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is formed of one piece, and measures One 
Hundred and Ten Feet* 
* w Though the Marine yard at Prince of A\ r ales 
“ Island may be said to be still in its infancy, yet Ships 
(e of twelve hundred Tons have been built there } many 
fl hove down, sheathed, and coppered, and repairs of 
rt every kind executed with promptitude and complete 
“ satisfaction.” Captain Mapalister’s Account, &c. 
Page 35. 
In a Work dedicated to the Court of Directors (the 
merits of which is not here intended to enter upon, fur¬ 
ther than to observe that near nine-tenths of it, is ar 
Copy verbatim from Colonel Kyd's Report) and pub¬ 
lished at a moment, when they were about to establish 
a Naval Port at Prince of Wales Island, any observa¬ 
tion, which may be supposed to have influenced in the 
slightest degree their opinion, by shewing what had 
already been done in regard to Building Ships of large 
dimensions, becomes of great importance. It is here 
said that u Ships of Tree he Hundred Tons have been 
Built , on the !sl^^mL ,, Tins places the exertions of 
the Merchants and the Resources of the Island, in a 
very conspicuous point of view, and merely wants con¬ 
firmation to render it an unanswerable argument. Can 
it however be ascertained when, or bp whom t One Ship 
of Twelve Hundred Tons was Built on the Island i 
Or even if another Ship of the same dimensions as 
Captain Elliott's, was ever constructed there? The; 
Answer must be in the Negative. 
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