The packet boat and rail took over the cargo.
She was a former packet boat of 58 tons burthen, and carried six 4-pounder guns.
It developed as a port for packet boats in the seventeenth century.
Mules and horses pulled the packet boats along the towpaths.
The single doors depict mail delivery by packet boat and airplane.
The ships are called "packet boats" as their original function was to carry mail.
However, in 1822 a packet boat was bought as a joint venture by several tradesmen, and a weekly service to Hull began.
He didn't count their berth in the packet boat from Douglas to Liverpool.
A fast packet boat arrived from Bombay this morning.
And it's no true about the packet boats.