EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



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PLATE XCIV. 



VIEW OF THE PACHA'S STEAM VESSEL OF WAR, THE NILE, AT SEA, 



IN THE NILE. 



The construction of this vessel is shewn in Plates CIV. to CVII., and full parti- 

 culars respecting her will be found in the description of those plates. 



PLATES XCV. AND XCVI. 



THE HONOURABLE EAST INDIA COMPANY'S STEAM VESSEL BERENICE. 



This beautiful vessel, which is of 680 tons, was built in the Clyde by Messrs. 

 Wood ; and her engines, 230 horse power, were manufactured by Mr. Robert Napier, 

 of Glasgow. 



Prom the log of her voyage from Falmouth to Bombay by the Cape of Good Hope, 

 performed between the middle of March and the middle of June 1837, the results 

 expressed in the following Table have been derived : 



The boilers are three in number and of copper ; they are blown out every two 

 hours. There is no gauge on the steam-chest, or for the steam ; and there are nine 



