In this fashion complicated
designs of roses, thistles and maple-leaves, all in their proper
colours, could be made in a very short time, and most effective
they were until destroyed by the first six "ends." When the
Governor-General's time in Canada expired and he was transferred
to India, the curlers of Canada presented him with a farewell
address. Lord Lansdowne made, I thought, a very happy reply.
Speaking of the regret he felt at leaving Ottawa, and at severing
his many links of connection with Canada, he added that, bearing
in view the climate of Bengal, he did not anticipate much curling
in India, and that he would miss the "roaring game"; in fact, the
only "roaring game" he was likely to come in contact with would
probably take the unpleasant form of a Bengal tiger springing out
at him. Lord Lansdowne went on to say, "Let us hope that it will
not happen that your ex-Governor-General will be found, not
pursuing the roaring game, but being pursued by it."
From skating daily, most of the Government House party became very
expert, and could perform every kind of trick upon skates.
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