Note BD — LETTER XX.
T. G. (Thomas Gamaliel) Bradford translation
A boat of the same dimensions would cost nearly 100,000 dollars in France; this is owing to the low price of the timber, the coarseness of the steam-engines, which, on account of the cheapness of fuel, there would be no advantage in making with more nicety, and the skill of the mechanics; the Americans excel in working in wood.