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ocean steamers. One of his first steamers, the Adriatic, built 

 for the Collins line, excited great attention at Liverpool, when 

 she first appeared there. It was a difficult thing for the 

 English to recognize the truth that their naval superiority was 

 in danger, but as the facts were too evident to be disregarded, 

 they promptly accepted the situation and sought to make the 

 best use of the lesson. The London Times spoke of her in 

 leading articles, calling upon the English ship-builders to con- 

 trast her with ships of their own construction. It spoke of 



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how she glided up the Mersey, making hardly a ripple from 

 hev bows, so evenly and quietly she parted the water, while 

 an English steamer of her size so disturbed the stream as to 

 bring up the mud from the bottom. The Times was also 

 specially struck with the ease with which she was handled, 

 naming almost in her length, while for an English steamer 

 turning was an operation requiring so much more space, an<i 



