instead. Horses draw them very swiftly over the frozen snow.

12. Look at the picture post-card which I send you with this letter. It
shows you how Canadian boys are dressed in winter. On the ground you see
a pair of snow-shoes. The boys can travel very quickly on these
snow-shoes without sinking into the snow.

[Illustration: Boys of Canada in winter.]

13. In the picture you also see a toboggan. It is a small sledge. The
boy drags his toboggan up to the top of a hill. He seats himself on it
and pushes off. Away he goes over the frozen snow like an arrow from a
bow. It is splendid fun.

14. Those boys and girls whose homes are in towns live very much as you
do. They go to school, and they play in the streets and parks. When
summer comes many of them go to the seaside or to the lakeside for a
holiday.

15. Sometimes a whole family goes camping in the woods. They then live
in tents or in little huts by the side of a river or a lake. What happy
times the children have! They go fishing, they bathe, and they dart to
and fro in canoes.

16. Most of the young folks of Canada are strong and healthy. They are
happy and bright, and they are not afraid of work. No children are more
useful to their parents than the boys and girls of Canada.

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