a rushing cascade, that one might well
imagine one was in another country.

The Alpine gardens contain flowers and ferns of the choicest; and you
presently emerge on the shores of a lake of considerable size. Here
boating in the summer and skating in the winter may be indulged in, the
latter, especially by torchlight, being a most attractive sight. The
illuminations in the trees around, the flaring torches, the lights fixed
to the chairs as they glide about like will o' the wisps, and the
villagers (who are always invited) standing around, make up a picture
not easily forgotten. This lake has recently been supplemented by the
excavation of another in the centre of the park, a running stream
connecting the two.

Chief, or almost chief, of the Sandringham outdoor sights is a famous
avenue of trees. At some future time this avenue will be of even more
interest than it is now, and will become, in fact, historical; for every
tree there has been planted by some personage of note. On each one you
will notice a neat label, stating name of planter and date of planting,
chief of the names being Queen Victoria and the Empress Frederick.

[Illustration: H.R.H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES.

_From a Photo. by W. & D. Downey._]

The model dairy is a picture; but here again the preference must be
given to that owned by the Princess. It is a Swiss cottage, containing
five rooms, one of the five being a very pretty tea-room, and here Her
Royal Highness sometimes favours her friends with the "cup that cheers,"
often, too, cutting bread and butter and cake with her own fair hands.
Moreover, the same hands have often made the butter that is used--as
each of the ladies of the family is skilled in dairy management, and
capable of turning out a good honest pat of creamy Norfolk. Merry times
they have had in this cottage, arrayed in apron and sleeves, doing the
real _work_, not merely giving directions.

You would not be in any of the villages long before you saw some of the
children attending some one of the various schools, clad in their
scarlet and Royal blue; they look very comfortable and picturesque.
There is a first-rate technical school, in addition to the ordinary ones
of each village. The first was founded by the Princess herself, and in
each of them Her Royal Highness and her children take a deep interest;
often visiting them, taking classes, and asking questions. These
schools, then, are shown you this afternoon; and, as a matter o