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_Government Steam Vessels Building_.

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YArdentY 799YLocustY282YPrometheusY799Y
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YDover YIronYMedinaY889Y Y Y
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I trust that the above statement will satisfy the Americans that we are
ahead of them in steam navigation. In consequence of their isolation,
and having no means of comparison with other countries, the Americans
see only their own progress, and seem to have forgotten that other
nations advance as well as themselves. They appear to imagi