; Nile River steamer trip to Bedrechein, thence motor to Memphis and Sakkara. NOTE:—For members who desire to omit Palestine, arrangements will be made for them to accompany the Cairo Advance Party from Port Said to Cairo on January 28 without additional charge. This arrangement provides 6 days and 6 nights in Cairo. BOMBAY—Five-day trip by special train from Bombay to Sanchi Tope, Delhi, Agra, the Taj Mahal, and Fatehpur Sikri with meals and sleeping accommodation on train; sightseeing by motor car or carriage at most places; meals at hotels. Full-day motor trip around Bombay; luncheon at Taj Mahal Hotel, Bombay. Sleeping car accommodation consists of four-berth compartments suitably divided by curtains. Supplementary fare for exclusive use of a compartment for one, two or three persons will be quoted on application, subject to such accommodation being available. COLOMBO—Full-day motor trip to Peradeniya Gardens and Kandy, with luncheon at hotel in Kandy; motor to Elephant Park; luncheon at Galle Face Hotel; afternoon motor drive around Colombo and to Mount Lavinia for tea. PENANG—Full-day motor trip around the Island and to points of interest in Penang, including Snake Temple at Sungei Glugor, Botanical Gardens and Aier It am Temple; luncheon at hotel. SINGAPORE—Evening of arrival: Dinner Dance at Raffles Hotel, including transportation to and from hotel. Next day: morning motor trip to the Independent State of Johore, via Seletar Village, and the Johore Causeway, including drive around the town of Johore Bahru; afternoon motor drive in and around Singapore. BANGKOK—Full-day trip from Paknam to Bangkok; sightseeing by motor car; launch to Wat Arun; luncheon at hotel; motor to the Grand Palace, Temple of the Emerald Buddha and Wat Poh; tea and exhibition of Siamese Classical Dancing at Bangkok Riding and Polo Club. HONG KONG—Three half-day motor trips around New Territories, Victoria Peak and to Repulse Bay, where tea will be served at the famous Repulse Bay Hotel. Dinner dance at Peninsula Hotel, Kowloon. MANILA—Half-day drive by motor car around Manila, including Fort Santiago and Fort McKinley. Dinner dance at Manila Hotel. BALI—Full-day motor trip in the Island of Bali, including the Bats' Cave, Penelokan and Kintamani. Luncheon at the Bali Hotel in Den Pasar. Balinese music and dance performance at the Poera Satrya. Motor to museum. BATAVIA—Full-day trip by motor car to Buitenzorg with luncheon at hotel; full-day drive by motor car to Batavia Centrum, Old Batavia, Aquarium and Museum with luncheon at hotel. DURBAN—Motor drive around Durban, visiting Native Compound; motor drive to Valley of a Thousand Hills including visit to Zulu Native Kraals; motor trip over the famous Marine Drive; luncheon at hotel. CAPE TOWN—Fransch Hoek-Paarl drive with luncheon en route; Cape Point drive with luncheon en route; motor drive around Cape Town; aerial cable way to top of Table Mountain; train to Muizenberg for bathing. ST. HELENA—Half-day sightseeing drive through Town Gate to Napoleon's Tomb and house at Longwood, returning through centre of Island over "Halley's Mount", thence via High Knoll Fort and Ladder Hill. RIO DE JANEIRO—Motor drive around Rio de Janeiro, thence to Petropolis; luncheon at Petropolis; return via Tijuca. Motor car and aerial railway to Sugar Loaf; luncheon at hotel; motor car and rack railway to Corcovada. Dinner Dance at hotel. BAHIA—Half-day drive by motor through quaint and historic Lower Town, thence through modern Upper Town. PORT OF SPAIN—Half-day motor drive around the Savannah and through Saddle Back Pass, thence to top of Lady Chancellor's Road; luncheon at hotel. HAVANA—Half-day drive around city visiting principal points of interest, thence through suburbs to Marianao Village. Luncheon at Nacional Hotel. For Optional Excursions, see pages 65 to 68 Shore Excursions are arranged and supervised by Canadian Pacific—World's Greatest Travel System [64] OPTIONAL EXCURSIONS For the benefit of cruise members who desire to extend their inland travels beyond the included excursions shown on page 64, the following optional excursions have been arranged. These may be purchased on shore before sailing or on board the Empress of Britain. Early registration is recommended, as membership is limited. Optional shore excursion fares may be increased at any time on account of the instability of rates of exchange. The Company will protect bookings at these fares provided a deposit is paid on each excursion prior to the date that an increase in optional shore excursion fares is announced. BLIDAH—Number 1 Limited to 100 persons JANUARY 18—Full-day trip by motor car around Algiers, including the Arab Quarter, thence to the noted Algerian town of Blidah at the foot of the Atlas Mountains. Luncheon is served at Blidah and a visit is made to the Gorges of the Chiffa. The return trip is via the coast route and Algiers is reached about 4 p.m. *Extra Fare per person, $3.25* Members participating in Optional Excursion No. 1 are given the complete programme of included sightseeing in Algiers. ROME—Number 2 Commencing at Naples, terminating at Naples Limited to 150 Persons—Special Train JANUARY 22—Leave Naples 9.15 a.m. by special train. Arrive Rome 11.42 a.m. Proceed to hotel for luncheon. Afternoon: Sightseeing in Rome visiting points of interest, including the Roman Forum, the Colosseum, Catacombs, Pantheon and St. Paul's Basilica. Dine and sleep at hotel. JANUARY 23—Sightseeing in Rome by motor car in morning, visiting Pincian Hill, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel. Leave Rome 12.35 p.m. Luncheon on train. Arrive Naples 3.25 p.m. *Extra Fare per Person, $32.75* Members participating in Optional Excursion No. 2 must necessarily omit the included sightseeing programme in Naples and the trip to Pompeii; due allowance has been made in the optional fare. AMALFI—SORRENTO DRIVE—Number 3 Limited to 125 Persons JANUARY 23—Full-day trip by motor car from Naples over the famous Amalfi-Sorrento Drive. Luncheon at Amalfi and afternoon tea at Sorrento. Return to the ship for dinner. Extra Fare per Person, $10.25 VESUVIUS—Number 4 Limited to 60 Persons JANUARY 23—Half-day trip from Naples by motor car and funicular railway to the crater of Vesuvius. [Return to the ship for luncheon. Extra Fare per Person, $6.25 NAZARETH AND SEA OF GALILEE—Number 5 Commencing at Haifa, terminating at Cairo and Suez See map on page 25 Limited to 100 Persons JANUARY 27—Morning: Leave Haifa by motor car, arriving Nazareth about 10.15 a.m. Visit the Church of the Annunciation, Workshop of Joseph, Jewish Synagogue and the Virgin's Well. Proceed to Tiberias for luncheon. Afternoon: Drive by motor car along the Sea of Galilee to Magdala, Bethsaida and Capernaum. Weather permitting, a trip will be made on the Sea of Galilee. Dine and sleep at Tiberias. JANUARY 28—Morning: Leave Tiberias by motor car; visit Jacob's Well and Mount of Olives; arrive Jerusalem about 1.00 p.m.; luncheon at hotel. Afternoon: Sightseeing in Jerusalem. Dine and sleep at hotel. JANUARY 29—Sightseeing in Jerusalem. JANUARY 30—Leave Jerusalem 8.50 a.m. by train for Cairo. Arrive Cairo 10.30 p.m.; proceed to hotel. JAN. 31 and FEB. 1-2—In Cairo with four half-days sightseeing. FEBRUARY 3—Morning free; luncheon at hotel. Leave Cairo 1.50 p.m. by special train for Suez to rejoin Empress of Britain. *Extra Fare per Person, $23.00* Members participating in Optional Excursion No. 5 are given the complete programme of included sightseeing in Jerusalem and Cairo. RIVER NILE, ASSUAN AND LUXOR—Number 6 Commencing at Port Said, terminating at Cairo and Suez Available only for members who desire to omit Palestine Limited to 30 Persons—See map on page 25 JANUARY 28—Leave Port Said Station at 12.15 p.m. for Cairo. Luncheon on train. Arrive Cairo 4.15 p.m. Transfer to Continental Hotel for tea. Leave Cairo 7.30 p.m. by sleeping car train for Luxor. Dinner on train. Sleeping car accommodation consists of two-berth compartments. Supplementary fare for exclusive use of a compartment for one person will be quoted on application, subject to such accommodation being available. JANUARY 29—Arrive Luxor 6.25 a.m. Transfer to Nile River steamer for breakfast. Steamer leaves Luxor 10.00 a.m. The entire day is spent on the Nile. Soon after leaving Luxor, the steamer passes Erment, noted for the ruins of the temple erected by Cleopatra. In the afternoon a stop will be made at Esneh to visit the Temple of Esneh which is situated close to the river bank. JANUARY 30—Another full day on the Nile with stops at Edfou and Kom Ombo. Edfou has the most perfect existing specimen of an Egyptian Temple. Its propylee and external walls are unique, being covered with inscriptions containing important details of the ancient geography of Egypt. Donkeys will be provided for the excursion, for which two hours are allowed. At Kom Ombo a visit is made to the ruins of the Temples of Kom Ombo. JANUARY 31—Steamer arrives Assuan 7.00 a.m. Excursion to the submerged Temples of Philae, the Great Assuan Dam, Assuan Town and the bazaars. Leave Assuan 3.30 p.m. by train. Arrive Luxor 7.15 p.m. Sleep at hotel. FEBRUARY 1—After breakfast, members will be transferred across the Nile River in small boats to the west bank. Motor cars are provided for the trip to the Valley of the Tombs of the Kings, including visit to King Tut-ankh-Amen's Tomb. The party then returns to the east bank of the Nile; luncheon at hotel. Afternoon: Visit the Temple of Luxor and the magnificent Temple of Karnak. Tea at the Winter Palace Hotel, Luxor. Leave Luxor 7.55 p.m. in sleeping cars. Dinner on train. FEBRUARY 2—Arrive Cairo 7.30 a.m. Proceed to hotel for breakfast. During their stay in Cairo, February 2 and February 3, members of Optional Excursion No. 6 will participate in \y2 days of Cairo sightseeing programme, including motor trip to the Pyramids and Sphinx. FEBRUARY 3—Morning free; luncheon at hotel. Leave Cairo 1.50 p.m. by special train for Suez to rejoin Empress of Britain. *Extra Fare per Person, $87.50* Members participating in Optional Excursion No. 6 are given the complete programme of included sightseeing in Cairo with the exception of the y2 day trip to Bedrechein, Memphis and Sakkara; due allowance for this has been made in the optional fare. In event bookings exceed the limit of 30, and there are sufficient additional to warrant the operation of a second party, arrangements will be made for the second party, No. 6A, to leave Cairo the evening of January 29. LUXOR, THEBES AND KARNAK—Number 7 Commencing at Cairo, terminating at Cairo and Suez Limited to 70 Persons See map on page 25 JANUARY 27 to JANUARY 31—Haifa—Jerusalem—Cairo programme. JANUARY 31—Leave Cairo 7.30 p.m. in sleeping cars. Dinner on train. Sleeping car accommodation consists of two-berth compartments. Supplementary fare for exclusive use of a compartment for one person will be quoted on application, subject to such accommodation being available. * These fares apply only for members booking with included excursions. Shore Excursions are arranged and supervised by Canadian Pacific—World's Greatest Travel System [65 OPTIONAL EXCURSIONS -Continued FEBRUARY 1—Arrive Luxor 6.25 a.m. Breakfast at hotel. Transfer across the Nile River in small boats to the west bank. Motor cars are provided for the trip to the Valley of the Tombs of the Kings, including visit to King Tut-ankh-Amen's Tomb. The party then returns to the east bank of the Nile; luncheon at hotel. Afternoon: Visit the Temple of Luxor and the magnificent Temple of Karnak. Tea at the Winter Palace Hotel, Luxor. Leave Luxor 7.55 p.m. in sleeping cars. Dinner on train. If desired, two days will be allowed for Luxor-Thebes- Karnak sightseeing with accommodation and meals at the Winter Palace Hotel, Luxor, at no extra charge. Members will be required to declare themselves definitely for either the one-day or two-day trip by a certain date which will be announced on board. FEBRUARY 2—Arrive Cairo 7.30 a.m. Proceed to hotel. During their stay in Cairo, members of Optional Excursion No. 7 will participate in two full-days sightseeing by motor car, including motor trip to Pyramids and Sphinx and Nile River steamer trip to Bedrechein, thence motor to Memphis and Sakkara. FEBRUARY 3—Morning free; luncheon at hotel. Leave Cairo 1.50 p.m. by special train for Suez to rejoin Empress of Britain. *Extra Fare per Person, $80.00* Members participating in Optional Excursion No. 7 are given the complete programme of included sightseeing in Cairo. UDAIPUR AND JAIPUR—Number 8 (pronounced Oo-dy-pore and Ji-pore) Commencing at Bombay, terminating at Bombay Special train with Dining Car—Four-berth Compartments Limited to 75 Persons—See map on page 33 FEBRUARY 10—Sightseeing in Bombay by motor car. Luncheon at hotel. Leave Ballard Pier 10 p.m. in sleeping cars. Sleeping car accommodation consists of four-berth compartments, suitably divided by curtains. Supplementary fare for exclusive use of compartment for one, two or three persons will be quoted on application, subject to accommodation being available. FEBRUARY 11—Arrive Ratlam 10 a.m. Change to metre gauge. Leave Ratlam 10.45 a.m. Arrive Udaipur 10.07 p.m. Sleep on train. FEBRUARY 12—Sightseeing in Udaipur. Leave 4.55 p.m. FEBRUARY 13—Arrive Jaipur 6.30 a.m. Sightseeing in Jaipur, thence to the deserted city of Amber. The journey, about one mile each way, is made on elephants. Leave Jaipur 10 p.m. FEBRUARY 14—Arrive Delhi 6 a.m. Breakfast on train. Morning: sightseeing by motor car. Luncheon at hotel. Afternoon: Sightseeing by motor car. Dinner at hotel. Leave New Delhi 11 p.m. FEBRUARY 15—Arrive Agra 5.30 a.m. Breakfast on train at 7 a.m. Morning: Sightseeing by motor car. Luncheon at hotel. Afternoon: Tonga (native two-wheeled vehicle) to Agra Fort and the Taj Mahal. Dinner at hotel. Sleep on train. FEBRUARY 16—Leave Agra 5 a.m. Arrive Fatehpur Sikri 6 a.m. Breakfast at 7 a.m. Visit the Deserted City. Leave at 12 noon. FEBRUARY 17—Arrive Bombay 11.30 a.m. Luncheon on Empress of Britain. Afternoon free for independent action. Empress of Britain sails at 8 p.m. *Extra Fare per Person, $55.00* The operation of Optional Excursion No. 8 is contingent upon a minimum membership of 44 being secured. Members participating in Optional Excursion No. 8 are given the complete programme of included sightseeing in India with the exception of Sanchi Tope for which due allowance has been made in the fare. BENARES—Number 9 Commencing at Bombay, terminating at Bombay Special Train with Dining Car—Two-berth Compartments Limited to 56 Persons—See map on page 33 FEBRUARY 10—Sightseeing in Bombay by motor car. Luncheon at hotel. Leave Ballard Pier 7 p.m. in sleeping cars. Dinner on train. Sleeping car accommodation consists of two-berth ccmpartments. Supplementary fare for exclusive use of a compartment for one person will be quoted on application, subject to such accommodation being available. FEBRUARY 11—En route. Meals on train. Three-hour stop at Sanchi Tope for sightseeing. FEBRUARY 12—Arrive Delhi 4.10 a.m. Breakfast en train. Morning: Sightseeing by motor car. Luncheon at hotel. Afternoon: Sightseeing by motor car. Dinner at hotel. Leave Delhi at 12.50 a.m. FEBRUARY 13—Arrive Agra 5.15 a.m. Breakfast on train at 7 a.m. Morning: Sightseeing by motor car. Luncheon at hotel. Afternoon: Tonga (native two-wheeled vehicle) to Agra Fort and the Taj Mahal. Dinner at hotel. Leave Agra 11.15 p.m. FEBRUARY 14—Arrive Fatehpur Sikri. Breakfast on train at 6.45 a.m. Visit the Deserted City. Leave at 9.35 a.m. for Benares. Luncheon and dinner on train. FEBRUARY 15—Arrive Benares 12.20 a.m. Morning tea on train at 6 a.m. Leave railway station 7 a.m. by motor car to join boats for early morning trip on Ganges River to view Burning and Bathing Ghats. Proceed to hotel for breakfast at 9 a.m. Balance of morning sightseeing by motor car. Luncheon at hotel. Afternoon: Motor cars provided for independent sightseeing or shopping. Leave Benares 4 p.m. for Bombay. Tea and dinner on train. FEBRUARY 16—En route. Breakfast, lunch and tea on train. Arrive Bombay 7 p.m. Dinner on board Empress of Britain. FEBRUARY 17—Day free for independent action. Empress of Britain sails at 8 p.m. *Extra Fare per Person,. $56.00* Members participating in Optional Excursion No. 9 are given the complete programme of included sightseeing in India. ACROSS INDIA—Number 10 Commencing at Bombay, terminating at Colombo Including Bombay, Delhi, Agra, Taj Mahal, Benares, Calcutta, Darjeeling, Tiger Hill, Madras, Madura, Colombo Special Train with Dining Car—Two-berth Compartments Limited to 84 Persons—See map on page 33 FEBRUARY 10—Sightseeing in Bombay by motor car. Luncheon at hotel. Leave Ballard Pier 8 p.m. in sleeping cars. Dinner on train. Sleeping car accommodation consists of two-berth compartments. Supplementary fare for exclusive use of a compartment for one person will be quoted on application, subject to such accommodation being available. FEBRUARY 11—En route. Meals on train. Three-hour stop at Sanchi Tope for sightseeing. FEBRUARY 12—Arrive Delhi 4.55 a.m. Breakfast on train. Morning: Sightseeing by motor car. Luncheon at hotel. Afternoon: Sightseeing by motor car. Dinner at hotel. FEBRUARY 13—Leave Delhi 1.45 a.m. Anive Agra 7.30 a.m. Breakfast on train. Morning: Tonga (native two-wheeled vehicle) to Agra Fort and the famous Taj Mahal. Luncheon at hotel. Afternoon: Sightseeing by motor car. Leave Agra 6.30 p.m. Dinner on train. FEBRUARY 14—Arrive Benares 6.15 a.m. Morning tea on train at 6 a.m. Leave railway station 8 a.m. by motor car to join boats for early morning trip on the Ganges River to view the Burning and Bathing Ghats. Proceed to hotel for breakfast at 10 a.m. Balance of morning sightseeing by motor car. Luncheon at hotel. Afternoon: Motor cars provided for independent sightseeing or shopping. Tea at hotel. Leave Benares 7.10 p.m. Dinner on train. FEBRUARY 15—Early tea on train. Arrive Calcutta 10.30 a.m. Motor car to hotel for breakfast. Morning: Sightseeing by motor car. Luncheon at hotel. Afternoon: Sightseeing by motor car. Leave Calcutta 6.56 p.m. Dinner on train. FEBRUARY 16—Arrive Siliguri for early morning tea. Change to mountain gauge railway. Leave Siliguri 6 a.m. Arrive Kurseong for breakfast. (Dining cars are not operated on mountain gauge railway between Siliguri and Darjeeling.) Leave Kurseong 8.55 a.m. Arrive Darjeeling 11.20 a.m. Transfer to hotel for luncheon. Afternoon: Sightseeing by ricksha. Dine and sleep at hotel. Native entertainment in evening. FEBRUARY 17—Proceed to Tiger Hill at 3.40 a.m. for view of sunrise over Mount Everest. Return to hotel for breakfast and luncheon. Leave Darjeeling 3.30 p.m. Afternoon tea at Kurseong. Arrive Siliguri for dinner. Change to broad gauge railway. Leave Siliguri 9.40 p.m. * These fares apply only for members booking with included excursions. Shore Excursions are arranged and supervised by Canadian Pacific—World's Greatest Travel System [66] OPTIONAL EXCURSIONS-Continued FEBRUARY 18—Arrive Calcutta 8.55 a.m. Motor to hotel for breakfast. Motor cars provided for independent sightseeing or shopping. Luncheon at hotel. Afternoon: Sightseeing by motor car. Leave Calcutta 7.06 p.m. Dinner on train. FEBRUARY 19—En route. Meals on train. FEBRUARY 20—Arrive Madras 7 a.m. Breakfast at hotel. Sightseeing by motor car. Luncheon at hotel. Leave Madras 4.55 p.m. Dinner on train. FEBRUARY 21—Arrive Madura 5.40 a.m. Breakfast on train. Sightseeing by motor car. Leave Madura 10.10 a.m. Luncheon on train. Arrive Dhanushkodi Pier 3.25 p.m. Transfer to ferry steamer. Arrive Talaimannar Pier 7.20 p.m. Leave Talaimannar Pier 8.20 p.m. Dinner on train. FEBRUARY 22—Arrive Colombo 7 a.m. Proceed to Empress of Britain for breakfast. Morning free for independent action. Luncheon on board. Afternoon: Sightseeing by motor car in Colombo. Motor trip to Mount Lavinia; tea served. FEBRUARY 23—Motor trip to Peradeniya and Kandy. Empress of Britain sails at 6 p.m. *Extra Fare per Person, $275.00* Members participating in Optional Excursion No. 10 are given the complete programme of included sightseeing in India and Ceylon with the exception of Fatehpur Sikri, India, for which due allowance has been made in the fare. NUWARA ELIYA—Number 11 (pronounced New Rail-ya) Commencing at Colombo, terminating at Colombo Limited to 60 Persons See map on page 33 FEBRUARY 20—Morning: Leave Colombo by motor car for Kandy, 72 miles over an excellent road, passing through cocoanut estates, rubber plantations, tea gardens, and finally the famous Peradeniya Gardens. The wonderful scenery around Kandy, which is nearly 2,000 feet above sea level, is beyond description. Luncheon at hotel. Afternoon: Sightseeing at Kandy, including the Temple of the Tooth. Dine and sleep at hotel. FEBRUARY 21—Morning: Leave Kandy by motor car for Nuwara Eliya, passing en route the town of Gampola and the Rambodda Falls. Luncheon at hotel. Afternoon: Sightseeing in Nuwara Eliya, which is about 6,000 feet above sea level. The beauty of the place is entrancing, it often being referred to as "The Gem in a Mountain Setting." Dine and sleep at hotel. FEBRUARY 22—Morning: Leave Nuwara Eliya by motor car for Hatton. The distance is only 29 miles, but it is one continuous panorama of scenery—mountain passes, winding roads, tea plantations, rivers, gorges and falls. Visit rubber factory and tea factory. Luncheon at hotel. Afternoon: Leave Hatton by motor car for Colombo via Gini- gathena Gap, beyond which an excellent view may be had of Laxapana Falls. Arrive Colombo late in the afternoon and proceed to Empress of Britain for dinner. FEBRUARY 23—Morning: Free for independent action. Luncheon at Galle Face Hotel. Afternoon: Sightseeing by motor car in Colombo. Motor trip to Mt. Lavinia; tea served. Empress of Britain sails at 6 p.m. *Extra Fare per Person, $32.50* Members participating in Optional Excursion No. 11 are given the complete programme of included sightseeing in Ceylon. GALLE—Number 12 Limited to 50 Persons FEBRUARY 22—Full-day trip by motor car from Colombo to Galle, an attractive spot, 72 miles down the coast from Colombo. The road follows the shore line and runs through endless fine cocoanut palm groves, native towns and wayside villages, affording a closeup view of native life. Luncheon at hotel. Extra Fare per Person, $14.50 Aier Itam Temple. Luncheon at hotel. Return to Empress of Britain. Leave ship by special tender at 3.15 p.m. for Prai. Leave Prai 4.05 p.m. in sleeping cars. Dinner on train. Sleeping car accommodation consists of two-berth compartments. Supplementary fare for exclusive use of a compartment for one person will be quoted on application, subject to such accommodation being available. FEBRUARY 28—12.25 p.m.—Arrive Hua Hin-on-Sea. Transfer to hotel for luncheon and dinner. Afternoon free for bathing or golfing. Leave Hua Hin-on-Sea 8.45 p.m. in sleepers. MARCH 1—Arrive Aranya Prades 8.00 a.m. Breakfast on train. Leave Aranya Prades 9 a.m. by motor car for Angkor. Arrive Angkor 12.30 noon and proceed to Grand Hotel d'Angkor. Meals and lodging at hotel. Sightseeing by motor car. MARCH 2—Excursions to the various temples of Angkor, including Angkor Wat. Meals and lodging at hotel. MARCH 3—Sightseeing by motor car. Leave Angkor 4.30 p.m. by motor car for Aranya Prades. Arrive Aranya Prades 8.30 p.m. Dinner on train. Leave Aranya Prades 9.30 p.m. in sleeping cars. MARCH 4—Arrive Bangkok 7.30 a.m. Sightseeing by motor car in Bangkok. Leave Bangkok 5.15 p.m. for Paknam by special electric train. Leave Paknam 6.15 p.m. by tender to rejoin Empress of Britain. *Extra Fare per Person, $250.00* The operation of Optional Excursion No. 13 is contingent upon a minimum membership of 48 being secured. Members participating in Optional Excursion No. 13 are given the complete programme of included sightseeing in Penang and Bangkok but must necessarily omit Singapore. Due allowance for this has been made in the optional fare. BALI OVERNIGHT—Number 14 Limited to 60 Persons See map on page 43 MARCH 19—Morning: Motor cars proceed from Padang Bay to Bats' Cave, thence to Kloengkoeng, the former Capital of Bali, visit the Court of Justice and Native Markets, proceed to Penelokan (5,000 feet above sea level) for view of the lake and the Volcano Batur. From Penelokan motor cars proceed along the former crater wall to Kintamani with short stop at "K.P.M." Rest House. Return by same route via Gianjar, thence to Den Pasar for luncheon at the Bali Hotel. Afternoon: Native music and dance performance in the Poera Satrya. Visit the Bali Museum. Motor to Bongkasa for Giant Banyan Tree and to Sangeh for Sacred Forest. Dine and sleep at Bali Hotel. MARCH 20—Morning: Motor to Elephant Cave, Rock Convent, Royal Tombs and Sacred Springs. Luncheon at Bali Hotel. Afternoon: Motor to Padang Bay. Empress of Britain sails at 6 p.m. *Extra Fare per Person, $25.00* Members participating in Optional Excursion No. 14 are given the complete programme of included sightseeing in Bali. ANGKOR—Number 13 Commencing at Penang, terminating at Bangkok Limited to 50 Persons—Special Train with Dining Car See map on page 36 FEBRUARY 27—Morning: Leave by motor car for trip around the Island and to points of interest in Penang, including Snake Temple at Sungei Glugor, the Botanical Gardens and BALI EXTENSION—Number 14A Limited to 100 Persons See map on page 43 MARCH 19—Morning: Motor cars proceed from Padang Bay to Karang Asam, Selat, Bukit Djambul, Court of Justice, thence to Den Pasar for luncheon at the Bali Hotel. Afternoon: Motor to Elephant Cave, Rock Convent, Royal Tombs, Temple and Holy Springs, Bats' Cave, thence to Padang Bay. Dine and sleep on board the Empress of Britain. MARCH 20—Morning: Motor cars proceed from Padang Bay to Kloengkoeng, the former Capital of Bali, thence to Penelokan (5,000 feet above sea level) for view of the lake and the Volcano Batur. From Penelokan motor cars proceed along the former crater wall to Bangli and Kintamani with short stop at "K.P.M." Rest House. Return by same route via Gianjar, thence to Den Pasar for luncheon at the Bali Hotel. Afternoon: Native music and dance performance in the Poera Satrya. Visit the Bali Museum. Motor to Padang Bay. Empress of Britain sails at 6 p.m. *Extra Fare per Person, $25.00* Members participating in Optional Excursion No. 14A are given the complete programme of included sightseeing in Bali. * These fares apply only for members booking with included excursions. Shore Excursions are arranged and supervised by Canadian Pacific—World's Greatest Travel System 67 OPTIONAL EXCURSIONS -Continued BANDOENG—Number 15 Commencing at Batavia, terminating at Batavia Limited to 60 Persons See map on page 43 MARCH 22—Morning: Sightseeing by motor car in Batavia; luncheon at Hotel des Indes. Afternoon: Motor to Buitenzorg; sightseeing in Buitenzorg, including the famous Botanical Gardens. Continue to Bandoeng via the Punchak Pass. Dine and sleep at hotel in Bandoeng. MARCH 23—Morning: By motor car to Tangkoeban Prahoe Crater. Luncheon at hotel in Bandoeng. Afternoon: By motor car to Isola where tea will be served. Dine and sleep at hotel in Bandoeng. MARCH 24—Morning: By motor car for Batavia via Poerwakarta. Luncheon at Hotel des Indes. Afternoon: Sightseeing by motor car in Batavia. Return to Empress of Britain for dinner. *Extra Fare per Person, $33.25* Members participating in Optional Excursion No. 15 are given the complete programme of sightseeing in Java. VICTORIA FALLS—Number 16 Commencing at Durban, terminating at Cape Town Special train with Dining Car See map on page 49 Limited to 80 persons APRIL 4—Empress of Britain arrives Durban at 4 a.m. Morning sightseeing. Luncheon at hotel. Afternoon sightseeing. APRIL 5—Morning free. Leave Durban 12.30 noon by train. Luncheon and dinner on train. Sleeping car accommodation consists of two-berth compartments. Supplementary fare for exclusive use of a compartment for one person will be quoted on application, subject to such accommodation being available. APRIL 6—Arrive Johannesburg 8.00 a.m. Morning: Motor to Gold Mine. Luncheon at hotel. Afternoon: City motor drive. After dinner, proceed to Compound for exhibition of Native Dances. Sleep at hotel. APRIL 7—Morning free. Leave Johannesburg by train at 12.30 noon. Arrive Pretoria 2.30 p.m. Sightseeing by motor car. Leave Pretoria 5.30 p.m. in sleeping cars. Dinner on train. APRIL 8—Early morning arrival at Nelspruit for Big Game Reserve motor drive—Kruger National Park. Leave Nelspruit 6.15 p.m. APRIL 9—En route. APRIL 10—Arrive Bulawayo 2.00 p.m. Motor to Matopos to visit the grave of Cecil Rhodes and the Caves. Leave Bulawayo 6.15 p.m. APRIL 11—Arrive Victoria Falls 7.15 a.m. Transfer to hotel. Visit Eastern Cataract, Kandahar Island and Rain Forest. Meals and accommodation at hotel. APRIL 12—Drive by motor car to town of Livingstone. Leave Victoria Falls at 4.00 p.m. APRIL 13—En route. APRIL 14—Arrive Kimberley 8.50 a.m. Motor to City Diamond Mines and "Dog Training Camp". Luncheon on train. Leave Kimberley 12.30 p.m. APRIL 15—Arrive Cape Town 9.30 a.m. Afternoon: City and Cable way drive. APRIL 16—Cape Point drive with luncheon at Muizenberg. Sail at 6.00 p.m. *Extra Fare per Person $350.00* Members participating in Optional Excursion No. 16 must necessarily omit a portion of the included sightseeing in Durban and Cape Town. Due allowance has been made in the optional fare BIG GAME RESERVE—Number 17 Commencing at Durban, terminating at Cape Town Special train with Dining Car See map on page 46 Limited to 88 persons APRIL 4—Empress of Britain arrives Durban at 4 a.m. Morning: sightseeing by motor car in Durban. Afternoon free. 8.30 p.m.—Transfer by motor car to Compound for Native Dance. APRIL 5—Morning: Motor drive to Valley of a Thousand Hills; luncheon at Marine Hotel, Durban. Afternoon free. APRIL 6—Morning free. Afternoon: Motor trip over the famous Marine Drive. APRIL 7—Leave Durban 5.30 p.m. in sleeping cars. Dinner on train. Sleeping car accommodation consists of two- berth compartments. Supplementary fare for exclusive use of a compartment for one person will be quoted on application, subject to such accommodation being available. APRIL 8—En route. APRIL 9—Early morning arrival at Nelspruit for Big Game Reserve motor drive—Kruger National Park. Leave Nelspruit 4.00 p.m. or 6.45 p.m. APRIL 10—Arrive Pretoria 8.50 a.m. Four-hour stop for sightseeing. Leave Pretoria 12.45 noon. Arrive Johannesburg 2.15 p.m. Drive by motor car around the city. Dinner at i hotel. Evening: Proceed to Compound for exhibition of Native Dances. Sleep at hotel. APRIL 11—Morning: Motor to Gold Mine. Luncheon at hotel. Afternoon free. Dinner at hotel. Leave Johannesburg 10.30 p.m. APRIL 12—Arrive Kimberley 8.50 a.m. Motor to City Diamond Mines and "Dog Training Camp". Luncheon on train. Afternoon: Visit Duggan Cronin Collection of Native Studies. Leave Kimberley 4.00 p.m. APRIL 13—Arrive Cape Town 2.45 p.m. Afternoon free. APRIL 14, 15, 16—In Cape Town, sightseeing and shopping. Sail 6.00 p.m. 16th. *Extra Fare per Person $200.00* Members participating in Optional Excursion No. 17 are given the complete programme of included sightseeing in Durban and Cape Town. HAVANA NIGHT LIFE—Number 18 MAY 10—Leave the ship about 8.30 p.m. and motor through the city and Chinatown. Attend the famous Jai Alai— Spanish National Game—for which box seats will be provided. Thence to the Casino—the Cuban Monte Carlo. Leaving the Casino about 12.30 midnight, the party returns to the city for a visit to one of the popular cabaret night clubs. Return to the ship about 2 a.m. All expenses, including admission fees and cover charge, are included in the fare. Party is accompanied by Canadian Pacific representative. Extra Fare per Person $7.00 on the basis of four persons to a 7-passenger car. * These fares apply only for members booking with included excursions. Shore Excursions are arranged and supervised by Canadian Pacific—World's Greatest Travel System GENERAL CONDITIONS OF SHORE EXCURSIONS Included and Optional The itineraries and dates may be affected by alterations in steamship or railway services of the various countries, or by other causes. The right is reserved to withdraw any excursion in this programme and to make such alterations in the itineraries as may be found desirable for the convenience of the parties and the proper carrying out of the excursions; also to decline to accept or retain any person as a member of any party, at any time. In all such cases where an optional fare has been received, the full or a proportionate amount will be refunded. The Canadian Pacific gives notice that all tickets and coupons are issued by them and all arrangements for [68] transport or conveyance or for hotel accommodation are made by it as agent for the passenger upon the express condition that the Canadian Pacific shall not be liable for any injury, damage, loss, accident, delay or irregularity which may be occasioned either by reason of defect in any vehicle or through the acts or defaults of any company or person engaged in conveying the passenger, or any hotel proprietor or servant, or of any other person engaged in carrying out the arrangements of the excursions, or otherwise in connection therewith. The Canadian Pacific accepts no responsibility for losses or additional expense due to delays or changes in train or steamer services, sickness, weather, strikes, war, quarantine or other causes, and all such losses or expenses will have to be borne by the passenger. EMPRESS OF BRITAIN WORLD CRUISE In the possible contingency of quarantine, any additional expenses, living or otherwise/onust be defrayed by the passenger. All fares for optional shore excursions shown in this book are subject to change, and are payable in United States dollars for bookings made in U.S.A. or Canadian dollars for bookings made in Canada. As the Canadian Pacific is governed in the matter of special trains by regulations as to minimum numbers laid down by foreign railway companies, the Canadian Pacific retains the right in each case to substitute for special trains mentioned in shore excursions named herein the regular train service of the company concerned, should numbers insufficient to warrant special service be secured. OPTIONAL EXCURSIONS While the programme of included excursions is comprehensive it is advisable that members should be offered facilities, where time permits, to visit certain places impossible of inclusion in the regular excursions. Members are urged to avail themselves of these optional excursions, rather than attempt to make their own arrangements, as they have been carefully organized with a view to seeing all that is worth seeing. Furthermore, in the case of motor trips, it should be borne in mind that each group of cars is accompanied by a Canadian Pacific representative and in some cases by police escort; cars are not filled to capacity, additional cars are employed for the carrying of baggage, and spare cars are supplied to avoid delays in event of breakdown. Meals and hotel accommodation, wheie required, are also included. Local drivers in many places offer similar trips at reduced rates but members are warned to beware of such "bargains", as they afford none of the protection or service outlined above and the cars are usually crowded. OPTIONAL EXCURSION FARES INCLUDE First class travel tickets, with sleeping accommodation where required, all meals while travelling with the Cruise Director; motor car and other conveyances necessary for the sightseeing programme, together with the services of guides and interpreters, fees for sightseeing, admission to public buildings and temples, and gratuities to hotel servants, porters, chauffeurs, drivers, ricksha "boys", etc., and the services of competent tour managers. OPTIONAL EXCURSION FARES DO NOT INCLUDE Personal items, such as beverages not ordinarily served on steamers, trains and at hotels without charge, laundry, private bathrooms at hotels, single compartments on trains, conveyances, or guides specially ordered by members on individual excursions and not ordered by the Cruise Director; and baggage insurance, which is strongly recommended. CANCELLATION OF OPTIONAL EXCURSIONS The Canadian Pacific makes arrangements in advance for the optional excursions and is required to pay for all facilities ordered, therefore no cancellations or alterations may be made in connection with such excursions after the books are closed, the dates for which will be announced aboard ship. I *jL*L ',--""■ © © © © SHUFFLEBOARD—ONE OF THE MANY SHIPBOARD SPORTS Photographs in this booklet are copyrighted as follows: A.C.P. — American Colony Photographers, Jerusalem L.A. —Lynn Acutt, Durban E.G. —Ewing Galloway, New York B.H.-E.G. —By Burton Holmes from Ewing Galloway, New York D.C.-E.G. —By De Cou from Ewing Galloway, New York L.G. —Lionel Green © © © P.P.S. —Publishers Photo Service, New York P.P.B. —Pan-Pacific Press Bureau, Honolulu L.G.-P.P.S. —L. Green from Publishers Photo Service, New York F.S. —Frederick Simpson, Tahiti U.-S. —Underwood-Stratton, New York Other photographs are by the Associated Screen News Limited, Montreal, and Canadian Pacific Railway Company. [69] . CANADIAN PACIFIC Traffic Agents in Canada and the United States for Canadian Australasian Line General Agents in Canada for Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P. & O.) UNITED STATES AND CANADA ATLANTA Ga. W. A. Shackelford C. & S.N. Bank Building BOSTON Mass. L. R. Hart 405 Boylston Street BUFFALO N.Y. W. P. Wass 22 Court Street CALGARY Alta. J. W. Dawson Canadian Pacific Station t ■ CHICAGO 111. K. A. Cook 71 East Jackson Boulevard CINCINNATI Ohio A. D. Macdonald 201 Dixie Terminal Building CLEVELAND Ohio G. H. Griffin 1010 Chester Avenue DALLAS Texas P. G. Jefferson 1212 Kirbv Building DETROIT Mich. M. E. Malone 1231 Washington Blvd. EDMONTON Alta. R. W. Greene Canadian Pacific Building HALIFAX N.S. A. C. MacDonald 413 Barrington Street HAMILTON Ont. A. Craig 4 King Street West INDIANAPOLIS Ind. D. W. Allan Merchants Bank Building KANSAS CITY Mo. R. G. Norris Waldheim Building LOS ANGELES Cal. Wm. Mcllroy 621 South Grand Avenue MINNEAPOLIS Minn. H. M. Tait 611 Second Avenue South MONTREAL Que. D. R. Kennedy 201 St. James Street, West NEW YORK N.Y. E. T. Stebbing Can. Pac. Bldg., Madison at"44th NORTH BAY Ont. R. Y. Daniaud 87 Main Street West OMAHA Neb. H. J. Clark 803 Woodmen of World Building OTTAWA Ont. J. A. McGill 83 Sparks Street PHILADELPHIA Pa. E. A. Kenney 1500 Locust Street PITTSBURGH Pa. W. N. McKendry Koppers Bldg., 444 Seventh'Avenue PORTLAND Ore. W. H. Deacon 626 S.W. Broadway QUEBEC Que. C. A. Langevin Palais Station REGINA Sask. J. C. Pike Canadian Pacific Station SAINT JOHN N.B. C. E. Cameron 40 King Street ST. LOUIS Mo. G. P. Carbrey 418 Locust Street SAN FRANCISCO Cal. S. E. Corbin 152 Geary Street SASKATOON Sask. G. R. Swalwell Canadian Pacific Building SEATTLE Wash. c E. L. Sheehan 1320 Fourth Avenue SPOKANE Wash. E. S. McPherson Old National Bank Building TACOMA Wash. L. N.Jones 1113 Pacific Avenue TORONTO Ont. E. F. Thompson Can. Pac. Bldg., King and Yonge VANCOUVER B.C. J. J. Forster Can. Pac. Ry. Station VICTORIA B.C. J. Macfarlane 1102 Government Street WASHINGTON D.C. C. E. Phelps 14th and New York Avenue, N.W. WINNIPEG Man. W. C. Casey OVERSEAS Main and Portage Avenue ALGIERS Algeria Atwater Shipping Co. 5 Boulevard Carnot ATHENS Greece Crowe & Stevens Navarinou St. 1, Piraeus AUCKLAND New Zealand A. W. Essex 32-34 Quay Street BAHIA Brazil Lamport & Holt Line, Ltd. Steamship Agents B BALI Bali Royal Packet Navigation Co. Steamship Agents - BANGKOK BATAVIA BOMBAY 1 BRIDGETOWN Siam Anglo-Si am Corp. Ltd. Steamship Agents Java Java-China-Japan Line Steamship Agents India Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co. Ballard Pier Barbados Da Costa & Co. Ltd. Steamship Agents CAIRO Egypt Anglo-Am. N. & T. Co. Sharia Malake Farida (Ibrahim Pacha Square) CALCUTTA India Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co. Steamship Agents CAPE TOWN South Africa Union Castle Mail S.S. Co. Ltd. P.O. Box 7 COLOMBO Ceylon Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co. Steamship Agents DURBAN South Africa Union Castle Mail S.S. Co. Ltd. P.O. Box 1042 GIBRALTAR Gibraltar The London Coal Co. 72 Irish Town HAIFA Palestine Henry Heald & Co. Steamship Agents HAVANA Cuba Dussaq Co. Ltd. Centro Asturiano Building HONG KONG China E. Hospes Opposite Blake Pier HONOLULU Hawaii Theo. H. Davies & Co. Steamship Agents JERUSALEM Palestine Jamal Bros. St. Julian's Road LONDON England D. O. Beaton Trafalgar Square MADEIRA Madeira Blandy Bros. & Co., Ltd. Steamship Agents MANILA Philippine Islands B. H. Stearns 14 Calle David MONTE CARLO Monaco Charles Joffredy 6 Rue des Princes NAPLES Italy Wilmink, Borriello, Ltd. 62 Via Depretis PARIS France A. V. Clark 24 Blvd. des Capucines PENANG Straits Settlements Boustead & Co., Ltd. 1 Weld Quay PORT SAID Egypt Port Said & Suez Coal Co. Quai Sultan Hussein PORT OF SPAIN Trinidad Archer Coal Depot Co. Inc. 70 South Quay RIO DE JANEIRC > Brazil Lamport & Holt Line, Ltd. Rua 1° de Marco 100, ROME Italy J. A. Philip 130 Via Del Tritone ST. HELENA St. Helena Solomon & Co. Lloyd's Agents SINGAPORE Straits Settlements Boustead & Co. Ltd. Steamship Agents SUEZ Egypt Port Said & Suez Coal Co. Steamship Agents SYDNEY Australia N. R. McMorran Union House G T. FRAYNE J. J. FORSTER W. C. CASEY Asst. General Passenger Agent, Cruises Steamship General Passenger Agent Steamship General Passenger Agent Montreal Vancouver Winnipeg *P. D. SUTHERLAND W. G. ANNABLE General Passenger Agent, Cruises Asst. Steamship Passenger Traffic Manager . Montreal fWM. BAIRD Montreal Steamship Passenger Traffic Manager ■ Montreal *Cable Address: CAPACRUISE MONTREAL I'l MM*-:'- MMM'M^f '""'■■ • fCable Address: WILBAIRD MONTREAL [70] "Me * 39% Less Ocean to Europe AIR-LINE ROUTE . . . Frequent sailings via the picture St. Lawrence Seaway from Montreal and Quebec (summer) (Saint John, N.B., and Halifax, N.S., in winter) ... to and British and Continental ports ... the majestic Empress of Bri and other great Empress, Duchess and "Mont" ships of CANADIAN PACIFIC fleet set new standards of trans-Atlaj service. FAST FREIGHT SERVICE provided by Empress, Duchess, liners and "Beaver" cargo ships. * Canada and United Stales THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY (comprising 21,235 m * of operated and controlled lines) reaches from the Atlantic to g??P Pacific, across Canada and into the United States. The main li Montreal to Vancouver, 2,886 miles, passes through the heart of famous Canadian Rockies, with their crowning jewels of Banff, L Louise and Emerald Lake, unsurpassed as vacation resorts. Mod and comfortable transcontinental and local passenger train servi link the important cities, industrial sections, agricultural regions < holiday resorts. Air-conditioned equipment operated on princi trains. Fast and efficient freight service. Convenient coastal inland steamship services. Builds and operates own sleeping, dii and parlor cars. ALASKA . . . Frequent service by Canadian Pacific "Prin« liners from Vancouver (connections from Victoria and Seattle) Skagway and return via the sheltered "Inside Passage." GREAT LAKES . . . Canadian Pacific inland steamships sail s< weekly during the summer months between Port McNicoll and William via an attractive lake and river route. Summer cruises Port McNicoll and Owen Sound. * Honolulu, Orient and South S Regular sailings between Vancouver, Victoria and Yokohama, KcJ Nagasaki, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Manila provide conven* passenger and freight schedules. DIRECT EXPRESS ROUTE TO ORIENT . . . swift sister sh Empress of Asia and Empress of Russia . . . Yokohama in 10 days VIA HONOLULU ... The mighty Empress pf Japan and running mate, Empress of Canada, make Honolulu in 5 d Yokohama in just 8 days more. SOUTH SEAS . . . Canadian Australasian Line fast modern li to Honolulu, Fiji, New Zealand and Australia. •■ lound-the-World ANNUAL WORLD CRUISE on the famous Empress of Bril perfectly timed to see world-renowned beauty spots at their best Other attractive cruises to Rio, West Indies, Norwegian Fjords, INDEPENDENT ROUND-THE-WORLD TOURS, choice of 200 itineraries ... 179 offices maintained throughout the world assist CANADIAN PACIFIC patrons. ■ ■• Hotels, Express, Communicator HOTELS ... A chain of comfort across Canada from Atlantic! Pacific . . . Fifteen hotels in leading cities and resorts, indue] Chateau Frontenac, Quebec/ Royal York, Toronto; Banff Spriij Empress Hotel, Victoria . . . Eight rustic lodges in Canadian Rockies and at Ontario fishing resorts. COMMUNICATIONS AND EXPRESS . . . owned and opera! by the CANADIAN PACIFIC . . . trans-Canada Service . . . woj wide connections .. . travellers' cheques—good the world over, § Qamjl WORLD'S • 39% Less Ocean to Europe AIR-LINE ROUTE . . . Frequent sailings via the picturesque St. Lawrence Seaway from Montreal and Quebec (summer) . . . (Saint John, N.B., and Halifax, N.S., in winter) ... to and from British and Continental ports ... the majestic Empress of Britain and other great Empress, Duchess and "Mont" ships of the CANADIAN PACIFIC fleet set new standards of trans-Atlantic service. FAST FREIGHT SERVICE provided by Empress, Duchess, "Mont" liners and "Beaver" cargo ships. * Canada and United States THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY (comprising 21,235 miles of operated and controlled lines) reaches from the Atlantic to the Pacific, across Canada and into the United States. The main line, Montreal to Vancouver, 2,886 miles, passes through the heart of the famous Canadian Rockies, with their crowning jewels of Banff, Lake Louise and Emerald Lake, unsurpassed as vacation resorts. Modern and comfortable transcontinental and local passenger train services link the important cities, industrial sections, agricultural regions and holiday resorts. Air-conditioned equipment operated on principal trains. Fast and efficient freight service. Convenient coastal and inland steamship services. Builds and operates own sleeping, dining and parlor cars. ALASKA . . . Frequent service by Canadian Pacific "Princess" liners from Vancouver (connections from Victoria and Seattle) to Skagway and return via the sheltered "Inside Passage." GREAT LAKES . . . Canadian Pacific inland steamships sail semi- weekly during the summer months between Port McNicoll and Fort William via an attractive lake and river route. Summer cruises from Port McNicoll and Owen Sound. 9 Honolulu, Orient and South Seas Regular sailings between Vancouver, Victoria and Yokohama, Kobe, Nagasaki, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Manila provide convenient passenger and freight schedules. DIRECT EXPRESS ROUTE TO ORIENT . . . swift sister ships, Empress of Asia and Empress of Russia .. . Yokohama in 10 days flat! VIA HONOLULU ... The mighty Empress pf Japan and her running mate, Empress of Canada, make Honolulu in 5 days, Yokohama in just 8 days more. SOUTH SEAS . . . Canadian Australasian Line fast modern liners to Honolulu, Fiji, New Zealand and Australia. •■ Round-the-World ANNUAL WORLD CRUISE on the famous Empress of Britain, perfectly timed to see world-renowned beauty spots at their best . . . Other attractive cruises to Rio, West Indies, Norwegian Fjords, etc. INDEPENDENT ROUND-THE-WORLD TOURS, choice of over zo? itineraries ... 179 offices maintained throughout the world to assist CANADIAN PACIFIC patrons. Hotels, Express, Communications HOTELS . .A chain of comfort across Canada from Atlantic to Racine . . . Fifteen hotels in leading cities and resorts, including gateau Frc-ntenac, Quebec; Royal York, Toronto,- Banff Springs,- tmpress Hotel, Victoria . . . Eight rustic lodges in the Canadian Rockies and at Ontario fishing resorts. hP.W a^!S^TL°^S AND EXPRESS . . . owned and operated by the CANADIAN PACIFIC . . . trans-Canada Service . . . worldwide connections .. . travellers* cheques—good the world over. :!:«'!b'b:b5bbb^ Empress of Britain and Chateau Frontenac Hotel, Quebec Canadian Pacific Transcontinental Train near Banff Empress of Japan—Largest and Fastest Ship on the Pacific QxxMjouixxuA (Pacific WORLD'S GREATEST TRAVEL SYSTEM
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