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this was followed later by a Hudson's Bay wind-mill at 

 Fort Douglas. The first millwright in the colony was 

 Samuel Lamont, who arrived in 1813. Lord Selkirk, who 

 sent him out, described him as one who " understands his 



Fig. 2. Hebrides women grinding Avith tlie quern or hand-mill. 

 From E. B. Tylor's Antliropologij. Courtesy of Macmillan & Co. 



business although he certainly looks like a dull fellow." ^^ 

 It was Lord Selkirk's desire from the first that the Eed 

 Kiver Settlement should produce enough flour not only 

 to supply its own needs but also those of the Hudson's Bay 

 posts.'" In 1811, he therefore instructed the Governor 

 to pay the fanners at least two shillings a bushel for what 

 they could spare and sent him a description of the most 

 suitable method for grinding the wheat into flour.^^ At 



36 Lord Selkirk in a letter to Miles jMacdonell, April 12, 1814, 

 Selkirk Papers. 



37 Ibid. 



38 Ibid. 



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