Gracefully the boat was moved from the Jersey shore.

THE CLERMONT, 1807.
By permission of Providence & Stonington Steamship Co.

Those who saw were amazed.

Old sailors were frightened.

When they saw a boat with no sails, they thought it an evil spirit.

But the long line of black smoke which they saw was only the breath of the dear old giant, Steam.

At last he had something to do.

This boat was called the Clermont.