Need a how to "linq anonymous list to a strong typed list"

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Anyone know of a good source for converting a LINQ list into a strong typed list

for example I have a simple class, which I wish to convert the datatable contents into using LINQ. I have the following code so far which I can convert into an anonymous list

Dim test = (From t As DataRow In ds.Tables("Test").AsEnumerable _
                 Select New With {.countryID = t.Field(Of Integer)(0), .country = t.Field(Of String)(1)}).ToList

Which works as expected but it is a anonymous typed list but now I want to convert it to a strong typed list using the class below (in the code block), but I get the following Error

dim x as a list(of countries) = test

Value of type 'System.Collections.Generic.List(Of <anonymous type="">)' cannot be converted to 'System.Collections.Generic.List(Of WindowsApplication1.Countries)'

I have also tried

Dim test as IEnumerable(of Countries) = (From t As DataRow In ds.Tables("Test").AsEnumerable _
                   Select New With {.countryID = t.Field(Of Integer)(0), .country = t.Field(Of String)(1)}).ToList

But get the following error.

Unable to cast object of type 'System.Collections.Generic.List`1[VB$AnonymousType_0`2[System.Int32,System.String]]' to type 'System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1[WindowsApplication1.Countrys]'.

public class Countries
 private _CountryId as integer
 private _Country as name

   Public Property CountryID() As Integer
       Get
           Return _CountryID
       End Get
       Set(ByVal value As Integer)
           _CountryID = value
       End Set
   End Property

   Public Property Country() As String
       Get
           Return _Country
       End Get
       Set(ByVal value As String)
           _Country = value
       End Set
   End Property


end class

Thanks
Simon

FOUND A SOLUTION!

Dim test As IEnumerable(Of Countrys) = (From t In dt.Tables("Test").AsEnumerable _
                   Select New Countrys With {.CountryID = t.Field(Of Integer)(0), .Country = t.Field(Of String)(1)}).ToList

now on to the next stage to allow a method to do this for any table / list of objects