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-io.ui {jiiHuvyC In company with General Laurie, Mr. Hall (of tho 

 Expermenlal Department of the Interior), Professor Eobertson, and 

 Farm, Ottawa, others, we visited the (government Experimental Farm, 

 M here, I am sorry to say, crops of an excellent quality 

 had been inundated by rain. Roots were not at all good; grapes fairly 

 good ; the wine, made under Professor Robertson's supervision, was very 

 good. Ottawa is the capital of the Dominion, and has a iwpulation of 

 48,000. 



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' ' '" " We next proceeded to Toronto, arriving there on Sep- 



Toronto to tember 6th, at 9 a.m. We saw the exhibition, but, 



Wimiipeg and unfortunately, it was the wrong day for the cattle show, 

 the West. but we inspected many kinds of improved agricultural 



machinery. On September 7th, after paying a short 

 visit to the Falls of Niagara, we returned at 8 p.m., and left for Winnipeg 

 by K .;30 p.m. train, via North Bay. On September lOtli, at 7 a.m., we got 

 to the well-kno"\\n pi'airie city (populatiom, 30,000), the cajiital of the 

 province of Manitoba, situated at the junction of tho Red and 

 Assiniboine Rivers, both of which are navigable by steamboats. 

 Winnipeg commands the trade of the vast regions to the nortli and 

 west. From here we visited Stonewall and Wavy Bank. We had a con- 

 versation with Mr. Shipley, who formerly lived in Ontario, l)ut came 

 here some years ago, and has done exceedingly well. Mr. Gibbon (Mr. 

 Sliipley's neighbour), who is a native of Pembrokeshire, South Wales, 

 had just arrived, and is delighted with his farm. Land seems to be a 

 rich black loam, well suited for mixed farming. Mr. Sliipley's stock and 



