McKinnon, Capt., _Taeping_, 326 _Madagascar_, Brit. ship, Australian line, 263-4 Magoun, Thacher, builder, Medford, 51-2 ---- Medford, builder of Cal. clippers, 362-3 _Malay_, clipper ship, 299 Mallory, Chas., builder, Mystic, Conn., 358, 364 _Mandarin_, Cal. clipper ship, 135, 136, 145-6, 301, 349; passages: S. Francisco, 146, 299; Canton, 208; Melbourne, 284, 288 _Manhattan_ ship, 1796, China trade, 16-17 ---- N. Y. packet ship, Red Star Line, 40 ---- N. Y. packet ship, Black Ball Line, 41 Manning & Stanwood, owners, Boston, 359 Manson, Capt., 357, 362 _Marco Polo_, Brit. clipper ship, Australian service, 265-6, 267-8, 275, 284, 346 _Margaret Evans_, packet ship, 89 _Margaret Forbes_, ship, Boston, 52 _Maria Somes_, Brit. ship, 36 _Marion_, Brit. ship, 36 _Marion MacIntyre_, Brit. barque, composite build, 322 _Marlborough_, Brit. merchant frigate, 36 _Marquis of Camden_, Brit. E. Indiaman, 32 _Marquis of Wellington_, Brit. E. Indiaman, 32 Marsden, Capt., _Melbourne_, 338 Marshall, Benj., part owner, Black Ball Line, N. Y.-L’pool, 38 ---- Capt. Chas. H., owner, Black Ball Line, 41, 43, 73, 303 _Mary and John_, ship of Popham colonists, 1607, 1 _Mary Broughton_, barque, 53 _Mary Fish_, N. Y. pilot boat, 305 _Mary Howland_, ship, N. Y., 47 _Mary L. Sutton_, Cal. clipper ship, 289, 364; records, 299, 300, 368, 369 _Mary Taylor_, N. Y. pilot boat, 305 _Mary Whitridge_, Cal. clipper ship, 86, 253, 254 Mason, John W., carver, Boston, 166 _Mastiff_, med. clipper ship, 258 Masting of _Rainbow_, 66-7 _Matchless_, clipper ship, Boston, 367 Materials of merchant ships, 3, 10, 30, 50, 210, 285, 287-8, 301, 313-15, 316, 322, 340 Mather, Capt. Saml., _Nightingale_, 207 Matheson, Sir James, owner of _Stornoway_, 198; _see_ Jardine Matthews, Capt., Cal. clippers, 359, 361, 363 Maury, Lieut. M. F., U. S. N., life, 146-50; Wind and Current Charts, 147-8, 205, 226; “Maury’s log,” 148; Sailing Directions, 147-49; Physical Geography of the Sea, 148; Australian routes, 261; opinion of _Gt. Republic_, 294 _Maury_, clipper barque, tea trade, 209 Maxon & Fish, builders, Mystic, Conn., 369 Maxton, Capt., _Lord of the Isles_, 209, 320 Mayhew, Capt. P. N., _Dreadnought_, 247 _Medway_, ship, London-Melbourne line, 263-5 _Memnon_, clipper ship, China trade, 70, 202; California passages, 145-6, 180 _Merchants’ Hope_, Brit. E. Indiaman, 232 _Merchants’ Magazine_, Hunt’s, 148 _Mercury_, packet ship, 41 _Mermaid_, clipper ship, 299 _Messenger_, Cal. clipper ship, 216, 354 Metcalf & Co., builders, Damariscotta, Me., 352 _Meteor_, packet ship, 40 ---- Cal. clipper ship, 354; records, 253, 366, 368 Middleton, Sir Henry, commander of _Trades Increase_, 1609, 23 _Midnight_, Cal. clipper ship, 361 Miller, Capt., _Dauntless_, 353 Millett, Capt. I. H., _Witch of the Wave_, 172, 206, 353 _Min_, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade, 320, 371 _Minerva_, ship, 15 ---- Brit. E. Indiaman, 32, 34