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it will beat the best horses in a great distance, without 

 being exposed to the risks incidental to them, as it is 

 guided by the mere gradual motion of the fingers, and 

 may be instantly stopped by the feet. 



Also a few Tierces Rice. 



June 26th, (1819). Joseph Hadfield. 



The following, which appeared as an advertisement in 

 the Gazette of June 30th, 1825, refers to the introduc- 

 tion of steam-boats into the colony : — 



" We felicitate the Public in general on the proba- 

 bility of the formation of a Joint Stock Company tor the 

 introdu6lion of One or more Steam Vessels for the 

 Demerary River and Coast of British Guiana generally, 

 having been corre6lly informed that a Prospe6lus of the 

 same is preparing, grounded on calculations of the pro- 

 bable revenue which may be derived from the plan, with 

 an estimate of the cost of a vessel of the class referred 

 to, of power and dimensions adequate to the services to 

 be performed, and an account of the annual expenses. 



" Of the many improvements of the age, in Arts and 

 Sciences, there are none whose merits are more appre- 

 ciated by society than those which have been effe6led in 

 many ingenious ways by the agency of Steam, the 

 application of which power to shipping in particular has 

 been attended with such success, as that to judge from 

 the great progress which it is making, we may infer, 

 will, before long, subvert the present system of navi- 

 gation. In fa6l, the use of Steam Vessels in countries 

 where roads' and water facilitate the movements of 

 people in the ordinary way of travelling, has attra6ted so 

 decided a preference, as that we may say this modern 

 invention is become an appendage to most of such civil- 



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