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Laurier House,
Ottawa

August 24, 1936.

His Excellency
The Right Honourable Lord Tweedsmuir , G.C.M.G., C.H.,
On board Vice-Regal Train.

My dear J.B.

I received, on Saturday, your letter of August the
17th from Government House, Victoria.

I was delighted to know that all apparently had gone
so well on your Western trip, and that a change of scene and
air had done your health much good. From the glimpses I have
had from the press of yourself and your doings, it would seem
that you had been able to manage splendidly. The accounts
indeed were most reassuring as to the effect of the journey upon
your spirits and health.

I am glad the Indian Ceremony at Carlton was so
picturesque and interesting. I had never expected to see the
day when I should be sharing the honour of being an Indian
Chief in company with the Governor General of Canada, but ours
is a country of romance, and wherever the North American Indian
is, something of romance is pretty certain to survive.

I hope that your week on the Governor's yacht will
have afforded you time for necessary rest as well as recreation.
Apparently the trip is not devoid of adventure. I see by the
press that, in the course of fishing, you have managed to get
into the water once or twice!