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A General Plan for a Mail Communication by Steam, Between Great Britain and the Eastern and Western Parts of the World

Note 11 — GENERAL REMARKS.

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Footnote 11: According to Parl. Pap. No. 251, of 1835, the following are the names and the number of the packets:—

Eclipse Lyra Tyrian Stanmer

Plover Renard Seagull Nautilus

Swallow Briseis Cockatrice Scorpion

Goldfinch Reindeer Hornet Espoir

Mutine Nightingale Camden Pike

Lapwing Skylark Duke of York Sheldrake

Pigeon Spey Lady Mary Pelham

Opossum Pandora Lord Melville

Astrea, stationary ship at Falmouth, 956 tons. The Express, the Star, the Alert, new, have since replaced some of the above.(Back)

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