CHAPTER VI.—Early Clyde Steampackets—The first steamer to cross

the English Channel, CALEDONIA—First steamer on the Rhine

(1816)—Season contract tickets issued (1816)—Stranding of the

ROTHESAY CASTLE (1816)—Steamship passengers’ fares on the Clyde

in 1818—DUMBARTON CASTLE steams round North of Scotland (1819) 27