310 TRANSACTIONS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. [VoL. IV. 



Under date of the 29th of May, 1767, the Register notes, with evident 

 satisfaction, the growth of shipping on that lake. 



" There are now four brigs from forty to seventy tons, and sixteen 

 armed deck-cutters on Lake Ontario ; by this means the navigation of 

 the great lakes and a mart of trade will soon be established equal to 

 that of the Caspian Sea." 



An official return of the 30th of July, 1778, gives a list of all vessels 

 built on the lakes since the year 1759. 



On Lake Ontario. 



Scow Mohawk, of 16 guns, built at Niagara in 1759 and 1760, cast 

 away in 1764. 



Ship Onedago, of iS guns, built at Oswego in 1760, cast away in 1764. 



Sloop Missassago, of 8 guns, built at Oswego in 1760, cast away in 

 1765- 



Schooner Mercury, of 6 guns, built at Oswego in 1760, laid up 

 and decayed. 



Scow Johnston, of 12 guns, built at Oswegatchie, taken from the 

 French in 1760, cast away in 1764. 



Schooner , of 12 guns, built at Oswegatchie, taken in 1760, cast 



away in 1761. 



Schooner , of 6 guns, built at Oswegatchie, taken in 1760, cast away 



in 1761. 



Schooner Brunswick, of 10 guns, built at Oswego in 1765, in service till 

 decayed. 



Scow Haldimand, of 18 guns, built at Oswegatchie in 1771, still in 

 service. 



Scow Seneca, of 18 guns, built at Oswegatchie in 1777, still in service. 



Sloop Charity, of six swivels, built at Niagara in 1770, cast away in 

 1777. 



Sloop Caldwell, of two guns, built at Niagara in 1774, still in service. 



On Lake Erie. 



Sloop , of 8 guns, built at Navy Lsland in 1763, cast away in 1764. 



Schooner Victory, of 6 guns, built at Navy Island in 1763, laid up and 

 burned by accident. 



