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thereafter was put regularly on the route to Portland once a week and once a week on the river route.

The Royal Tar arrived at St. John from Portland on its regular trip on Monday, October 17, 1836, and sailed from its berth at Peter's wharf on Friday, October 21, having on board the crew of 21, and 72 passengers, including a number of women and children. Captain Reed was in command, and had with him Francis Black, mate; N. Marshall, engineer; J. Kehoe, second engineer; W. G. Brown, steward; and Margaret Watts, stewardess. The pilot was a Mr. Atkins. The passenger list was larger than usual, as it had the members of Fuller's menagerie, or "caravan," as it was called in those days. This show had been travelling through Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and gave an exhibition in St. John before starting on its return to the United States. The wild animals included an elephant, two camels, and the usual variety of captive beasts and birds which go to make up the stock of a menagerie. In addition to these was a large wax work exhibit. There was also a huge show wagon called an omnibus, as well as wagons required for carrying the cages, with the horses needed to draw them. The caravan was exhibited on the ground at the corner of Charlotte and Union Streets,^[1] the field at that time extending along Union street as far as the present site of Hamm's stables and along Charlotte street to the alley north of Dr. Pidler's house, now owned by S. F. Matthews. The Humberfiled Academy, then a new building, was on the corner. Everybody went to see the show, which was a great one for those times, and there was a large crowd at the wharf, at the foot of Duke street, to see the animals depart