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A memorandum from Capt. Andrews of the same date requested 

 permission " to enlarge Niagara Navy Hall wharf, there being too little 

 water at the present wharf to careen large vessels at, and it being too 

 small for three vessels to winter at ; to build a vessel at Niagara in lieu of 

 the Haldimand, informed that she cannot last above another year, 

 therefore no time should be lost to provide timber ; and to erect barracks 

 at Navy Hall for the seamen, a rigging and a sail loft absolutely 

 necessary to fix rigging and make sails in the winter." 



The vessel built to replace the Haldimand was the ill-fated schooner 

 Ontario, which foundered with all on board on her first, voyage in 

 October, 1780. 



Of this vessel Glenie remarks, " I told Capt. Shank when he was 

 building the Ontario that he was making her too flat-bottomed and that 

 she would overset. Accordingly she overset a few leagues from Niagara» 

 and Col. Bolton and 132 others perished in her." 



From another return of the 1st of December, 1782, I extract the 

 following statement of ships then on the lakes. 



On Lake Ontario. 



Haldimand, 150 tons, 14 guns, 35 men. 

 Seneca, 130 tons, 18 guns, 35 men. 

 Mohawk, 50 tons, 5 guns, 14 men. 

 Caldwell, t^j tons, 2 guns, 14 men. 

 Limnade, 220 tons, 16 guns, 45 men. 

 Four scows. 



On Lake Erie. 



Gage, 1 14 tons, 12 guns, 30 men. 

 Dunmore, 70 tons, 10 guns, 25 men. 

 Hope, 70 tons, 6 guns, 18 men. 

 Wyandot, 37 tons, 10 men. 

 Faith, 37 tons, 10 men. 

 Angelica, 59 tons, 12 men. 

 Felicity, 45 tons, 12 men. 

 Adventure, 18 tons, 8 men. 

 Welcome, 136 tons, 35 men. 



