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Between Killarnoy and Glenboro*, where we next came 

 Icelamlers. to, we struck on a settlement of Icelanders, who were 



intelligent and industrious men, and appeared to be doino- 

 very well. On arriving at Glenboro' we met several gentlemen 

 more or less connected with farming, aud who were kind enou'^li 



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to assist us in every way they could. Mr. James Duncan, who 

 came here 13 years ago, with a capital of £100, was the only 

 settler within 60 miles at that time. He homesteaded a quarter- 

 section (160 acres). In a short time he bought 300 acres, which 

 were added to his farm. He is now a man of good means. Glenboro' 

 has a population of 600, with a railway passing through it. The land 

 is chiefly under grain, to the west, and well suited for mixed farming. 



We next visited Souris, and called upon several "Welsh people. 



Welsh Mr, E. J. Jones, who came from North Wales 12 years ago, 



Settlers, with a capital of S700, was taken ill at Montreal when he 



lauded, and it cost him all he had ; but, notwithstanding his 

 misfortune, he now owns a half-section, and rents another half- 

 section, on which the stock and crops looked very promising. About 

 25 miles' drive north-east brings us to Brandon (population, 5,400) ; the 

 largest grain market in Manitoba. On Monday, the 18th, we visited 

 the Brandon Experimental Farm, and saw much to be admired there ; 

 the cattle were first-rate, and the machinery was also a great 

 att)*action : all branches of farm work were methodically carried on. 

 We next came to Qu'Ap])elle (population, 950), which is some 

 distance west of Brandon. We drove to Indian Head. Mr. William 

 Dixon, who farms 640 acres, says that he expects his wheat to turn out 

 about 35 bushels per acre. Land was a clean black loam, evidently 

 with grain-growing properties — as the return of this farm is above the 

 average of the Assiniboine district ; quality of grain. No. 1 hard, 

 Shropshire Down sheep, he says, will do well here, only they must be 



