Tu was a case of very early rising, as every one was asked to bs in their places soon after eight, and it was expected that to reach them would be a matter of great difficulty; this, so far as I was concerned, proved quite false alarm. I wason stand immediately opposite the Foreign Offi and neither in getting there nor in returning experienced the least difficulty; and most people I have spoken to on the subject seem to have had similar experience. All arrangements had been so perfectly made for the general comfort everything worked well. There was 60 much to see, and the bands of the various regiments that lined the streets were kept so busy that the time passed very quickly, and we had only just finished an early luncheon when we heard that the procession was commencing and we had to hurry to our seats,
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