From a distance the sight was truly beautiful.

Many gazed with unwearied eyes anxious to behold a view which might never again be afforded them.

The incessant peals of merry sleigh bells seemed to harmonize with the merriment and gaiety of the guests as they hurried to their destination.

The array of rank, wealth, youth and beauty thus assembled are never again to be realized.

Every colony in His Majesty's domains in America was represented.