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Rh Barwell, Capt., 362 Bates & Thaxter, owners, Boston, 362 Bath, Me., shipbuilding, 105, 152, 351, 353, 357, Bavaria, packet ship, 48 Baxter, Capt., Nabob, 361 Beacon Light, Cal. clipper ship, 362 Beauchamp, Capt. Isaac, Defender, 255 Beauregard, Confederate privateer, 14 Beaver, ship, China trade, 17 Bell, Jacob, builder, N. Y., 47, 136, 152, 164, 216, 352, 354, 358, 360; see Brown Bell & Co., builders, Bal- timore, 136, 350 Belle of the Sea, clipper ship, Australian trade, 284 Belle of the West, Cal. clipper ship, 299, 356 Belted Will, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade, 320, 371 Ben Nevis, Brit, clipper ship, Australian trade, 266, 268 Benefactor, clipper barque, China trade, 209 Bengal, ship, 193 Benjamin, Capt., Helena, 62 Bennett, Capt., Oliver Ells- worth, 16 Bergh, Christian, builder, N. Y., 17, 47, 48 Berry, Capt., Courser, 350 Bertram, Capt. John, Salem, 141, 166-8 Best days' run, 69, 70, 178, 179, 207, 220, 221, 228, 266, 278, 281, 295, 320, 327, 330, 334, 336, 338 Bishop, J., & Co., owners, N. Y., 358 Black Ball Line, N, Y.,

L'pool packets, 38, 39-40, 41, 42; vessels, 38, 41, 52; flag, 42; match, 45; cap- tains, 39-40; discipline, 44, 73 Australian clippers, see James Baines & Co. Black Hawk, Cal. clipper ships (Webb), 291, 364; (Currier), 364 Black Prince, Brit, clipper ship, tea trade, 322, 371; race, 325-6 ——Cal. clipper ship, 360 Black Warrior, Cal. clipper ship, 356 Blenheim, Brit, merchant frigate, 36 Blessing of the Bay, colo- nial barque, 1631, 2 Blue Jacket, clipper ship, Australian trade, 270; later ship, 341 Bombay, Brit. E. Indiaman, 34 Bonita, Cal. clipper ship, 356 Bordman, Wm. H., Amer. Nav. Club, 202 Borland, Capt., Gauntlet, 357 Borrows & Spooner, owners, N. Y., 84 Boston, packet ship, 52 Boston Light, clipper ship, 253, 300, 356 Boston & Liverpool Packet Company, 61-2 Bowditch, Nath., navigator, 141 Bowers, Capt., Black Hawk, 364 Boyd, Col. Geo., 1767, 53 Boyd, P., & Co., owners, Boston, 359 Brenda, packet ship, 52 Brewster, Capt. Geo., 249, 356