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Those named after flowers were Red Rose Petals and Green Leaves,
a Bouquet of Glistening Orchids and a Shower of Dazzling Petals.
The animal world was represented by Birds of Paradise, Humming
Birds, Screaming Night Birds, a Peacock's Tail, Swarms of Fiery Fire-
flies, Golden Serpents, Whirling Cobras, Hissing Snakes, a Shoal of
Silver Fishes and Writhing 'Scorpions.
Also, though it seemed like tempting the gods in the rainy
season, there were a Fall of Golden Raindrops, Jupiter's Thunderbolts,
a Storm Cloud Emitting Lightning Flashes, a Pyrotechnic Cloudburst, a
Magnetic Storm, a Meteoric Deluge and a Rainbow Fantasy.
Sure enough, the dark sky was punctuated by the muttering and
flashing of a distant tropical storm far to the north, though for the
moment the crowds could afford to put this threat of less festive weather
out of their minds as they enjoyed the immediate spectacle and heard the
sound of fireworks echoing round the hills.
After this appropriate reminder that the inventors of gunpowder
were Chinese, the Royal party disembarked in H.M.S.Tamar and drove to the
race course at Happy Valley.