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History of the Union Jack and Flags of the Empire

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Cumberland Barlow

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Suggested Canadian Union Ensign 297

COLOURED PLATES.

		Page
Plate I.		Frontispiece
	1. English Jack—St. George's Crosse.
	2. Scottish Jack—St. Andrew's Crosse.
	3. Irish Jack—St. Patrick's Crosse.
Plate II.		22
	1. Germany.
	2. Italy.
	3. Greece.
	4. Hawaii.
Plate III.		76
	1. The Percys' Ensign, 1560.
	2. Union Jack of James I., 1606.
	3. Colonial Union Jack, 1701.
Plate IV.		92
	1. Commonwealth Ensign, 1648.
	2. Cromwell's "Great Union," 1658.
	3. Ensign Red—Charles II., 1660.
Plate V.		118
	1. Union Jack of Anne, 1707.
	2. Red Ensign of Anne, 1707.
	3. Union Jack of George III., 1801.
Plate VI.		174
	1. Grand Union, 1776.
	2. United States, 1777.
	3. United States, 1909.
Plate VII.		218
	1. Present Union Jack upside down.
	2. Jack wrongly made.
	2. Jack wrongly made.
Plate VIII.		272
	1. Red Ensign.
	2. White Ensign.
	3. Blue Ensign.
Plate IX.		280
	1. Canadian Union Ensign.
	2. Australian Union Ensign.
	3. New Zealand Union Ensign.

St. George.

THE UNION JACK.

"It's only a small bit of bunting, It's only an old coloured rag, Yet thousands have died for its honour And shed their best blood for the flag.

"It's charged with the cross of St. Andrew, Which, of old, Scotland's heroes has led; It carries the cross of St. Patrick, For which Ireland's bravest have bled.

"Joined with these is our old English ensign, St. George's red cross on white field, Round which, from King Richard to Wolseley, Britons conquer or die, but ne'er yield.

"It flutters triumphant o'er ocean, As free as the winds and the waves; And bondsmen from shackles unloosened 'Neath its shadows no longer are slaves.

"It floats over Cypress and Malta, O'er Canada, the Indies, Hong Kong; And Britons, where'er their flag's flying, Claim the rights which to Britons belong.

"We hoist it to show our devotion To our Queen, to our country, and laws; It's the outward and visible emblem Of advancement and Liberty's cause.

"You may say it's an old bit of bunting, You may call it an old coloured rag; But Freedom has made it majestic, And time has ennobled the flag."

—"St. George."

NOTES ON FLAGS.

NAMES OF PARTS.

Particular names are given to the several parts of a flag.

The part next the flagstaff, or width, Is called the

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