OF

HENRY BELL,

THE PRACTICAL INTRODUCER OF THE

STEAM-BOAT INTO GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND;

To which is added, an

HISTORICAL SKETCH OF STEAM NAVIGATION,

BY EDWARD MORRIS,

"

AUTHOR OF THE "BRITISH RIVER OF DEATH; ""BANNER
OF TEMPERANCE; AND "HONORARY LECTURER OF THE GLASGOW
TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES."

"Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd steam, afar
Drag the slow barge, and drive the rapid car."

DARWIN.

PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR,

AND SOLD BY

BLACKIE AND SON,

GLASGOW, EDINBURGH, AND LONDON;

AND BY JOHN MILLER, 85, INGRAM STREET, GLASGOW.

MDCCCXLIV.