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of a Transport. For a passage Boat she 

 would have to be fitted up quite in a different 

 manner. If you wish her to be arranged 

 in any particular manner under the direc- 

 tion of any Person, I am agreeable. I 

 should be glad to be informed if His 

 Excellency wishes or expects that I shall 

 sail in her myself, whether Government or 

 I furnish the Officers and men to Navigate 

 and Pilot her, the Engineer excepted, the 

 fuel and all other necessarys that may 

 be required for her use. I imagine the 

 arrangement must be for the Season, not 

 by the Trip, as Government may wish to 

 detain her for particular purposes. En- 

 surance I do not believe can be effected for 

 less than 30 p. cent for the Season, there- 

 fore I must take the risque upon myself. 



Within five years of this tender Molson's 

 St Lawrence Steamboat Company had six 

 more steamers running. In 1823 a towboat 

 company was formed, and the Hercules 

 towed the Margaret from Quebec to Montreal. 

 The well-known word ' tug ' was soon brought 

 into use from England, where it originated 

 from the fact that the first towboat in the 

 world was called The Tug. In 1836, before 



