Steam Navigation to the Pacific, §c. 361 
will be produced by opening’ an. intercourse westward from 
Europe to Asia, and making America the stepping stone between 
them. The isthmus.of Panama is destined to become one of the 
most interesting spots in the world: a ship canal. will, be formed, 
and. it will become the highway between the Pacific and Atlantic 
oceans, I have been frequently on the isthmus, have. passed 
often between the two seas, have examined with. — attention 
the facilities and obstacles which it offers for the object 
and have satisfied myself of the perfect. feasibility of establishing 
a communication between the two oceans. On leaving England 
I was. requested to report upon my journey over, and to examine 
the isthmus with care, as well as the river Chagres.. As it may, 
perhaps, be st I sia from the pert such parts as [ 
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i A H Fins 2 | rey + f lf: ith th necessary cantalais I com- 
Lt ing tn Co Tfound at low tide 
‘ the ri pei tens sxolen eighteen 
-Jnundred: feet ; a steamer of five, hundred ind en built, 
jai eee uP as. the Trinidad, with: teil 4 a“ 
is: also. thy; from this 
i soar ia 2 miles to, the: Rio Grande, 
W mpti C uarters of a mile from 
| epee a. Vessels of any size e may enter this river, as 
thetide r rises in’ spring ¢ ‘twenty-two feet the space between the 
7 y slight rise. Tabouldsay that it could not 
exceed: forty: feet, for i in passing over: to Panama: from Gorgona, I 
found there was not a hill to ascend, and thata good carriage 
road could be formed. without making.asingle. cut, While the 
Jand ‘to the left towards Cruces was mountainous and. broken, that 
p Same seemed, to decline. to an unbroken. plane; ; hence, it 
i cau spat initiates etalomeny samen t line was 
