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The park toboggan alide is the finest
aid longest artificial alide in Montr-!,
and it ia not frequented. There
are two chutes, both nearly a mile ia
length, and every night during tl
t-aon the toboggans are continually t
whiixiug down them, traveling at the.
rate of the "Flying iHjtcbuian" of j
world wide railway repute. The M-ene ;
around the slido is very picturesque.
A thick mantle of snow ia thrown 1
over all the surroundings. Tcrches '
piaceU ou either aide of the chutes :
cast their alternate tla&hc and aliad-
ows Upon the faces of the animated ?
groups, and outline for an instant th
forma of the traveler who fly paat, ;
leaving a little cloud of www in their !
wake. Montreal's fairet and mot fa
mous divinities crowd together on the j
landing atage, awaiting impatiently i
their turn to defend, t If courae there ;
ilT"ui Ki! And to make room for stock is offering
the far stretching glare i.( ice, in the
uncertain light, one can xe a toljog
pm ju.t tthootiug the dip. with an
other sjicetiing along half way down
the alide. and as the second tobggan
Hies into the shadow the sciixj of dan
ger makes one's veins tingle with
pleasurable excitement.
The physique of the Canadian peo
ple lias liecoine the admiration and de
spair of the world. The men are
noted for their brawn and muscle and
their excellence in ail athletic exercise.
