INDEX 



' Accommodation,' first steamer 

 built in Canada, 130-2. 



Allan, Andrew, with his brother 

 Hugh founds the Allan Line, 

 145, 146- 



Allan, Sir Hugh, founds the 

 first Canadian transatlantic 

 line of steamers, 145, 146-8. 



America, looked upon as an 

 obstruction to navigation, 46. 

 See United States. 



American Independence, antag- 

 onism of foreign navies to 

 Britain a decisive factor in 

 accomplishing, 180. 



Arctic exploration, 14, 41. 



'Ariel,' in famous clipper race, 

 103. 



Australia and the British Navy, 

 183, 185. 



Aylmer, Lord, at the launch- 

 ing of the 'Royal William,' 

 14a 



Bacon, Lord, on the Canadian 



fisheries, 15. 

 Baffin, William, his record 



'Farthest North, '55. 

 Barge, the, 27. 

 Basque fishermen, in the St 



Lawrence, 165. 

 Bateau, the, 27-8. 

 ' Bavarian,' first Atlantic liner 



entirely built of steel, 148. 



Bayfield, Admiral, makes sur- 

 veys in Canadian waters, 178. 



Beaulieu, Francois, a voyageur 

 with Mackenzie, 17. 



Bennett and Henderson, a firm 

 of engineers, 140. 



Black Ball Line, conditions 

 under the, 94. 



Black, George, a shipbuilder at 

 Quebec, 139. 



Black Taylor, befitting end of, 



94-5- 

 Bluenose craft, 63, 71 ; get a 



bad name, 77; building of, 



82 ; crews of, 92-3 ; discipline 



on, 97-100; under sail, 100, 



101, 103-4, "3-28- 

 Boat, the, 26-7, 28-30. 

 Boston, reception of the ' Royal 



William' at, 142. 

 Bougainville, Comte de, French 



navigator, 13. 

 Boulton and Watt, firm of 



engineers, 130, 132, 13s. 

 ' Britannia,' the first Cunarder 



to arrive in Canada, 145. 

 British Columbia, fisheries of, 



159- 

 British mercantile marine, 7-8, 



12. See Great Britain. 

 British peoples, sea terms in 



speech of, 8-9. 

 British crews, a comparison 



with Yankees, 95, 97. 



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