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APPENDIX.
| III. | That the same vessel, sailing from England, and passing through the canal at the Isthmus of Darien, will have to sail only: | ||
| 1st, from Europe to Panama, | 4,171 | miles | |
| 2nd,"Canton, | 11,612 | " | |
| 3rd,"Valparaiso, | 9,048 | " | |
| 4th,"Port Jackson and Hobart Town, | 11,530 | " | |
| 5th,"Ceylon, | 15,072 | " | |
COMPARATIVE TABLE.
| By Cape of Good Hope. | By Cape Horn. | by Panama Canal. | |
| To Ceylon, | 10,760 | 26,616 | 15,072 |
| To Port Jackson, | 16,650 | 10,840 | 11,536 |
| To Canton, | 20,970 (touching at Calcutta.) | ||
| " | 16,700 | 23,156 | 11,612 |
| To Panama, | 24,140 | 15,716 | 4,171 |
| To Valparaiso, | 29,950 | 10,840 | 9,048 |
| To Lima, | 26,200 | 12,936 | 6,952 |
I. Distances, in a right line, of the principal stopping-places for steamships, departing from Falmouth, by the Cape of Good Hope, in India, Sumatra, China, Australasia, Islands of Owhayi and Otaheite, and upon the Western Coast of America:
| From | To | Geographical Miles. |
Total. | |
| Falmouth | Canary Isles, | 1,860 | ||
| Canary Isles | Cape Verd, | 849 | ||
| Cape Verd | Ascension Isles, | 1,210 | ||
| Ascension Isles | St. Helena, | 720 | ||
| St. Helena | Cape of Good Hope, | 1,740 | 6,400 | |
| Cape of Good Hope | Cape of Aiquilles, | 720 | ||
| Cape of Aiquilles | Isle of France, | 1,820 | ||
| Isle of France, | Ceylon, | 1,820 | ||
| Ceylon | Bombay, | 1,820 | ||
| Ceylon | Madras, | 750 | ||
| Madras | Calcutta, | 1,260 | 7,330 | |
| Ceylon | Batavia, | 1,680 | ||
| Batavia | Swan River (Coast of Australasia), | 1,630 | ||
| Swan River | Hobart-town (Van Dieman's Land), | 2,160 | ||
| Hobart Town | Port Jackson, | 720 | 6,190 | |
| Port Jackson | Sandwich Islands, | 3,600 | ||
| Port Jackson | Society Islands, Otaheite, | 3,104 | 6,704 | |
| FROM ENGLAND TO CANTON. | ||||
| From | To | Geographical Miles. |
Total. | |
| Falmouth | Batavia, | 15,410 | ||
| Batavia | Canton, | 1,780 | 17,190 | |
| Canton | Owhayi, | 3,690 | ||
| Owhayi | Panama, | 3,480 | 24,630 | |
| From which we see that, by doubling the cape of Good Hope, they sail from— | ||||
| 1st, Falmouth to Calcutta, | 13,730 | |||
| 2nd, Falmouth to Canton, | 17,190 | |||
| 3rd, Canton to Panama, | 7,440 | 38,360 | ||
