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children seated on their baggage in more or less 

 picturesque dress — possibly some Iceland folk in 

 still more picturesque garb ; but perhaps the finest 

 figures in all the crowd are the Danes and Scan- 

 dinavians. These, be it noted, with their strong, 

 well-knit frames, often come from the forests, 

 farms, and fisheries of that hard Norse land, and 

 are splendidly fitted for the grim wrestle with 

 Nature that awaits all who aspire to carve out 

 a farm from the great Canadian prairie and 

 make a home there. But who are those fellows 

 with fur coats and caps, or perhaps only an 

 unobtrusive fur collar showing ? They are re- 

 turning Canadians, and if we can get some chats 

 with the right sort, they should be well worth 

 listening to ; but beware of the " bounders." 



To some the scene may seem commonplace, 

 but let us reflect for a few moments how, week 

 after week, indeed almost daily, these great 

 steamers leave, carrying hundreds of thousands 

 ever Westward to this great new land, not from 

 ^X-iverpool only, but also from Glasgow, Bristol, 



tdon, besides continental ports, 

 he annual Canadian immigration has, I be- 

 e, for some years now been upwards of 

 300,000, enough to provide in ten years a popu- 

 lation for ten cities of 300,000 each, or thirty 

 of 100,000 each. And who are the people who 



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