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much the same as that shown by this 

 pioneer. 



Here, again, we have to note that for 

 a time the experiment seems an isolated 

 one, and we are left wondering why such 

 a successful attempt at navigation was 

 not followed up. 



We have to go ahead into the nine- 

 teenth century to note the next step in 

 the life history of the steamship. If you 

 refer again to the " family tree " you 

 will notice an entry Charlotte Dundas y 

 and date 1801. 



Lord Dundas was the chairman of the 

 company who owned the canal upon which 

 the joint production of Miller and 

 Symington was running. Lord Dundas 

 had not been oblivious to the delays 

 which occurred through the horse- 

 working of the boats through the canal, 

 and he at once felt that the new steamer 

 was the possible way in which the horse 

 could be superseded. He, therefore, 

 commissioned Symington to try again 



