---- & Co., L’pool, Australian Black Ball Line, 266, 268, 272; vessels for, 273, 284 Baker, Capt., 352, 357, 363 Baker & Morrill, owners, Boston, 352, 355, 357, 361, 363 _Bald Eagle_, Cal. clipper ship, 216, 237, 343, 353; story of race, 200-2; records, 299, 300, 366 _Baltic_, med. clipper ship, 258 ---- Collins Line S. S., 309 Baltimore, ship-building, 54, 60-62, 70, 136, 254, 350, 357, 362 _Baltimore_, Havre packet ship, 41 Bangs, Benj., owner, Boston, 360 Barclay & Livingston, owners, N. Y., 159, 352 Baring Bros. & Co., 203-4 _Barrington_, ship, 193 Barry, Commodore, 11 Barry, Capt., _Saracen_, 361 Barstow, Gideon, of E. Boston Timber Co., 49 Barstow, Capt., 351, 354 Bartlett, Capt., 352 Barwell, Capt., 362 Bates & Thaxter, owners, Boston, 362 Bath, Me., ship-building, 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, Baltimore, 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 Ellsworth_, 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; captains, 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_, colonial 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, 51-2 Bowditch, Nath., navigator, 141 Bowers, Capt., _Black Hawk_, 364 Boyd, Col. Geo., 1767, 53 Boyd, F., & Co., owners, Boston, 359 _Brenda_, packet ship, 52 Brewster, Capt. Geo., 249, 356 Brewster, Capt. Wm., 227 _Briganza_, ship, eighteenth century, 16