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nce, then twice, and more latterly thrice a week, in each direction, without the loss of a vessel, a passenger, or a mail-bag. This immunity from accident is extraordinary when we consider that the ships of the company have made over 4,000 voyages and carried 2,000,000 passengers. The dimensions of one of the later vessels may be given. Like all the vessels belonging to the line, the Scythia was built on the Clyde, and, like many others of them, constructed and engined by Messrs. J. & G. Thomson, of Glasgow. This steamer is 432 feet in length between the perpendiculars, 42 feet 6 inches in molded width, and 36 feet in depth, and has a builders' measurement of 4,556 tons. The Scythia is propelled by compound direct-acting engines of 600 horse-power nominal, but capable of being worked up to five times that amount. The cylinders of these engines are respectively 60 and 104 inches in diameter, and the piston has a stroke of 4 feet 6 inches. The vessel is divided into seven water-t