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which also had a short life. It deserved 

 better, for it was planned to link the 

 western coast of Ireland, at Galway, with 

 the States. Then the Adriatic was laid up 

 again, finally to drift out to the West 

 Coast of Africa to serve as a hulk. 



In his fine work entitled " The Atlantic 

 * Ferry '," Mr. Maginnis mentions the 

 fate of many old ships which used to 

 plough the Atlantic. He records that the 

 hulk of the Adriatic was actually in use 

 at a West African port at the time his 

 book was written. This was in 1892, so 

 that there is still a possibility that the last 

 of the Collins Line is in existence to-day. 



The other two vessels of the Collins 

 Line were converted to sailing vessels, and 

 for some years continued their career more 

 or less successfully. 



So ended the first and greatest attempt 

 of the Americans to obtain a share of the 

 steamship traffic of the " Herring Pond ". 



The ships ended in " ic " you will 

 notice. We shall see later on how an 



