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perfectioning it so as to answer every 

 purpose for which she was intended ; and 

 it would be a public loss should the pro- 

 prietors be discouraged from persevering 

 in their undertaking. 



They did not fail to persevere. When Molson 

 found that ox-teams were required to tow her 

 up St Mary's Current, below Montreal, he 

 ordered a better engine of thirty horse-power 

 from Boulton and Watt in England, and put 

 it into the Swiftsure in 181 1. This steamer was 

 twice the size of the Accommodation, being 120 

 by 24 feet ; and the Quebec Gazette waxed 

 eloquent about her : 



The Steam Boat arrived here from 

 Montreal on Sunday. She started from 

 Montreal at 5 o'clock on Saturday morning, 

 and anchored at Three Rivers, which she 

 left on Sunday morning at 5 o'clock, and 

 arrived at the King's Wharf, Quebec, at 

 half-past two ; being only 24 hours and 

 a half under way between the two cities, 

 with a strong head wind all the way. She 

 is most superbly fitted up, and offers 

 accommodation for passengers in every 

 respect equal to the best hotel in Canada. 

 In short, for celerity and security, she well 



