Excerpt from John Bull and Co: The Great Colonial Branches of the Firm: Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa AN Englishman was one day swaggering before a Frenchman about the immensity of the British Empire, and he concluded his remarks by saying, Please to remember, my dear sir, that the sun never sets on the possessions of the English. I am not surprised at that, replied the good Frenchman; the sun is obliged to always keep an eye on the rascals. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.